Altos de Chavon & Parsons The New School for Design



 



 
The School of Design Altos de Chavon is a world famous educational institution that teaches art and design in the Dominican Republic.  It has two locations, one in La Romana, and another in Santo Domingo.  The School of founded in 1983 by Dominique Bluhdorn, whose father, Charles G. Bluhdorn was president of Gulf & Western. Mr. Bluhdorn purchased a sugar mill in La Romana in 1967, developing the area, and what is now known as Casa de Campo. The School offers degree programs in all areas of art and design in formats long and short duration : Graphic Design, Fashion Design , Fine Arts , Illustration , Digital Design , Interior Design , Photography, Film Production and Architecture.

The School has over10,000 graduates and has made ​​an impact on the design world both nationally and internationally. In 2006 the New York magazine V Magazine named The School of Design Altos de Chavon as one of the 13 best design schools in the world.

Students who attend Altos de Chavon La Romana may transfer at the end of their second year to Parsons The New School for Design in New York City to finish the last two years of an undergraduate degree. There is financial assistance available for students who wish to attend Parsons.

 

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