[1][2][3] In August 1968, CAyC was established as a multidisciplinary workshop by Víctor Grippo, Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernando Benedit, Alfredo Portillos, Clorindo Testa, Jorge Glusberg, and Jorge González.
[2] In 1971, the "Grupo de los Trece" was created by Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski.
There were 13 artists who made up the group: Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernándo Benedit, Gregorio Dujovny, Carlos Ginsburg, Jorge Glusberg, Victor Grippo, Jorge González Mir, Vicente Lucas Marotta, Luis Pazos, Alfredo Portillos, Juan Carlos Romero, Julio Teich, and Horacio Zabala.
[citation needed] In the seventies CAyC became an international center for the Pop art-culture and the famous Museo de Arquitectura.
[citation needed] Well-known teachers at CAyC have included Justus Dahinden and Mario Botta.