A few weeks ago, the Dominican Republic hosted the V Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Summit celebrated in Punta Cana where various Presidents came down to deepen the integration of the Latin America and Caribbean countries. As part of the activities, First Lady Cándida Montilla de Medina of the Dominican Republic along with many distinguished […]
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Meeting the New Davidoff Art Initiative Artists in Residence
Three new artists are here in Casa de Campo! Nastasia Meyrat, Yan Xing, and Claire Trotignon were introduced to the Casa de Campo community on January 24th as the new artists in residence of the Davidoff Art Initiative 2017. The presentation took place in the Davidoff Art Studios were the community and students of the Altos de […]
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Roberto Copa’s Drawings and Watercolors: A 10-day show of never-before- exhibited work
Everyone who knows Altos de Chavón knows that the Italian set designer and stylist Roberto Copa, who died in Rome in 2010, was the genius behind the look of the place, its inimitable romantic cobblestone alleys and picturesque buildings. Each stone, every pebble’s placement, was overseen by this intensely dedicated designer. His obsessive vision is […]
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Sign Up for Chavón School of Design Summer Intensive 3 day courses that continue tomorrow!
Alongside its Chavón Summer International workshops, the Altos de Chavón School of Design will also be having its regular Intensive 3 day courses designed to develop student technique and creativity.These courses, which began Friday August 19th, will cover a variety of topics amongst which you will find Fine Arts, Fashion, Photography, Interior Design, Landscape and more.
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The New Approach to Art Studies in Chavón: EPIC Program
The start of the new school year will soon bring a wave of enthusiastic students and academic professionals to the artisan village of Altos de Chavón. What has felt considerably quiet throughout the days of the past few months will indeed turn into a bustling center of creativity, courage, and dedication as the returning classes and […]
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Congratulations Altos de Chavón School of Design Class of 2016!!
The students of Altos de Chavón School of Design gathered at the Plaza Chavón on a warm, sunny day on Friday May 13th to celebrate their 32nd graduation. Since around two in the afternoon, the students congregated around the St. Stanislaus Church for rehearsal, excitedly chatting about their final moments of school and looking forward to […]
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Mark Gordon’s homecoming at Chavón was and is fabulous!
After a 35 year absence from The Gallery at Altos de Chavón, Mark Gordon is back presenting his most recent work. On Tuesday February 23rd, we were excited to be part of the opening of his come-back exhibition at La Galeria’s second floor.
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A boar, but not boring! The Art Chavón fundraising evening
Anyone who thinks the most recent Art Chavón night was just another show full of figurative studies and portraits is mistaken. The night—March 13th, and a Friday, at that—shimmered with new and unusual additions to the work for sale. Plenty of work sold, and the show seemed to be to the taste of the 150 […]
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ESTILO 2014. A show worthy of a 30 year celebration
Last Friday May 16th, the fashion design graduates of the Altos de Chavón School of Design presented a show that was, without a doubt, worthy of the 30 year anniversary in marked.
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Graduation celebrates School of Design’s third decade
The 2014 commencement of The Altos de Chavón School of Design, to take place on Saturday, May 17, marks 30 years since the institution’s first graduates took their place in the world of art and design professionals.
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Fermín Ceballos: Persistent Dreams, “not to be missed” says Stephen Kaplan
In his current exhibition, on the top floor of The Gallery in Altos de Chavón, Fermín Ceballos bares his soul in a series of large, cathartic paintings on tarred canvases. Thematically, the works are a kind of auto-exorcism—these are self-portraits, for the most part—fraught with wounds that draw no blood. In these vast black spaces […]