59 Artistic residencies as a platform for advanced research in art: the case of the School of Arts (Porto) João Pedro Amorim 1 , Luís Teixeira 2 1.2 CCD/CITAR, School of Arts, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal (E-mail: jpamorim@porto.ucp.pt, lteixeira@porto.ucp.pt) Keywords : Artistic research, Artistic residencies, Audiovisual arts, Interdisciplinarity Introduction The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation aims at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Within this programme, the STARTS initiative merges Science, Technology, and the ARTS by promoting the inclusion of artists in research and innovation projects by funding STARTS residencies of artists in technology institutions and of scientists and technologists in studio of artists. Despite the relatively broad range of articles documenting the potential of artistic residencies as pedagogical tools (Moore, 2018; Engelmann et al, 2018), as a way of creating value from the interaction of art and business (Antal, 2012) or as way to convey/interpret scientific knowledge (Lee et al, 2017), there is still a research gap on how artistic residencies can enhance/support research activities of graduate art students. The School of Arts In 1996, the School of Arts (SoA) was founded in Porto as a community of students, teachers and qualified professionals. The SoA wants to proclaim the presence of art in the various fields of activity and serves as a key element of Portugal's cultural, social and economic development. The Faculty is divided into the following areas: Sound and Image, Arts and Restoration, a Research Center for Science, Technology and Arts (CITAR) and two service centers (CCD and CCR). Its main tasks are the artistic dissemination of knowledge and culture through quality processes and accredited teaching, as well as research and knowledge transfer to the community. The CCD (Digital Creativity Center), acknowledged as one of the anchor projects from the Creative Industry Cluster in Northern Portugal, is a center of competence and creative excellence with an infrastructure equipped with cutting edge technology in the areas of Digital and Interactive Arts, Computer Music, Sound Design, Audiovisual and Cinematic Arts, Computer Animation. One of the activities CCD integrates and promotes is Artistic Production through residencies. Artistic Residencies at the School of Arts In the last two years, the SoA has been implementing a strategy in artistic training, research and presentation. Complementing the graduate and postgraduate programs, an extensive public program of artistic talks, exhibitions and other activities has been offered to the community.