The events were held as part of the end-of-year programming of the School of Arts, Design, and Creative Industries.
By Institutional Communications
The School of Arts, Design, and Creative Industries (EADIC) at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and the STARS (Strengthening Teaching of the Arts Through Students) project celebrated the third edition of the Creative Residencies with a series of performances and exhibitions that highlighted the value of interdisciplinary collaboration between resident artists and university students.
Held between May 14 and 17, the program featured the concert Nuestra Herencia Taína by trombonist and composer William Cepeda, as well as the exhibition Antes de la forma: Prácticas textiles entre la investigación, error y repetición (“Before Form: Textile Practices Between Research, Error, and Repetition”), developed by designers Sally Torres Vega and Karina Defelippe in collaboration with EADIC students. Both residencies marked the culmination of approximately ten months of research, experimentation, and collaborative creation.
The concert Nuestra Herencia Taína, presented at Sagrado’s Emilio S. Belaval Theater, included the screening of a documentary by filmmaker Iván Nieves and a repertoire of original compositions inspired by the contemporary reinterpretation of Taíno musical traditions.
Photos by Melvin Aponte
Meanwhile, designers Sally Torres Vega and Karina Defelippe, along with student collaborators, developed their exhibition as an exploration of textiles as both a narrative medium and a production system. The exhibition incorporated processes ranging from fiber preparation and spinning to experimentation with indigo and índigo vat dyeing techniques.
Both events took place as part of the conclusion of the Creative Residencies program, which stems from EADIC’s academic vision of fostering collaboration between artists and professionals through internships, residencies, performances, exhibitions, and other immersive creative experiences.
Architect Javier de Jesús Martínez, dean of EADIC, emphasized that the program strengthens connections with Puerto Rico’s creative ecosystem by creating opportunities for collaboration among professional artists, emerging artists, and the development of new artistic work.
Since its launch in 2023, the Creative Residencies program has supported artists such as Marcelino Puig-Pastrana, Eunice Jiménez Emanuelli, Rigoberto Quintana, and Pedro Adorno, who throughout the process have collaborated with over 50 Sagrado students.
The Creative Residencies program is made possible through the support of the United States Department of Education’s Hispanic Serving Institutions program and the STARS (Strengthening Teaching of the Arts Through Students) initiative, which provides pedagogical development tools for EADIC faculty, as well as mentorship, stipends, and specialized resources for students.