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{{Short description|Schools of the arts in Cuba}}
'''The University of Arts of Cuba / Instituto Superior de Arte''' ('''ISA''') was established on 1 September 1976, by the Cuban government as a school for the arts.  Its original structure had three schools: [[Music]], [[Visual Arts]], and [[Performing Arts]].

== History ==
The ISA has four schools, the previous three and one for Arts and Audiovisual Communication Media. There are also four teaching schools in the provinces, one in [[Camagüey]], two in [[Holguín]] and one in [[Santiago de Cuba]].

ISA offers pre-degree and post-degree courses, as well as a wide spectrum of brief and extension courses, including preparation for Cuban and foreign professors for a degree of Doctor on Sciences in Art.

Predegree education has increased to five careers: Music, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, Dance Arts and Arts and Audiovisual Communication Media.

In 1996, the ISA established the ''National Award of Artistic Teaching'', conceived for recognizing a lifework devoted to arts teaching.

== Faculty ==
{{See also category|Academic staff of the Instituto Superior de Arte}}
*[[José Villa Soberón]], professor of sculpture
*[[Evelio Tieles]], Professor and Consultant Professor of Violin (School of Music)

== Alumni ==
{{See also|Category:Instituto Superior de Arte alumni}}
*[[Alexandre Arrechea]] (born1970), Cuban artist and sculptor
*[[Quisqueya Henríquez]] (born 1966), Cuban-born Dominican Republic multidisciplinary contemporary artist

==See also==
*[[National Schools of Art, Havana|Cuban National Schools of Art]], 1960s predecessor to the ISA

==External links==
* [http://www.isa.cult.cu/ ISA Universidad de las Artes]

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