Contaduría Creativa (2025): Art, Biotechnology, and Creative Education Dataset

This dataset documents Contaduría Creativa (2025), an interdisciplinary educational and artistic initiative developed by undergraduate students from the Public Accounting program at Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander (UTS), Colombia, within the framework of an interinstitutional alliance with the Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory Program of Universidad de Santander (UDES) and Fundación Eureka Soluciones. This collaboration enabled effective biotechnology knowledge transfer, specialized academic support, and responsible application of scientific approaches to the creative process.

Contaduría Creativa was conceived as an educational innovation experience aimed at integrating art and science as a pedagogical strategy to foster interdisciplinary learning, creativity, and social appropriation of scientific knowledge within accounting education. Through guided training, students explored fundamental biotechnology concepts and applied them to create artistic works.

A central component of the exhibition was agar-based bioart, designed to represent emblematic urban spaces and the local biodiversity of Bucaramanga, Colombia. Through this category, students produced artistic representations of public parks, strategic urban locations, and biodiversity associated with each area, using agar as an expressive medium and living biological processes as tools for creativity. Complementary artistic categories included plastic art, photography, artificial intelligence applied to photography, sculptures, and drawings, resulting in a total of 87 documented artworks.

The dataset compiles a complete documentary record of the event, including high-resolution images of the artworks, photographic and audiovisual documentation of the exhibition process, structured curatorial catalogues, and digital exhibition materials. The dataset organization ensures traceability between artworks, descriptive metadata, and visual records using structured catalogue files.

All dataset contents, including artwork titles, descriptions, catalogues, digital exhibition materials, and event documentation, are provided in both Spanish and English, facilitating accessibility and reuse in national and international academic contexts. The dataset aligns with open science and FAIR principles and is intended to support research in educational innovation, interdisciplinary and STEAM-based learning, and teaching, outreach, and science communication initiatives.

Ethical considerations were addressed through informed consent procedures, authorship recognition, and anonymization when required, ensuring compliance with academic ethical standards and personal data protection.

This dataset serves as an open resource for researchers, educators, and practitioners interested in art–science integration, biotechnology education, creative pedagogy, and documentation of interdisciplinary educational experiences in higher education.