August 25, 2023, Mérida, Yucatán – ESAY will now become the National University of Arts of Yucatán, with construction work to be completed in December.
Today, Tuesday, April 25, at the International Congress Center of Yucatan in the presence of representatives of the Mexican Army, the state municipality, the Secretariat of Government, the Dean and students of the ESAY, now UNAY, among others.
The public was able to appreciate the different activities carried out by the theater, dance, music and visual arts departments.
Governor Mauricio Vila Dosal announced a million-dollar investment of $280 million in furniture and equipment at the presentation of the ESAY Modernization Works, and announced that the Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatán, the most important art school on the Peninsula, will become the Universidad Nacional de Artes de Yucatán (National University of Arts of Yucatán) UNAY.
Presentamos los trabajos de modernización de la @esayescuela y anunciamos que ahora se convertirá en la Universidad de las Artes de Yucatán (UNAY), la escuela de artes más importante del sureste del país y una de las mejores de #México, pasando de más de 400 alumnos a más de 700… pic.twitter.com/7l8pnT1L4K
— Mauricio Vila (@MauVila) April 25, 2023
The architectural project, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year, includes three works: the intervention on building D, which faces 46th Street, where the Visual Arts and Cinema professional disciplines will be located; and building C, which faces 48th Street, where the Theater and Dance degree programs will be located; as well as the refurbishment of the central corridor of the building that used to house the train station.
The upgrade of the infrastructure will allow UNAY to house the different disciplinary areas that are distributed in external buildings on a single campus, and the expansion of the facilities will increase ESAY’s current enrollment from around 400 students to more than 600.
This will accommodate approximately 20 of the 600 applicants who cannot enter each school year and additionally the new UNAY model will incorporate two new study programs, these are the degrees in Film and Dance.
The engineers in charge of the work assured that the challenge of these remodeling works is to maintain the appearance of the 1920’s Mexican colonial style building and at the same time make it compatible with the activities that will be carried out in the facilities.
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