Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (Honduras)
The National Academy of Drawing, "Natural Chiaroscuro" was created in 1934 under the direction of Carlos Zúñiga Figueroa and, by 1938, the Escuela de Artes y Oficios (a school for traditional handicrafts) emerged.
A year and a half before, Carias Andino awarded the artists Arturo López Rodezno, Maximiliano Ramírez Euceda, Samuel Salgado, and Salvador Posadas with a government mandate to create a school for the arts.
The same year they took up residence in the arts building of the ENBA, Street 6, between Avenues 2 and 3, facing La Libertad Park in Comayagüela, Central District.
[2] The ENBA considers itself as a leading institution in the artistic-visual training at every level of the National Educational System, promoting the different manifestations of the visual arts and cultures through the activities of teaching, research, and outreach.
[2] Regarding the ENBA's policies for cultural and academic growth, and support for the teaching-learning process, ENBA sets for the following short-, medium-, and long-term goals: In 1940, the National School of Fine Arts was created and housed under the Ministry of Development, Commerce and Industry, offering courses and diplomas to the graduates of the sixth grade in the modalities of: drawing, perspective, paint, sculpture, design, ceramics, wood carving, and religious sculpture, studied over five years.
This modality replaced the drawing and modeling curriculum and lasted until the year 1975 when the agreement of Legalization of Degrees and Diplomas Granted since 1940 was issued.
[4] This educational center has, so far, has been very important in Honduran society because of its contribution to the development of visual arts and national culture.
The ENBA designed and implemented diverse curricular models in response to social demands and specific historical moments.
In 1966, ENBA began offering a curriculum for teacher of visual arts for graduates of the common cycle of general culture.
In 1975, the agreement of Legalization of Titles and Diplomas granted from 1940 until 1975 was issued; it "created" the ENBA by law, assigned to the Executive Department of Arts.
The Anthology, published yearly on November 15, is to encourage and document the annual creativity, as well as develop the ENBA's social outlook.
The government of Honduras decided to invest an additional 18 billion Lempiras (US $933 million) between 2001 and 2015, on social projects in education, health and culture amounting to 35% of the budget for the strategy to reduce poverty.
