When San Miguel de Allende comes to mind, so does the cultural and artistic richness that has long defined this UNESCO World Heritage city. That legacy is embodied by spaces that have existed for decades and helped forge the city’s cultural identity — none more so than Instituto Allende.
Instituto Allende’s roots are with the family of the Conde de la Canal, one of the most influential families in San Miguel de Allende’s history. The 18th-century mansion that houses it today once belonged to the Count, whose hacienda helped shape the city’s development. In 1951, American writer and adventurer Stirling Dickinson, alongside Mexican painter Alfredo Campanella and with the support of the Hernández Macías family, transformed the space into an art school affiliated with the University of Guanajuato.
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