HÉCTOR BALVANERA ALFARO B. on June the 12th of 1975 in Mexico City Architect Federal License #5330808 Given by the Secretary of Education of Mexico EDUCATION Master Degree in Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage Universidad Popular Autónoma de Puebla, expected May 2017 Licentiate Degree in Architecture University of Guadalajara, 1993-97 Architectural Design and Building Technical Degree 5th High School, U. of Guadalajara, 1990-93 Design illustrator and Drafter; 14th Tech. Middle School, Guadalajara, 1987-90 CONTINUING EDUCATION Cultural Heritage Management (Specialty on Museums and Collections) Certificate Program; Univ. de Puerto Rico, 2008-10: Culture Policies, Cultural Management ; Cultural Project ; Museography; Exhibition Project; Cultural Heritage’s Theories; Preventive Conservation History of the Catholic Church, 2008-09. LANGUAGE: Spanish (native tongue) and English SKILLS: Conceptual and Architecture Design; Design and Project Development; Graphic Presentation and Design; Oral Presentation, Project Management and Blogger. SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES Computer aided Design: AutoCAD 2010, Microsoft Office: Word, Power Point, Excel Publisher & Video Maker Blogging and Publishing Platforms/ Blackboard/Adobe: Photoshop/ Corel Draw
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICES United Against Hunger Inc. (Unidos Contra el Hambre. Non Profit Inst.) San Juan, PR. Youth Archdiocesan Vicariate Educational Programs, San Juan, PR. National System for Integral Family Development/ Guadalajara, 1996-1997 Concepción Bátiz School, Zapopan, Mex. Pro bono Drawing and Painting Teacher. 1992-93
PROFESSIONAL 2008-2017 Archdiocese of San Juan Puerto Rico. From 2010 to date: Delegate for Cultural Heritage and Sacred Art. Responsible for the promotion, care, documentation, custody and supervision of conservation of the Archdiocese's. Cultural Heritage and Sacred Arts related Projects Consultant and/or Coordinator: Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sacred Art Master Plan; Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica Master Plan; Project: “Portraits of the See: The Palacio Arzobispal Collection”; House for the Clergy Project; 5th Centennial Jubilee of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico; San José Church Conservation and Restoration Project; San Fernando Rey, Toa Alta; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel, Palo Seco-Toa Baja; Stella Maris Parish Complex, Condado, Santurce PR; Our Lady of the Mount Carmel Parish Complex, Carolina PR; Movable Cultural Heritage Management; Sacred Art, Architectural and Iconographic Consultant. “San Juan Sagrado (Sacred San Juan)”: Old San Juan Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage’s Interpretative Guide.
Current and past exhibits loans to cultural and government institutions: “Reflejos de la Historia de Puerto Rico en el Arte: 17511950”: MHAA, UPR-Río Piedras, San Juan PR; Para la Naturaleza (The Puerto Rico Conservation Trust): “Teodoro Vidal Collection: Wooden Carved Saints”. 2014- 17, San Juan, PR: Museo de San Juan: “Campeche: Gran Formato”, San Juan, PR; “Ventana al paisaje” MHAA, UPR-Río Piedras; MHA de Carolina, PR: Inaugural Exhibition; José Campeche Collection, Palacio Arzobispal; “Campeche: Mito y Realidad” (Bicentennial of the Birth of J. Campeche Exhibition), MAPR, Santurce, PR. Blogging • http://arsiesum.blogspot.com/ Published Articles • (2016 Aug., 13-27) The Carmelite Third Order’s image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Old San Juan, El Visitante, San Juan PR • (2014, Apr.) The Archiepiscopal Palace; Vox Curiae, Boletín Eclesiastico del Arzobispado de San Juan de PR, Edición Digital, N. 13, 2. • (2014, Jun.) The Old San Gabriel School in Santurce: Historical Review; Vox Curiae, Boletín Eclesiástico del Arzobispado de San Juan de PR, Edición Digital, N. 14, 2. • (2010, Nov., 7-13) The mission of the Safekeeping of Our Heritage: To Catalogue; El Visitante, San Juan, PR, 22. • (2010, Oct., 10-16) The mission of the Safekeeping of Our Heritage: To Catechize; El Visitante, San Juan, PR, 19. • (2010, Jul., 18-24) Igualito que en Puerto Rico; (Concerns for the Cultural Heritage), Suplemento Tu Revista EsVida, 3; en: El Visitante, San Juan, PR. • (2010, Mar., 21-27) The Church: Culture Custodian and Promoter; El Visitante, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 17.
Essays • (To be published) Iconographic indications about a prophetic inheritance between the Marian titles of Belén and Madre de la Divina Providencia. • 2016. Santa Ana: a Church and Oratory; • 2015. Retablos at the Archdiocese of San Juan; • 2015. The present identity of the Sacred Art; • Cultural Heritage Management at the Archdiocese of San Juan; • 2015. The angelical representation in Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, a painting by José Campeche; • 2015. The Cathedral Patronage Title of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios; • 2015. Historical notes about the Colegio de Párvulos del Inm. Corazón de María. Lectures and Presentations • 2016, Nov 5th. Cultural Heritage and Popular Piety: 3 cases in the San Juan Bay context. Museo de las Américas, SJ, PR. • 2016, Apr. 4th, Historical Notes about the Iglesia de Santa Ana; Asociación de Historia de Viejo San Juan; • 2015, Aug. 5th. Cultural Heritage: a tool for Catechesis. • 2012. “The Beauty’s pathway: Spirituality and the Arts”; “The Catholic Cultural Heritage Buildings at Old San Juan”; Museo de las Américas, SJ, PR. • “Iconography on the History of the Catholic Church, the Marian Representations”; • Campeche: An appreciation of his religious art, fruit of his faith; Cultural Heritage and Popular Piety; • The Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage as a pastoral instrument of Evangelization; • Lay Confraternities and their Cultural Heritage. • The Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference’s Norms on the ecclesiastical building project.
2008-2009 Archdiocese of San Juan of Puerto Rico. Consultant for Ecclesiastical Architecture and Sacred Arts for the Liturgy: Sacred Art Commission; Archbishop’s Palace; Metropolitan Cathedral; San José Church Stella Maris Parish Complex ; Custody of the Original Image of N. Señora de la Providencia. 1999-2005 Elías + Elías Architects, Guadalajara, Mex. Project Designer + Manager (2002-2005). Projects Included: • Hotel Playacar, Playa del Carmen. • Casa Forte, Nuevo Vallarta; • Casa Aranguren, Guadalajara. • Hotel Marquis, Los Cabos BC • Casa Cuervo, Tequila • Sketches for Conceptual Design Proposals: Hotel en Islas Canarias/ Golf Club House La Querencia, Los Cabos • Investment Projects Project Designer + Manager Assistant as a Team Leader (2000- 2002): • Cabo del Sol, Golf Club House;
• Marquis Los Cabos Hotel. AutoCAD Drafter, from (1999-2000) 1998-1999 Minero Electrical Engineering. Mexico City. Drafter 1999-2005 HBA Diseño y Arquitectura; Guadalajara, Mex. Project Designer. Projects Included: • Casa Linne, Puerto Escondido, Mex. • Casa CP in Zapopan, Mex. • C21 Inc., Guadalajara, Mex. • Casa Cerrada de la Luna, Zapopan, Mex. 1999-2005 Drafter of Sketches and Hand drawings for: • Angelica Enkerli, Interior Designer • Ricardo Sanchez, Architect • Joaquin Homs, Architect and Interior 1994-1995. As Built Documentation for MCV Consultores; Zapopan, Mex. • Designer.