Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura
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The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes
in Mexico City
, is the national Mexican
institute of fine arts and literature
, founded on December 31, 1946. It is also called Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA).
On November 23, 1946, president Miguel Alemán
proposed the creation of the INBA, and it was formally opened on 1 January 1947, as a branch of the Secretaría de Educación Pública
(SEP). The first head of the INBA was Carlos Chávez
, who created a new orchestra for the Conservatory, the current Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
.
The institute includes many departments, artistic ensembles, three national centers for storage of the literary stock, 29 schools and further institutions. The school of design and handicafts was founded by José Chávez Morado
in 1962.
The institute provides education through elementary school to postgrad; one of the educational institutions that INBAL manages is CEDARTS ( centros de educación artística or artistic education centers, in English) which is focused on the artistic education on its basis.
There are 12 CEDARTS on Mexico, 3 on Mexico city and the rest on some other states.
Alongside to the educational offer, there are some museums, galleries and buildings under the INBAL management, that the institute often use to present different types of artistic entretainment to general public, such as "tempestad" or season of flamenco dance.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is the most important cultural center in Mexico City as well as the rest of the country of Mexico...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, is the national Mexican
Mexico
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institute of fine arts and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, founded on December 31, 1946. It is also called Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA).
On November 23, 1946, president Miguel Alemán
Miguel Alemán
Miguel Alemán may refer to:*Miguel Alemán González, general in the Mexican Revolution; father of:*Miguel Alemán Valdés , president of Mexico from 1946 to 1952; father of:*Miguel Alemán Velasco Miguel Alemán may refer to:*Miguel Alemán González, general in the Mexican Revolution; father of:*Miguel...
proposed the creation of the INBA, and it was formally opened on 1 January 1947, as a branch of the Secretaría de Educación Pública
Secretaría de Educación Pública
The Secretaría de Educación Pública is a Mexican federal government authority with Cabinet representation and responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of national educational policy and school standards in Mexico.Additionally, it has the following responsibilities:*Creation...
(SEP). The first head of the INBA was Carlos Chávez
Carlos Chávez
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No...
, who created a new orchestra for the Conservatory, the current Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)
The National Symphony Orchestra is the most important classical music and symphonic ensemble in Mexico. With its origins traced back as 1881, it is the second oldest symphony orchestra in the American continent along with the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
.
The institute includes many departments, artistic ensembles, three national centers for storage of the literary stock, 29 schools and further institutions. The school of design and handicafts was founded by José Chávez Morado
José Chávez Morado
José Chávez Morado was a Mexican painter and sculptor.- Biography :Morado was born in Silao, near the city of Guanajuato, where Diego Rivera was born, and like Rivera he is a well known and highly regarded painter and sculptor who became most famous for the murals he painted in Mexico in the first...
in 1962.
The institute provides education through elementary school to postgrad; one of the educational institutions that INBAL manages is CEDARTS ( centros de educación artística or artistic education centers, in English) which is focused on the artistic education on its basis.
There are 12 CEDARTS on Mexico, 3 on Mexico city and the rest on some other states.
- CEDART "Alfonso Reyes" Monterrey, Nuevo León
- CEDART "David Alfaro Siqueiros" Chihuahua, Chihuahua
- CEDART "Diego Rivera" Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
- CEDART "Emilio Abreu Gómez" mérida, yucatán
- CEDART "Frida Kahlo" Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
- CEDART "Ignacio Mariano de las Casas" Querétaro, Querétaro
- CEDART "José Clemente Orozco" Guadalajara, Jalisco
- CEDART "José Eduardo Pierson" Hermosillo, Sonora
- CEDART "Juan Rulfo" Colima, Colima
- CEDART "Luis Spota Saavedra" Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
- CEDART "Miguel Bernal Jiménez" Morelia, Michoacán
- CEDART "Miguel Cabrera" Oaxaca, Oaxaca
Alongside to the educational offer, there are some museums, galleries and buildings under the INBAL management, that the institute often use to present different types of artistic entretainment to general public, such as "tempestad" or season of flamenco dance.
External links
- INBAL (Spanish)