Parents, teachers, students and friends packed into The Gallery Altos de Chavón last Friday night to witness the end of the year art exhibition by the Abraham Lincoln School. With artwork from nearly every student Pre-Kinder through 12th grade, paintings, drawings, collages, and more covered the walls of the gallery from top to bottom in an extraordinary […]
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Chavón School of Design Summer International workshops are back in July!
The Altos de Chavón School of Design once again opens its doors for everyone who wants to get creative this summer! The courses run all summer long, with the first one starting on June 26th and the last the first week in August. A huge range of courses is available with everything from drawing, film, photography, and even museology!
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Chavoneros Stories: Edward Salcedo favors Realism and Dominican Life
A few years back we started a series called “Chavoneros Stories,” its been a while since we’ve given the series some TLC and we’re planning on revitalizing that now. Recently, the Altos de Chavón School of Design celebrated its 33rd graduation, adding a total of 68 graduates to what Stephen Kaplan referred to as “the brotherhood/sisterhood that […]
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Visualizing the New in the Old: Chavón’s Fashion Students ‘Reshape the Future’
The Altos de Chavón School of Design distinguishes itself by extraordinary talent, noticeable throughout the year in student projects, presentations, community initiatives and involvement. It is made even more apparent at the culmination of their term when we can witness their final collections and what they have been building towards throughout the year. The students of […]
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A graduation like none other! Congratulations Altos de Chavón School of Design Class of 2017!
The students of Altos de Chavón School of Design gathered at the Plaza Chavón on a warm, sunny day on Saturday, May 13th to celebrate their 33rd graduation and the first of the Santo Domingo campus! Ever since last year, the technical careers of Fashion Design and Communications have been taught in the school’s campus in the capital. This […]
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Susannah Wilson presents “Vulnerability is the New Courage” photographed by Diego Meyreles
A much-talked about pop-up exhibition with photographs by the late Diego Meyreles is set for next Thursday, May 25th in Santo Domingo. The exhibition entitled, “Vulnerability is the New Courage” is a collaboration between the well-known photographer with English-dancer and actress, Susannah Wilson. Susannah, who resides in Casa de Campo, approached Diego with the desire to convey transparency through a series of nude portraits.
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The Abraham Lincoln School end of the year Art Exhibit opens next Friday!
On Friday the 26th of May, the Abraham Lincoln School in La Romana, who this year is celebrating its centennial, is extending a special invitation to all members of Casa de Campo and La Romana to join them in an opening cocktail for their annual art exhibit at the Altos de Chavón Art Gallery.
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Support the Chavón School of Design by shopping the Art Chavón 2017 catalog!
The Altos de Chavón Culture Center Foundation invites you to view the Art Chavón 2017 exhibition like never before. Digitally optimized, the complete exhibition is now available in an online catalog, viewable by clicking here. If you missed the opportunity to see it while on display at The Gallery throughout the month of April, now’s your chance!
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East or West? Photographs by José M. Ramírez at the Davidoff Art Studios
On May 18th at 7:00 pm, the Davidoff Studios in Altos de Chavón will open the exhibition “East or West” with photographs by José M. Ramírez. The exhibition features the result of the artist’s residence from February to May of this year in the Cultural Foundation Altos de Chavón Artists in Residence program. The exhibition, which will be open […]
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Join the Chavón School of Design this Wednesday for their Student Art Exhibition!
In celebration of the 33rd graduating class of the Chavón School of Design, we are proud to announce the opening of the final exhibition on Wednesday, May 10 at 7pm at the Altos de Chavón Gallery. The show represents a selection of work produced by the talented students of the Fine Arts department during their final spring semester, as […]
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Subtraction Cutting Workshop by Julian Roberts at the Chavón School of Design
‘Subtraction Cutting’ is the name given to an experimental method of hollow construction developed by fashion designer and instructor Julian Roberts. Taught by him at universities worldwide since 1998, he will be coming to the Dominican Republic this summer to teach anyone interested this fascinating technique at Chavón School of Design in Santo Domingo!