The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, en, National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature), located in the
Palacio de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It has hosted notable events in music, dance, theatre, opera and literature in Mexico and has held important exhibitions of painting, sculpture and p ...
in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
, 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
Miguel Alemán Valdés (; 29 September 1900 – 14 May 1983) was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals. His administr ...
proposed the creation of the INBA, and it was formally opened on 1 January 1947, as a branch of the
SecretarÃa de Educación Pública
The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''SecretarÃa de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of ...
(SEP). The first head of the INBA was
Carlos Chávez
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y RamÃrez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by nativ ...
, 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 handicrafts was founded by
José Chávez Morado
José Chávez Morado (4 January 1909 – 1 December 2002) was a Mexican artist who was associated with the Mexican muralism movement of the 20th century. His generation followed that of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqu ...
in 1962.
One of the important services the institute provides for the nation is to protect, along with the
Instituto Nacional de AntropologÃa e Historia, monuments and buildings deemed cultural patrimony.
INAH is entrusted with 'archaeological' (
pre-Hispanic
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, th ...
and paleontological) and 'historical' (post-Conquest 16th to 19th centuries) structures, zones and remnants, while INBAL is entrusted with 'artistic' buildings and monuments (properties that are of significant aesthetic value).
The valuation of aesthetic value is left to the ''Comisión Nacional de Zonas y Monumentos ArtÃsticos'' (National Commission of Artistic Zones and Monuments).
This commission is composed of the Director of INBAL, a representative of the
SecretarÃa de Desarrollo Urbano y EcologÃa, a representative of
UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigge ...
, and three individuals affiliated with the arts picked by the Director.
Edifices deemed worthy by the commission are catalogued in the ''Registro Público de Monumentos y Zonas ArtÃsticos'' (Public Register of Artistic Monuments and Zones).
The institute provides education from
elementary school through to
postgraduate
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree.
The organization and ...
level; one of the educational institutions that INBAL manages is CEDARTS (centros de educación artÃstica or ''artistic education centers'', in English) which is focused on artistic education.
There are 12 CEDARTS in Mexico, three in
Mexico City
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and the rest in some other states.
#CEDART "
Alfonso Reyes" Monterrey, Nuevo León
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David Alfaro Siqueiros" Chihuahua, Chihuahua
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Diego Rivera
Diego MarÃa de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y RodrÃguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...
" Ciudad de México, CDMX
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Emilio Abreu Gómez Emilio may refer to:
* Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio"
* Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
* Emilio (given name)
* ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen
See also
* EmÃlio (dis ...
" Mérida, Yucatán
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Frida Kahlo" Ciudad de México, CDMX
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Ignacio Mariano de las Casas
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" Querétaro, Querétaro
#CEDART "
José Clemente Orozco" Guadalajara, Jalisco
#CEDART "
José Eduardo Pierson
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
" Hermosillo, Sonora
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Juan Rulfo
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo VizcaÃno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...
" Colima, Colima
#CEDART "
Luis Spota Saavedra
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...
" Ciudad de México, CDMX
#CEDART "
Miguel Bernal Jiménez
Miguel Bernal Jiménez (16 February 1910 – 26 July 1956) was a Mexican composer, organist, pedagogist and musicologist.
He is widely regarded as the best representative of 20th century Mexican religious music, in addition to his important co ...
" Morelia, Michoacán
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Miguel Cabrera
José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since his debut in 2003 he has been a two-t ...
" 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 "
tempestad
''Tempestad'' is a 2016 Mexican documentary film directed by Tatiana Huezo. It was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Synopsis
Two women who have suffered the ...
" or a season of
flamenco dance
Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...
.
History
References
External links
Official INBAL—Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura website€”
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Arts organizations based in Mexico
*Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes Y Literatura
Education in Mexico City
Mexican literature
Organizations based in Mexico City
1946 establishments in Mexico
Arts organizations established in 1946
Educational institutions established in 1946
Heritage registers in Mexico