The Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico () is an institution of

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engaged in the training of students in the

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. It is located in

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. 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. The school's first director was Miguel Pou.''Archivo General de Puerto Rico y Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico.''
/ref> As an autonomous school it was created by an amendment of legislation by the

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in 1971, and achieved its definitive form and

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under Public Law 54 of August 22, 1990. The school offers

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in seven concentrations:

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and design (with specialties in digital graphic design and photography and motion),

art education Visual arts education is the area of learning that is based upon the kind of art that one can see, visual arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practi ...

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

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and

fashion design Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion design ...

. Today, the school is Puerto Rico's foremost institution of

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in the visual arts. The building used to be the Insular Madhouse or Manicomio Insular.

Gallery

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* 1971 establishments in Puerto Rico Art schools in Puerto Rico Government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico Educational institutions established in 1971 Historic district contributing properties in Puerto Rico Old San Juan, Puerto Rico National Historic Landmark District contributing properties {{Puerto Rico stub