As soon as a student mentions they study at the Chavón School of Design, it opens up many doors. As an artist, it can be difficult in the beginning, but talent and hard work always prevails. Talent is evident by simply looking at student work and this is just what happened last week when Stephen […]
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Carnelevarium: Individual Exhibition of Citlally Miranda at the Jenny Polanco Project
The Jenny Polanco Project of Altos de Chavón brings a new proposal celebrating Carnival, through the contemporary art of the recognized visual artist Citlally Miranda. This exhibition curated by Josefina Pichardo Casasnovas, is the result of extensive research – the use of masks at a social level in the Dominican Republic and the different contexts in […]
A winning Sunset Jazz Night at Azimut Café
This past Friday, the 25th of November, Sunset Jazz Night, hosted by the Azimut Café in the Marina Casa de Campo, once again proved itself to be one of Casa de Campo’s most popular social gatherings. As the relaxing jazz tunes filled the air, more and more guests arrived until the area overflowed with friends, […]
Chavoneros Stories, Part 2: Alanna Leschhorn, Fine Arts & Illustration graduate
The prestigious Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design, located in the “city of artists”–Altos de Chavón, Casa de Campo– since 1983 and has educated many recognized international and Dominican artists, such as Grimaldy Polanco, Jenny Polanco, Fernando Tamburini and many others. Thanks to the impressive works undertaken by its graduates and the excellent […]
Raúl Miyar leads a talk on Contemporary Art as part of Art Chavón 2013
I think all the students, graduates and friends can agree that to describe Raúl Miyar -Director of the Fine Arts Department at The Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design – with words is just not enough to explain the lessons, passion and love that we have received from him everyday for the past 13 years since […]
At the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design “Small Is Big” – article dedicated to the graduating class of 2012 by Stephen Kaplan
On Saturday the 13th of May, the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design celebrated it’s 28th graduation at Casa de Campo’s newly renovated Flamboyan conference center, where surrounded by their family and friends the 49 graduating students received their diplomas and thus took their first few steps along the long road of life! […]