The National University of the Arts, in

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: ''UNA - Universidad Nacional de las Artes'', formerly known as IUNA - Instituto Universitario Nacional de las Artes, is an

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established in 1996 as an incorporation of various national institutions dedicated to the teaching of

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. The origins of the current UNA University lay in the 1875 founding of the National Society of the Stimulus of the Arts by painters Eduardo Schiaffino,

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, and others. Their

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was rechartered as the National Academy of Fine Arts in 1905 and, in 1923, on the initiative of painter and academic

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, as a department in the

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, the Superior Art School of the Nation. The latter in 1927 created the Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture. In 1936 theatre director

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founded the National Institute of Theatrical Studies. These institutions of

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, including the

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National Conservatory of Music, the National Institute of Superior Education and Folklore, the María Ruanova National Institute of Superior Education and Dance, and the National Institutes of

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, all united forming the new National University of the Arts, ''"Universidad Nacional de las Artes"'', issued in 1996 by Argentina's Ministry of Education.

Departments

* Audiovisual Arts
http://audiovisuales.una.edu.ar/
* Dramatic Arts
http://dramaticas.una.edu.ar/
* Kinetic Arts
http://movimiento.una.edu.ar/
* Music
https://musicalesysonoras.una.edu.ar/
* Visual Arts
http://visuales.una.edu.ar/
* Art Criticism
http://criticadeartes.una.edu.ar/
* Folklore
http://folklore.una.edu.ar/
* Educators Program
http://formaciondocente.una.edu.ar/
* Multimedia
http://multimedia.una.edu.ar/
* Writing Arts
http://artesdelaescritura.una.edu.ar/
* The

Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture The Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture is located in the Puerto Madero ward of Buenos Aires, and is administered by the National University of Arts. Overview The museum originated with a collection of repro ...

http://carcova.una.edu.ar/

Notable alumni

Eduardo Arnosi Eduardo Arnosi (November 6, 1924 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – December 23, 2012) was an Argentinian music critic, writer on music, and academic. He wrote articles on opera and classical music for the newspapers '' El Mundo'' and ''La Nación''; n ...

, music critic, radio personality, and writer on music

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External links

Official website
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Departments

Notable alumni

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