Faculty of Arts and Design explained

The Faculty of Arts and Design (; formerly known as the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas or ENAP),^[1] is a college of art in Xochimilco, Mexico City. The school is part the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and is responsible for teaching painting, sculpture and graphic design, with undergraduate and graduate studies in San Carlos. In 2007 and 2008, the Council of Designers of Mexico recognised the faculty as the best art school in Mexico.^[2]

History

The Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas was spun off from the Academy of San Carlos.^[3]

The graduate program is held in San Carlos and is regarded as a research institute.

Notable alumni

• Celia Calderón (1921–1969), printmaker and painter, attended in the 1940s^[4]
• Pedro Cervantes (born 1933), sculptor^[5]
• Mónica Mayer (born 1954)
• Gabriel Orozco (born 1962),^[6] attended 1981 to 1984.
• Melchor Peredo (born 1927)
• Puri Yáñez (born 1936), attended ENAP from 1956 to 1958.^[7]

See also

• Mexican art

External links

• Official Website (Spanish) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Notes and References

1. Book: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte. Debroise. Olivier. La era de la discrepancia. 1987. Turner, Ediciones S.A., 2006. 9789689056003. 62. 20 August 2014.
2. http://www.dgcs.unam.mx/boletin/bdboletin/2008_349.html Boletines
3. Web site: Historia de la FAD. 2020-06-06. 2019-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20191201165907/http://www.fad.unam.mx/historia.php. dead.
4. Web site: Celia Calderón, 1921–1969 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731003926/http://www.museoblaisten.com/v2008/indexESP.asp?myURL=artistDetailSpanish&artistId=8 . July 31, 2013 . Blaisten Museum . es . Mexico City.
5. News: Merry Mac Masters . Un triángulo amoroso entre autor, obra y espectador, sugiere Cervantes . December 12, 2011 . 8 . La Jorana . Mexico City . es . A love triangle among the author, work and spectator, suggests Cervantes . July 14, 2013 .
6. Web site: Gabriel Orozco. Art21. en. 2019-01-31.
7. Book: Musacchio, Humberto. Millennia of Mexico. Hoja Casa Editorial. 1999. 9789686565379. 3. 3276.