Seafood Bouillabaise. Roshni Gorur, Courtesy of Anderson Ranch Arts Center
When small crocks of seafood bouillabaisse arrive to our table, French chef Babette is plating turtle soup for 12 onscreen. Though the multi-course “Dinner & A Movie” tasting conceived by Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s new food and beverage director Rob Ittner and Ranch Café chef de cuisine Daniel Leon is based on the classic 1987 Danish film “Babette’s Feast,” such precise timing was purely coincidental. (The event menu rearranged courses for American palates caviar-topped buckwheat blini are served as an
amuse-bouche; endive salad with Colorado cherries come before the main attraction and Ittner reassures us at the start that no turtles were harmed during the making of the meal.)
The Red Brick Center for the Arts last week hosted its first in-person art opening reception since winter 2020. Three new exhibitions are now open on the Red Brick grounds.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Founded in 1966, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a premier destination in America for art making and critical dialogue, bringing together aspiring and internationally renowned artists to discuss and further their work in a stimulating environment.
Its mission is to enrich lives with art, inspiration and community. The 5-acre campus hosts extensive workshops for aspiring, emerging, established artists, children and teenagers in eight disciplines, including photography & new media, ceramics, painting & drawing, furniture design & woodworking, sculpture, printmaking and digital fabrication.
Artist Ajax Axe welds during a Facilitated Studio Practice session in the Anderson Ranch sculpture studio.