The seventh annual Art Chavón night, hosted by Dominique Bluhdorn, President of the Altos de Chavón Cultural Center Foundation was held last Wednesday, July 20th at the School of Design’s new Santo Domingo campus and gallery. Like in previous years, the pieces by recent and longtime Chavoneros were testament to the important contributions the School of Design and […]
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The Altos de Chavón Cultural Center Foundation presents: Art Chavón 2016
For the sixth consecutive year, the Altos de Chavón Cultural Center Foundation presents ”Art Chavón 2016”: a charitable event whose main objective is to raise financial resources for the scholarship fund of the Altos de Chavón School of Design, offering the public the opportunity to acquire the artistic work developed by students.
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Dominican Art Students to travel to Berlin for a performance and you can make it happen!
Not only is Altos de Chavón a living and breathing artists village with the only art school in the Dominican Republic, but it is also home to a Davidoff’s Arts Initiative, a global effort to encourage a larger dialogue around contemporary art by providing Dominican and international artists with the opportunity to exchange projects, ideas […]
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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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The Abraham Lincoln School brings the community to The Gallery at their school wide Art Exhibition
This past Friday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Abraham Lincoln School end of the year art exhibit here in The Gallery in Altos de Chavón. As a relatively new resident to Casa de Campo, I can say with a one-hundred percent certainty that art in the Dominican Republic constantly impresses me and showcases a […]
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Capturing the Magic of Chavón in a Fashion Exhibition by the School of Design
The fashion students of Altos de Chavón School of Design presented their final collections this past Wednesday night in the Davidoff Studios. Although much of Casa de Campo has simmered down in the last few weeks, all who were in town flocked to the eagerly awaited exhibition.
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Chavón School of Design comes to the City: Celebrating the Inauguration in SDQ
In an expansive and ultra modern facility, the Altos de Chavón School of Design inaugurated its new campus in Santo Domingo on Thursday April 21st. After three decades in its premier location in Casa de Campo, several programs make their way to the capital this Fall to integrate students into the country’s fast-moving and ever […]
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Estilo 2016: Chavón Fashion Seniors to Showcase their Final Collection this Wednesday!
It is with enthusiasm and sentiment that we announce the fashion department’s graduation from the Altos de Chavón School of Design. This is the last year the fashion program will be in our Casa de Campo quarters as it moves to Santo Domingo in the Fall- more details on the new facility’s inauguration coming soon! […]
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The Atelier Gallery: A new Place to See Art in Altos de Chavón
The Atelier Gallery is located between the chocolate museum and the amber museum a few feet from the main gallery, and will feature unusual works from students and graduates of the Chavón School of Design, former and actual artists-in-residence as well as found or donated pieces.
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MIR brings Bethlehem to Altos de Chavón in a Live Nativity Skit
The talented students of the Fundación MIR did it again! On Friday, December 12th, the town of Bethlehem took over Altos de Chavón and we traveled 2,000 years back in time for a recount of Jesus’s birth, performed in a Live Nativity scene.
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“Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ferragamo…”
On Thursday, November 12th, the Fundación MIR was honored to receive Mr. Salvatore Ferragamo and his wife, Christine in the foundation’s schools.