Faculty of Arts and Design
The Faculty of Arts and Design, 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.
History
The Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas was spun off from the Academy of San Carlos.The graduate program is held in San Carlos and is regarded as a research institute.
Notable alumni
- Celia Calderón, printmaker and painter, attended in the 1940s
- Pedro Cervantes, sculptor
- Mónica Mayer
- Gabriel Orozco, attended 1981 to 1984.
- Melchor Peredo
- Puri Yáñez, attended ENAP from 1956 to 1958.