Students dress up Guadalajara Cathedral with Augmented Reality

The Guadalajara Cathedral was the perfect backdrop for six teams of students from the San José del Valle Preparatory School to showcase art, technology, and tradition with Augmented Reality projects, carried out in conjunction with STEMarts, an American association from Albuquerque, New Mexico, that works with communities to implement knowledge of exact sciences, mathematics, design, and language. 

The Coordination for the Promotion of Integral Development of la Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), teacher Marcela Hernández Aguayo pointed out that the project is an initiative to implement a new vision of science so that not only high school students, but society in general can learn about the different uses and importance of technologies and language. 

During the Augmented Reality projects exhibition, in which passersby could interact with the projects and talk with the young people, two symbolic dances were presented by 20 young people from the Wixárika Regional High School of Huejuquilla el Alto, Mezquitic module, with which thanks were given for sharing new knowledge and delved into their traditions.

“We cannot make people look at science if we do not explain in symbolic ways what we can achieve and the relevance it can have in our culture; the Wixárika students were able to share symbols of their culture to carry out Augmented Reality projects and understand that we can enhance who we are with art and technology,” he said. 

The Cuban-American visual artist and founder of STEMarts Lab said that bringing technology closer to young people through art is a way to showcase and develop skills that generate interest, with which language, culture and ideologies can be shared, transforming societies and breaking paradigms. 

Promoting STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is one of the commitments that San José del Valle High School has made by joining this project, opening spaces for its students to acquire more knowledge, develop their skills and become bilingual through educational creativity. 

Student Luis Antonio Hueso Rodríguez, who presented his project at Plaza Guadalajara, said he had never imagined carrying out a project of such magnitude. He added that the experience has led him to look for a career at university where he can develop similar projects and, in the future, become part of associations like STEAMarts. 

He encouraged children to dream big, to learn about all the possibilities that exist in the creative industry, and to discover that with small passions, great things can be created.

In addition to members of the Wixárika Regional High School of Huejuquilla el Alto, Mezquitic module, Hernández Aguayo and Agnes Chavez, the President of the Sister Cities Foundation of Albuquerque, Pamela Feather, and the Director of Arts and Culture of Albuquerque, Shelle Sanchez, were present at the activity. 

• Arts and Culture Director of Albuquerque,,

• Fabiola Melendez Co-Chair of ABQ-GDL of the Sister Cities Foundation

Co-President of the Sister Cities Foundation of ABQ-GDL

• Bettina Sandoval Director of Education & Training Division in Taos Pueblo

Director of the Education and Training Division in Taos Pueblo

• Shaylee Mirabal

• Claire LeGate

• Feliciana Mitchell Gonzales

ABQ Student Ambassador of STEMart

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Text: Press UdeG
Photography: Iván Lara González