Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico
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The Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico (English: School of Plastic Arts and Design of Puerto Rico) is an institution of higher learning engaged in the training of students in the visual arts. It is located in Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The school was founded in 1965 as part of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Painter José Antonio Torres Martinó was one of the school's co-founders.[2] The school's first director was Miguel Pou.[3]
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| Type | Public, Four-year Undergraduate |
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| Established | 1965 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | single, urban setting |
| Website | http://www.eap.edu/ |
Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción el Grande | |
| Part of | Distrito Histórico del Viejo San Juan – Old San Juan Historic District[1] (ID72001553) |
| Added to NRHP | October 10, 1972 |
As an autonomous school it was created by an amendment of legislation by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico in 1971, and achieved its definitive form and autonomy under Public Law 54 of August 22, 1990.
The school offers bachelor degrees in seven concentrations: graphic arts, photography and design (with specialties in digital graphic design and photography and motion), art education, sculpture, painting, industrial design and fashion design. Today, the school is Puerto Rico's foremost institution of higher education in the visual arts. The building used to be the Insular Madhouse or Manicomio Insular.
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References
edit- ^ Pabón-Charneco, Arleen; de la Vega, Caridad; Jacobs, James A. (September 7, 2012). de la Vega, Caridad; Jacobs, James A. (eds.). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Old San Juan Historic District/Distrito Histórico del Viejo San Juan" (PDF). National Park Service. National Historic Landmarks Program. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Coto, Danica (2011-04-22). "Puerto Rico Painter Jose Torres Martino Dies at 94". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
- ^ Archivo General de Puerto Rico y Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico.
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