Sandra María Esteves is one of the few female voices that was part of the well-known Nuyorican poetry movement during its early years in the 1970s in New York City.

One of the most tireless defenders of independence for Puerto Rico under Spanish colonial rule, Sotero Figueroa was a mulatto artisan who, in addition to working as a typographer, was also a journalist, poet and playwright.

The only Latina woman to win the four most important prizes in the U.S. entertainment industry: an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy and the Antoinette Perry Award for excellence in theater.

Wood carvings of saints have become a national symbol of Puerto Rico. It is a form of artisanry and popular imagery also called “Santos de Palo.”

The plastic arts in any society are an expression of the longings, feelings and realities of the society in which they are created.

Ricardo Alegría led important archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico.

The history of African influences in Puerto Rican music begins long before 1508, the year in which the Spanish settled the island, and 1492, when Christopher Columbus made Europeans aware of the New World.

In the performing arts, it is the human actor or artist, performing before a live audience, who serves as the main instrument or means of expression.