Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra
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The Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra is a university faculty founded in 1990 in the Spanish city of Pontevedra, based in the city centre,{{Cite web|title=20 años desde que los pinceles sustituyeron a los fusiles|url=https://pontevedraviva.com/xeral/16680/20-anos-bellas-artes-pontevedra-pinceles-fusiles-aniversario-san-fernando-cuartel/?lang=es|language=es|website=Pontevedra Viva|date=15 December 2014}} in the former Maestranza and old neoclassical barracks of Saint Ferdinand.{{Cite web|title=Belas Artes celebra su cuarto de siglo|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/2015/10/31/belas-artes-celebra-cuarto-siglo/0003_201510P31C4991.htm|language=es|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=31 October 2015}}
The faculty belongs to the Pontevedra Campus, integrated in the Galician University System and dependent on the University of Vigo. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Art. It is the only Faculty of Fine Arts in Galicia and northwestern Spain.
Location
The building is located at 2, Maestranza Street in Pontevedra.
History
In the 1980s, several art teachers led by Professor José Roselló Valle, as well as politicians of the time, such as the person in charge of culture of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, Adriano Marques, fought and made multiple steps and efforts so that the city would have a Faculty of Fine Arts in the project for the creation of the future university, which was to be called University of Southern Galicia.{{cite web|date=3 February 2022|title=Muere José Roselló, el profesor rebelde que luchó para que Pontevedra tuviese facultad de Bellas Artes|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/obituarios/2022/02/03/muere-jose-rosello-profesor-rebelde-lucho-pontevedra-tuviese-facultad-bellas-artes/00031643876011063449572.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|language=es}}
The Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra was created in 1990 by Decree 416/1990, of 31 July, of the Ministry of Education and University Planning, in its article 14.{{cite web|url=https://www.xunta.gal/dog/Publicados/1990/19900810/Anuncio19EE_es.html|title=DECRETO 416/1990, de 31 de julio, por el que se crean centros y se concede autorización para implantar estudios conducentes a las titulaciones que se relacionan en el sistema universitario de Galicia.| date=10 August 1990|website=Diario Oficial de Galicia|language=es}} The first programme was validated on 9 July 1990 and the programme of the University of Salamanca was adopted for the Faculty of Pontevedra, published for the first and second cycle of the curriculum in the Official State Bulletins of 20 July 1983 and 17 March 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1994/05/07/pdfs/A14168-14168.pdf|title=Resolución de 15 de abril de 1994, de la Universidad de Vigo, por la que se ordena la publicación de los planes de estudio conducentes a la obtención de los títulos de Licenciado en Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Orense, Licenciado en Geografía e Historia de la Facultad de Humanidades de Orense y Licenciado en Bellas Artes de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Pontevedra y los planes de estudio de los primeros ciclos de las licenciaturas de Química y Biología de la Facultad de Ciencias de Vigo.| date=7 May 1994|website=Boletín Oficial del Estado|language=es}}
For the first four years, the Faculty of Fine Arts was provisionally housed in the former Provincial Hospice in Sierra Street, with a certain precariousness in terms of material means and space.{{cite web|date=30 October 2015|title=Bellas Artes celebra su cuarto de siglo con una jornada de puertas abiertas y múltiples actividades|url=https://www.pontevedraviva.com/xeral/23637/bellas-artes-celebra-cuarto-de-siglo-jornada-puertas-abiertas/|website=Pontevedra Viva|language=es}}{{cite web|date=22 December 2014|title=De cuartel militar a centro del arte|url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/2014/12/22/cuartel-militar-centro-arte/0003_201412P22C8991.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|language=es}}{{cite news|date=8 November 1994|title=Los alumnos de Bellas Artes de Pontevedra, en huelga indefinida|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/08/sociedad/784249221_850215.html|website=El País|language=es |last1=González |first1=Oscar }}
On 15 December 1994, the Faculty moved to its current location, the building of the former Saint Ferdinand Barracks, in the city centre, after a project to acquire and renovate the building: different departments of the Xunta de Galicia, the City Council of Pontevedra and the university provided the money to buy the building and the Provincial Council of Pontevedra financed the renovation work.{{cite web|title=Un cuartel que ahora es Facultad|url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/pontevedra/cuartel-que-ahora-es-facultad/202211131413101226831.html|website=Diario de Pontevedra|date=13 November 2022|language=es}} According to the mayor at the time, Javier Cobián, the total project cost 2,000 million pesetas.{{cite web|title=Soy un pontevedrés que intentó hacer más cosas por su ciudad de las que le dejaron|url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/pontevedra/soy-pontevedres-intento-hacer-mas-cosas-ciudad-dejaron/201902031759401020794.html|website=Diario de Pontevedra|date=3 February 2019|language=es}}
