The School of Arts (SoA) at the Catholic University of Portugal is based in Porto and offers a wide-range of undergraduate and graduate programs in arts. The main areas of study and research are: Cinema, Sound and Music, Animation, New Media Art, Photography, Creative Industries, Heritage, Conservation and Restoration and Curatorial Studies. The SoA is one of the main Film Schools in Portugal. With over 500 students in its Sound and Image Department (across BA, MA and PhD studies), it offers a wide range of curricular options for aspiring filmmakers, sound designers and new media artists. The SoA also offers its students a complete range of updated equipment and a body of staff with renowned professionals, critics and theoriticians. Over the last years, a great number of former students have won important awards in film, new media and sound festivals all over the world. The SoA offers an intense cultural program comprised of exhibitions, film screenings, performances, talks and masterclasses directed to the community. In 2019 and 2020 the SoA will present original exhibitions by Guido Guidi, Diogo Evangelista, Pedro Tudela and Filipa César. Yearly, the SoA hosts 3 to 4 artists in residency programs funded by relevant institutions (f.e. Gulbenkian Foundation and Inresidenceporto promoted by Porto City Hall). During their residency, the artists are deeply engaged with the community, involving the students in the discussion, development and presentation of their work. The resident artists for 2019 and 2020 are Vasco Araújo, Filipa César and Yohei Yamakado. Furthermore, each year a group of visiting artists works in close contact with the students in the development of their artistic projects. In 2019 and 2020, the visiting artists of the SoA are Ben Russell, Diogo Evangelista, Ed Hooks, Gabriel Abrantes, João Canijo, João Salaviza, Pedro Tudela and Cláudia Varejão.