Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla"

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas
"Rafael Rodríguez Padilla"

Latin: National Scholam Arts
Former name	Academia de Bellas Artes
Motto	Patrimonio cultural de la nacion (Cultural heritage of the nation)
Type	Fine arts: Drawing & painting Sculpture Graphics
Established	1920
Affiliation	Government of Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports (es)
Director	Otto Arana
Location	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Language	Spanish
Website	mcd.gob.gt/tag/enap

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).^[1]

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
• Julio Dubois (1880–1960), student, later professor and director from 1942 to 1944^{[lower-roman 1]}
• Víctor Vásquez Kestler (1927–1994), student and lecturer^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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
• Javier Cárcamo (born 1980), teacher

External links

• Official website

Government of Guatemala

Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports (es)

• ENAP Guatemala on Facebook

References

Faculty, staff, and alumni notes

1. "Julio Dubois, imaginero," Prensa Libre, Guatemala City, June 17, 2001 (retrieved January 28, 2015)

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Inline citations from tertiary sources

1. "Víctor Vásquez Kestler," wikiguate, La enciclopedia en linea de Guatemala (wikiguate.com.gt)
   Website hosted by the Institute of Linguistics, Rafael Landívar University, with support from (i) Programa de Apoyo a la Calidad Educativa (PACE) and (ii) the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) (de) (webserver; Grupo Multimedios) (retrieved January 28, 2015)

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Inline citations from secondary sources

1. Diccionario histórico biográfico de Guatemala, Flavio Rojas Lima (born 1932) (ed.), Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo, Asociación de Amigos del País (2004); OCLC 58734025
   Translated: Biographical Historical Dictionary of Guatemala, Foundation for Culture and Development, Association of Friends of the Country

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