Exchanging Ideas and Cultures
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ABETONE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE
The middle school students that participated in the Abetone 2025 exchange came to the Sister Cities board meeting to share... read more →
May 9, 2025
CHAMONIX: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EXCHANGE AND SKI PATROL FAREWELL.
Last March, a group of seven students from Aspen High School (AHS) participated in the exchange to Chamonix, France. The... read more →
May 6, 2025
LARA WHITLEY: “ART FOR PEACE, ARTE PARA LA PAZ”
"As the 2025 exchange artist and a member of our local host committee, I have experienced the mission — to... read more →
May 6, 2025
ACRA: PRIVATE GROUP TOUR TO VISIT ASPEN’S SISTER CITY, QUEENSTOWN.
Join ACRA's private group tour to experience the highlights of New Zealand including Auckland, Christchurch, and Aspen's Sister City, Queenstown. Trip departs... read more →
May 6, 2025
GRAYSON BAUER: WHAT MAKES THE SISTER CITY BOND SO SPECIAL
In the West, Japanese culture is often portrayed as reserved when it comes to open displays of emotion. Nowhere have I... read more →
January 23, 2025
THE ASPEN TIMES: JANUARY VISITS FOR ASPEN SISTER CITIES INCLUDES STUDENTS FROM NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, AND ITALY
What do Shimukappu, Japan and Aspen, Colorado have in common? They offer world-class skiing, spectacular mountain vistas, and have students... read more →
January 23, 2025
MEDICAL EXCHANGE IN BARILOCHE
The annual medical exchange to Bariloche was conducted in early November, 2024. Participants this year were: Jodi Callison, RN, Robert... read more →
December 11, 2024
WEBINAR with QUEENSTOWN: SISTER CITIES CHALLENGES
Winter Sports and Climate Change: What's the Plan Please join us for the inaugural session of the Sister Cities Challenges... read more →
December 4, 2024
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
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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.
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