Art Exhibition
Instituto Allende
Ancha de San Antonio 22, Centro
Thur, Nov 25; Fri, Nov 26
12-6pm
The Instituto Allende, 71 years of art, culture and tradition, invites you to its commemorative exhibition
By Jesús Ibarra
In 1950, Enrique Fernández Martínez, former governor of Guanajuato, his wife, Nell Harris, the Peruvian artist Felipe Cossío del Pomar and expat Stirling Dickinson founded the Instituto Alllende as a school of art and Spanish. Since then, various art workshops began to be offered to the San Miguel community, as well as a Bachelor of Visual Arts, which was immediately incorporated to the University of Guanajuato, one of the most prestigious and renowned universities in Mexico. The Instituto also opened the G.I. Bill program of the Department of War Veterans of the United States, through which the former soldiers of World War II began to come, subsidized by such program, to study art and Spanish.
Seventy-one years later, Instituto Allende is still alive, providing the opportunity to take courses designed for self-enrichment, intellectual stimulation, creation, and fun. We continue to offer art workshops opened to the community, such as Traditional Mexican Weaving, Creative Jewelry, Stone Sculpture, Oil Painting, Watercolor, among others, all taught by expert teachers with years of experience in their area. The G.I. Bill for veterans is still active and every semester we are visited by several American students who come to study Spanish and art with us. Spanish courses open to the community are also offered.
The Bachelor of Visual Arts - still incorporated into the University of Guanajuato - is a stronghold for Instituto Allende. It covers nine semesters during which the student, in addition to assimilating different techniques in the various disciplines of art, will learn to develop their creativity and will finish their studies as a professional and multidisciplinary artist. All the teachers of the Bachelor's Degree are renowned artists with extensive experience in art and teaching.
To celebrate its seventy-one years of life, the Instituto Allende invites the general public to the commemorative exhibition with artwork by our students and teachers, which will be held at the school facilities on November 25th and 26th from 12 to 6pm. We invite you to tour our facilities and admire the work of our teachers and students.
