Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" explained

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla"
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Former Name:	Academia de Bellas Artes
Motto:	Patrimonio cultural de la nacion (Cultural heritage of the nation)
Motto Lang:	es
Type:	Fine arts: Drawing & painting Sculpture Graphics
Affiliation:	Government of Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports (es)
Director:	Otto Arana
City:	Guatemala City
Country:	Guatemala
Language:	Spanish
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Website:	http://mcd.gob.gt/tag/enap/ http://mcd.gob.gt/tag/enap/
Logo Alt:	ENAP logo celebrating 100 years (1920 - 2020)

The Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" (National School of Plastic Arts) (ENAP), based in Guatemala City, is a public institution of higher education, research, and professional education in academic and applied fine arts of painting, sculpture, and graphic design.

Brief history

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" was founded in 1920 as Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Fine Arts) in 1920. Its current name bears the name of its founding director, Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (1890–1929).

Course offerings

• Painting
• Sculpture
• Graphic art

Notable faculty, staff, and alumni

Faculty and staff — current and former

• José Luis Álvarez (1917–2012), student in the 1930s, teacher from 1958 to 1986
• Rafael Rodríguez Padilla (1890–1929), co-founder and director from 1920 to 1928
• Rafael Yela Günther (1888–1942), director until 1942
• Javier Cárcamo Guzmán (born 1980), teacher
• Julio Dubois (1880–1960), student, later professor and director from 1942 to 1944
• Víctor Vásquez Kestler (1927–1994), student and lecturer

Alumni

• Ana María de Maldonado, student
• César Silva, student
• Dagoberto Vásquez, student
• Elmar René Rojas, student
• Erwin Guillermo (es), student
• Iván de León Rodríguez (es) (born 1955), student
• Jorge Mazariegos Rodríguez, student
• Manolo Gallardo (es) (born 1936), student
• Moisés Barrios, student
• Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicara (born 1947), student
• Jorge Corleto (born 1960), teacher

References

Faculty, staff, and alumni notesInline citations from tertiary sourcesInline citations from secondary sources

External links

Government of Guatemala

Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports (es)

• ENAP Guatemala on Facebook