A group of students from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of La Laguna has successfully completed the Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) Local Markets, held within the framework of the STARS EU alliance, of which the ULL is a member together with eight other European universities. Organized by the Polytechnic University of Bragança (IPB), the course brought together 33 students and 9 teachers from Portugal, Romania, Spain, Croatia, Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland, Moldova and Brazil.
This intensive cross-border program, which involved students from three STARS EU universities ─ Polytechnic University of Bragança (IPB), Silesina University in Opava and University of La Laguna─ intertwined local culture with art and international cooperation. All this through the promotion of innovative teaching-learning methods, supported by research and challenge solving.
Throughout two months of training, participants worked in a multidisciplinary way in the multimedia field, developing projects in photography, design, audiovisual media, architecture and illustration, as well as other forms of artistic expression. A learning laboratory that promotes the connection between the university and the territory, in addition to fostering international cooperation, applied creativity and commitment to local culture.
The final presentations by the students, which were held a few days ago in Mirandela and Bragança, put the finishing touch to a holistic training program that served as a starting point for the creation of different projects. All these activities are closely linked to local markets and their cultural origins, a way of guaranteeing their value and authenticity.
Student participation
This BIP is part of the STARS EU academic program and has a teaching load of 6 credits (60 hours of teaching). Coordinated by professors Carlos Jiménez Martínez and Noemí Peña Sánchez, it counted with the participation of five students from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of La Laguna: Esther González Perera, Adriana Fagundo Jiménez, Miriam González Álvarez, Alicia Eva Morales Pereyra García and María Teresa Vázquez Brito, who traveled to Portugal to participate in the classroom training given at the IPB of Bragança.
In addition to the academic activities, during the week of on-site training they visited places of interest such as the Galeria do Mercado, Graça Morais Mountain Arts Lab, ACIMirandela, Georges Dussaud Photography Center, Côa Museum, Confraria da Alheira de Mirandela, Padaria Seramota, Café Rodrigues, Cooperativa de Miel e Frutos Secos de Terra Quente, and Mirandela City Hall.
BIP Local Markets was coordinated by professors Ana Lúcia Pinto and Carlos Casimiro Costa, from the Multimedia Department of the Polytechnic University of Bragança. The program was implemented in partnership with several academic institutions: Ștefan cel Mare University (Suceava, Romania); Polytechnic University of Timișoara (Romania); University of La Laguna (Spain); University of Silesia in Opava (Czech Republic); University of Osijek (Croatia); University of the National Education Commission (Poland), and the Federal Institute of Science and Technology of Maranhão (Brazil).