From the beginning, there was a great interaction between the students of the faculty and the city of Pontevedra, with installations, performances and artworks in the streets.{{cite web|title=Bellas Artes sigue dejando huella en la ciudad|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/2014/10/23/bellas-artes-sigue-dejando-huella-ciudad/0003_201410P23C12991.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=23 October 2014|language=es}}{{cite web|title=La calle se libra de sustos|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/2009/11/13/calle-libra-sustos/0003_8102779.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=13 November 2009|language=es}}
The patron saint of the faculty is Saint Ero and the faculty celebrates his feast day in May.{{cite web|title=Belas Artes rinde su particular homenaje a San Ero|url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/pontevedra-ciudad/belas-artes-rinde-su-particular-homenaje-san-ero/20080515231300155391.html|website=Diario de Pontevedra|date=15 May 2008|language=es}}
Programmes
The faculty awards the University Degree in Fine Arts. The centre also hosts the master's degree in Fashion Design and Creative Direction{{Cite web|date=15 July 2016|title=Un máster sustituirá los estudios del título propio en Deseño Téxtil e Moda|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/pontevedra/2016/07/15/master-sustituira-estudios-titulo-propio-span-langgldeseno-textil-modaspan/0003_201607P15C2991.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|language=es}} and the PhD in Creation and Research in Contemporary Art.{{cite web|title=Marco Moreira y sus máquinas de dibujar|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/pontevedra/2022/10/22/marco-moreira-maquinas-dibujar/0003_202210P22C10997.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=22 October 2022|language=es}}
Facilities
The large building of the faculty is the former neoclassical Saint Ferdinand Barracks, designed by the architect Bonifacio Menéndez Conde, built between 1906 and 1909 and renovated in 1994 by the architect César Portela Fernández-Jardón to become the headquarters of the faculty and to house the Fine Arts studies.
The faculty has an exhibition room, the X Room, located at the entrance of the building.{{Cite web|date=6 March 2021|title=La Sala X de Bellas Artes acogerá la muestra surrealista 'Al cantar brilla'|url=https://pontevedraviva.com/cultura/72814/sala-x-acogera-muestra-surrealista-al-cantar-brilla/?lang=es|website=Pontevedra Viva|language=es}}
The faculty's library has 55 periodical titles and over 10,000 volumes and has 108 reading places.{{Cite web|date=4 May 2017|title=Elige tu sitio preferido de la ciudad para hincar los codos|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/pontevedra/2017/05/04/elige-tu-sitio-preferido-ciudad-hincar-codos/0003_201705P4C2993.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|language=es}}
The faculty also has multi-purpose workshops, equipped with hand tools and specific machines (workshops for metal, wood, ceramics, plastic and other materials).
There is also an audiovisual laboratory, other laboratories for graphic techniques (intaglio) and photography and a computer room (for digital and 3D image processing and digital photographic processing).
Deans
Gallery
File:Pontevedra capital Facultad Bellas Artes portada.jpg|Entrance to the Faculty
File:Biblioteca da Facultade de Belas Artes de Pontevedra.jpg|Library on the top floor
File:Pontevedra capital, Facultad de Bellas Artes.jpg|East and south facades of the faculty
File:Pontevedra Capital Facultad Bellas Artes, Escudo superior en la fachada.jpg|Spanish coat of arms at the top of the building
File:Pontevedra capital Facultad de Bellas Artes.jpg|Main facade in front of the Doctor Marescot gardens
File:Patio da facultade de Belas Artes de Pontevedra.jpg|Courtyard
References
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See also
{{commons category|Facultade de Belas Artes de Pontevedra}}
= Bibliography =
- De la Puerta, José María; Patio de las musas. Facultad de Bellas Artes de Pontevedra, Arquitectura Viva, number 43. Madrid 1995. {{P.|58-63}}.
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= External links =
- [http://tesourosdotempo.pontevedra.eu/ficha/antigo-cuartel-de-san-fernando/] Former Saint Ferdinand barracks website
- [http://belasartes.uvigo.es/es/] Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra website
- [http://proxectoarga.com/Architecture/Building/55] Renovation of the Saint-Ferdinand barracks for the Faculty of Fine Arts.
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