April 14 – 24, 2026 ~ To be confirmed!

Kate sets up a welcoming open studio in the ranch dining room. Activities expand outdoors when things get messy! She leads afternoon art activities including bookmaking, drawing, block printing, paper making, and collage. Workshop activities are family friendly ~ all ages are welcome!

Kate is developing a body of Sonoran Desert work consisting of landscape prints, paper making and eclectic sculpture incorporating found objects and paper.

Block print inspired by Elkhorn Ranch. Kate used this to make Terra Flags for Elkhorn Ranch and Altar Valley Conservation Alliance!

Artist Biography

Kate Aitchison is an artist whose work is centered around ideas of landscape and the human interventions in the natural landscape, especially in regards to the manipulation of water, and ecologies. Currently working with paper she makes herself from invasive plant species and recycled materials collected from site specific areas, she utilizes the medium of printmaking to work through iterations of landscapes changed by human actions. Aitchison graduated from Colorado College in 2010 with a BA in Studio Art and earned her MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016. She is currently a visiting professor of art at Colorado College. In addition to teaching, Aitchison has shown work nationally including exhibitions at Brown University in Providence, RI, Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, CO. She also teaches workshops throughout the country including the Telluride Ah Ha School for the Arts, Prescott College, AS220 Providence, and More. Kate and her husband Brian live in Bluff, Utah where she launched Cow Canyon Coffee Shop in partnership with her sister-in-law.

MORE WORKSHOPS + EVENTS

OLD-TIME MUSIC
JANUARY 4 – 11, 2026

FOLK MUSIC
JANUARY 11 – 18, 2026

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
JANUARY 18 – 25, 2026

DESERT LANDSCAPE ART
JANUARY 25 – FEBRUARY 1, 2026

Coming Into Balance: Exploring Relationships Through Horsemanship
FEBRUARY 1 – 8, 2026

HUMAN HISTORY OF THE ALTAR VALLEY
FEBRUARY 8 – 15, 2026

WORKSHOPS + EVENTS PAGE

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