Chancellor's Message

MISSION

The Escuela de Artes Plásticas is an autonomous public institution of higher learning, serving the culture and people of Puerto Rico. The Escuela is dedicated to the comprehensive education of professional artists and teachers of art, through the development of their creativity and cognitive process and the teaching of artistic and pedagogical technique. The Escuela offers bachelor’s degree programs that stimulate and foster the humanistic and cultural growth of its students, within the rich Puerto Rican art tradition, while exploring new idioms of artistic expression. The Escuela de Artes Plásticas aspires to develop a social conscience among its students, awakening their sensibilities to a rich life of contribution. The institution addresses the educational needs of different groups in the community through courses that are designed to broaden their knowledge and artistic, professional or personal skills.

GOALS

The Escuela de Artes Plásticas proposes to fulfill its mission by accomplishing the following goals, within a framework of the fullest academic freedom and artistic exploration:

To offer courses of study at the college level directed at developing the Visual Arts, using the teaching of artistic techniques to foster the cognitive and humanistic development of the student body.
To strive for a comprehensive education of students, from the perspective of their responsibility to serve the national and universal cultural communities.
To contribute to the cultural and artistic development of the community by offering a program of short courses, seminars, workshops, and open study to different groups in the community.
To develop the intellectual and spiritual richness of our students to the fullest, so that they may better serve Puerto Rican society.
To collaborate with other bodies in our society, in their respective fields, in studying and fostering cultural activities.
To preserve, enrich, and critically foster Puerto Rican cultural values while contributing to the advancement and enjoyment of the ethical and aesthetic values of culture.