BIO
From: Dorado, Puerto Rico
Jean C. Valentin Velilla is experienced in the development and oversight of k-12 visual arts programs in public and private education efforts in the North and South of Puerto Rico. His most recent collaboration took place in Caguas, Puerto Rico with the Instituto de Orientación y Terapia Familiar ( INOTEF) where he designed a leadership and art therapy program in collaboration with social workers and psychologist while living in the coastal town of Dorado. In his personal scholarship and studio practice, he studies the representation and history of masculinity in Puerto Rican figurative art and design.