Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura
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The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, English: National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural activities (both at the political and the educational level) in the country.
On November 23, 1946, president Miguel Alemán Valdés 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.[citation needed]
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 handicrafts was founded by José Chávez Morado in 1962.[citation needed]
One of the important services the institute provides for the nation is to protect, along with the
The institute provides education from
There are 12 CEDARTS in Mexico, three in Mexico City and the rest in some other states.[citation needed]
- CEDART "Alfonso Reyes" Monterrey, Nuevo León
- CEDART "David Alfaro Siqueiros" Chihuahua, Chihuahua
- CEDART "Diego Rivera" Ciudad de México, CDMX
- CEDART "Emilio Abreu Gómez" Mérida, Yucatán
- CEDART "Frida Kahlo" Ciudad de México, CDMX
- 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, CDMX
- CEDART "Miguel Bernal Jiménez" Morelia, Michoacán
- CEDART "Miguel Cabrera" Oaxaca, Oaxaca
In addition to the educational offerings, there are museums, galleries and buildings under the INBAL management, that the institute often uses to present different types of artistic entertainment to the general public, such as "
History
Directors | Period |
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Carlos Chávez | 1946 - 1952 |
Andrés Iduarte | 1952 - 1953 |
Miguel Álvarez Acosta | 1954 - 1958 |
Celestino Gorostiza | 1958 - 1964 |
José Luis Martínez Rodríguez | 1964 - 1970 |
Miguel Bueno González | 1970 - 1971 |
Luis Ortiz Macedo | 1972 - 1974 |
Sergio Galindo | 1974 - 1978 |
Juan José Bremer | 1977 - 1982 |
Javier Barros Valero | 1982 - 1986 |
Manuel de la Cera Alonso | 1987 - 1988 |
Víctor Sandoval de León | 1989 - 1991 |
Rafael Tovar y de Teresa | 1991 - 1992 |
Gerardo Estrada Rodríguez | 1992 - 2000 |
Ignacio Toscano | 2001 |
Saúl Juárez Vega | 2001 - 2006 |
María Teresa Franco González Salas | 2006 - 2009 |
Teresa Vicencio Álvarez | 2009 - 2012 |
María Cristina García Cepeda | 2012 - 2017 |
Lidia Camacho Camacho | 2017 - 2018 |
Lucina Jiménez | 2018 - |