The Institut National des Arts de Bamako (INA) is a national school for the arts in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

. It was the only school of its kind in Mali until 2004. Originally set up to train Sudanese artisans, it now offers courses in jewellery making and design, illustration, painting, sculpture, photography, music, and theatre. It has produced many of Mali’s most well-known artists and has hosted numerous exhibitions, workshops, and performances.

Naming

Over the history of its existence, many changes have affected the institute, including course offerings, faculty, and its name. Since its inception it has been known by many previous names including: * (1933) Ecole Artisanale du Soudan * (1948) Maison des artisans du Soudan * (1963) Institut National des Arts (Law No. 63-98 / ANRM) * (1986) Maison des artisans du Mali (Law No. 86-93 / ANRM) * (2006) Maison des Artisans de Bamako Notably, any reference to Sudan was removed from its name, reflecting the changing politics and identity of the country, as the former Sudanese Republic became the Republic of Mali in 1960. ASC Leiden - F. van der Kraaij Collection - 27 - 026 - Une vue sur la rue de la longue façade monumentale de l'Institut National des Arts - Bamako, Mali, 1984.tiff, Streetview of the facade of the Institut National des Arts, Bamako, 1984. Ecole d’art bamako.jpg, Sculptures at the Institut National des Arts, Bamako, 2019.

Modern times

In 2013, a large fire destroyed many of the craftsmen's shops and wares in the surrounding area. By 2015, it was run by a management committee, elected for three years and contained 89 souks and workshops for many crafts. Commonly tourist guides will recommend a visit to the area to view the craftsmen working and to buy crafts from the market. Accordingly, it receives more than sixty thousand (60,000) tourists annually.

Notable alumni

* Yaya Coulibaly (puppeteer) * Habib Dembélé (actor) * Ismael Diabate (artist) * Amahiguere Dolo (artist) *

Habib Koité Habib Koité ( bm, , Habib Kuwatɛ, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali. His band, Bamada, was a supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon ...

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Abdoulaye Konaté Abdoulaye Konaté (1 February 1953) is a Malian artist. He was born in Diré, Mali, Diré and lives and works in Bamako, Mali, Bamako. Konaté studied painting at the Institut National des Arts de Bamako and then at the Instituto Superior de Ar ...

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Malick Sidibé Malick Sidibé (1935 – 14 April 2016) was a Malian photographer noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako. Sidibé had a long and fruitful career as a photographer in Bamako, Mali, and was a well-known fig ...

(photographer) * Salif Traoré (photographer)

References

{{Authority control Education in Mali Educational organisations based in Mali Educational institutions established in 1933 Bamako 1933 establishments in French West Africa