The School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico (Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico) is a state university and a school of art in Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The school was originally founded in 1966 as part of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Painter José Torres Martino was one of the school's co-founders.
As an independent 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 and Industrial Design (with specialties in Fashion Design, and Design furniture). Today, the school is Puerto Rico's foremost institution of higher education in the arts.The Building was formerly the Insular Madhouse or Manicomio Insular.
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