MUSAC – Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos

Utopias of Liberty

eduardo-deveritas — Tue, 09 May 2023 02:21:38 +0000

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the political emancipation of the Audiencia of Guatemala from Spain in 1821, the Museum of San Carlos University (MUSAC) and General Directorate of Research (DIGI), USAC present the exhibition “Utopias of Liberty”.

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Rina Lazo, The Fertile Legacy

eduardo-deveritas — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:19:12 +0000

The exhibition is a tribute of the Museum of the San Carlos University (MUSAC), to the Guatemalan muralist for her friendship during her lifetime and to her memory in the first year of her death.

Rina Lazo Wasem was born in Guatemala City in 1923. She began her studies in the workshop of Julio Urruela; later, she entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Guatemala, where she obtained an award to study at the School of Painting and Sculpture “La Esmeralda”, in Mexico. She graduated in 1946, joining the Mexican plastic arts.

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Magical Quetzaltenango

eduardo-deveritas — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:18:02 +0000

It represents the cultural richness of the department through a collection of 42 images that reflect the beauty of its natural landscapes, neoclassical architecture around the Plaza Central, religiosity, traditions, and gastronomy of the city and its municipalities.

The pictures are the work of outstanding local photographers: Harry Díaz, José Manuel del Busto, Carlos Miralbés, Luis Estacuy, Guido Velásquez, and Juan Pablo Méndez. The book “Quetzaltenango, historias de su historia” by Ing. Roberto Gutiérrez, one of the chroniclers of the city of Quetzaltenango, was the basis for the scientific script of the exhibition.

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MUSAC 360°, with accesible content

eduardo-deveritas — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:37:28 +0000

It offers a virtual tour of this beautiful building and the different spaces that conform it. To make it inclusive, it has been interpreted into Guatemalan Sign Language thanks to the support of the Licda. Doris Parada.

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Centennial Huelga de Dolores

eduardo-deveritas — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:23:52 +0000

The Huelga de Dolores, declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation, is the comical celebration of the students of San Carlos de Guatemala University, with criticism and satire for those who impede the progress of the country. This year the variant corresponds to the “Chabela Centenaria”, an icon of the movement that turns 100 years old.

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Tricentennial USAC

eduardo-deveritas — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:45:07 +0000

It presents the historical evolution of one of the first universities in the American continent, in the city of Santiago de Guatemala, whose foundation took a process of 128 years. Currently, the USAC has a presence throughout the national territory, through its teaching, research, extension and service functions.

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