Exchanging Ideas and Cultures
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GRAYSON BAUER: SHIMUKAPPU’S SMALL SCHOOL PUTS ON A BIG SHOW
Special for The Aspen Times. Here in Shimukappu, Aspen’s Sister City in Hokkaido, Japan, my classroom schedule was greatly diminished after... read more →
October 9, 2024
LARA WHITLEY: CELEBRATING A DECADE OF ART EXCHANGE WITH VISITING ARTIST PAULA FISCHER
ASPEN, CO. – Now in its 10th year, the Aspen-Bariloche Arts + Culture Exchange Program returns this month with a... read more →
September 10, 2024
SHIMUKAPPU DISPATCH: THE UNIFYING POWER OF SPORTS
Greetings from Aspen’s Sister City of Shimukappu, Japan! My name is Grayson Bauer, and after having lived in the Roaring... read more →
August 18, 2024
(RE)UNION EXHIBITION AT THE ASPEN CHAPEL GALLERY
Celebrating ten years of friendship and collaboration between artists from Bariloche and the Roaring Fork Valley. OPENING RECEPTION: ASPEN CHAPEL... read more →
August 9, 2024
ADAPTIVE SKIING EXCHANGE WINS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2024)– Aspen Sister Cities has won the Sister Cities International 2024 Annual Award for Innovation... read more →
August 9, 2024
ASPEN INSTITUTE NEW ZEALAND: EMPOWERING CHANGE
This week, the Aspen Institute New Zealand hosted its inaugural Aspen Sister City Youth Seminar at Wakatipu High School, Queenstown.... read more →
July 1, 2024
ASPEN-CHAMONIX MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE 2024
A group of students from Chamonix visited our valley this past February, and shortly after it was the Aspen students'... read more →
May 13, 2024
BARILOCHE MEDICAL EXCHANGE IN ASPEN
Six medical professionals from Bariloche visited Aspen for the annual Aspen Bariloche Medical Exchange Program (April 14-22). The delegation was... read more →
May 10, 2024
A VERY SPECIAL ARTIST EXCHANGE IN BARILOCHE
"10 years ago I took the long flight from Aspen to Bariloche Argentina to be the first person from Aspen... read more →
May 9, 2024
SKI PATROL EXCHANGE AT ASPEN HIGHLANDS
Ruben Velazquez from Bariloche completed his ski patrol exchange to Aspen. He worked as a fulltime patroller at Aspen Highlands... read more →
May 8, 2024
DESAFIO BARILOCHE and CHALLENGE ASPEN: EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES.
"The Aspen Sister Cities Adaptive Skiing Exchange program is one of the best ideas in terms of human thinking aimed... read more →
April 11, 2024
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP
Video report of the 30th anniversary celebration of Aspen and Shimukappu sister cities, that took place on Sunday,... read more →
January 18, 2024
OUR EXCHANGES
Adaptive Skiing Exchange
Arts and Culture Exchange
Medical Exchange
Ski Patrol Exchange
Student Exchange
support our mission
To support the Sister Cities International mission statement of
promoting peace through mutual respect, understanding,
and cooperation – one individual, one community at a
time by facilitating exchanges between Aspen Sister Cities.
THANKS TO OUR LOCAL SUPPORTERS