Hessian Hills School, published by Argos Publications, Dominican Republic. Alexis Mendoza (artist) Alexis Mendoza (born 1972) is a Cuban artist, writer and independent curator, based in New York City. His multidisciplinary work focuses on painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and installation. His art explores the transitioning and overlapping of colors as a metaphor for the Afro-Cuban customs, rituals and traditions. Early life and education. Mendoza was born in Havana City, Cuba. His past education includes the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro (1988), he graduated in Art History from Havana University (1994), and completed an Internship in Fine Art Conservation at the 	Alexis Mendoza (artist)
16939749	Hessian Hills School Hessian Hills School Hessian Hills School (1925–1952) was a progressive school in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The school was founded as a community school by Elizabeth Moos and Margaret Hatfield. Children were welcomed from age 2 to 15. In 1934, Hessian Hills School, City and Country School in New York City, and five other like-minded progressive schools formed a group called Associated Experimental Schools to raise funds and to refine their progressive philosophy, but the group was abandoned by the end of the 1930s. City and Country School has preserved the archives of 	Hessian Hills School
16939750	this group. Parents were an eclectic group of socialists, Quakers, radical Jews, prominent intellectuals and liberal business-people". The curriculum was based on the ideas of John Dewey and Horace Mann. Frances Horwich was head of the school for a few years during World War II, and later became host of the children's television program Ding Dong School. She was followed in 1943 by educator James L. Hymes Jr. Moos, the founder, developed political views which some viewed as too far to the left. Architecture. The school suffered a fire in 1930. After the fire a new school building  was designed by William Lescaze and George Howe. The building was designed in the International Style, and has been called "the most noted early example of modernist school design in America". The school was the subject of a documentary film by Lee Dick, screened at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The film was apparently the first documentary produced on 16mm with sound and dialogue. The building is currently used by Temple Israel of Northern Westchester. Notable alumni. Since the school welcomed children only up to about age 15, most children went elsewhere to finish their school education . One alternative progressive school was Scarborough School, only a few miles from Hessian Hills. Hessian Hills School Hessian Hills School (1925–1952) was a progressive school in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The school was founded as a community school by Elizabeth Moos and Margaret Hatfield. Children were welcomed from age 2 to 15. In 1934, Hessian Hills School, City and Country School in New York City, and five other like-minded progressive schools formed a group called Associated Experimental Schools to raise funds and to refine their progressive philosophy, but the group was abandoned by