The underpinning philosophy of the model is based on a humanistic foundation, which establishes the guidelines for students to build their knowledge and recognize that education should be developed throughout their lives. These two elements have a fundamental impact on art students, since the artistic creator is a person who accumulates knowledge and experiences of his own life in order to pour them into his or her own work.

To achieve these goals, the model establishes a structure for student-centered learning for the development of their artistic skills, as well as for developing a critical discourse that is sensitive to the social and aesthetic conditions and characteristics of their reality. Such learning is directed towards a competency-based approach, derived not only from training in the technical rudiments and historical-cultural knowledge of a discipline, but also from a constant reflection of their work as artists. This dynamic recognizes that students could be able to use various learning modalities for acquiring their skills and knowledge, as well as the need to extend their activity towards social and institutional environments that currently demand a certain level of professionalism in the field, as well as the possibility of facilitating experiences for student exchange that allow them to learn in other geographical and socio-cultural contexts.

In this sense, the model is a milestone for an arts student to identify the potential of his or her future as creator, manager, researcher or promoter of artistic activity in his or her community; the flexible qualities and the attribute of an overall personal development allow students to have a vision of their professional development that leads them to explore all the horizons and possibilities that artistic expression offers as an inherent part of the human experience.