Draft:Nyundo Art School

The Nyundo Art School is an institution offering artistic education located in Nyundo, Rwanda, in the Rubavu District (Western Province), approximately ten kilometers east of Gisenyi.

It is the only school in Rwanda dedicated to sculpture, painting, drawing, and graphic design.

The school also has branches nationwide to encourage talent, particularly in the Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centers (CIPR) located in each province and in the capital, Kigali.

History
In 1959, Belgian missionary Marc Wallenda, the primary founder of art education in Congo and notably the Saint-Luc School of Art, took over the management of Nyundo Vocational School in the Rubavu District and established a public art school, the only one in Rwanda.

In February 2013, during a symposium on arts and crafts organized in collaboration with the Rwanda Arts Initiative, Jerome Gasana, the General Director of the Workforce Development Authority, unveiled a plan to promote and professionalize the art industry in Rwanda. The government allocated 500 million Rwandan francs to this initiative. Promoting arts and crafts became a priority, aiming to make every Rwandan artist competitive internationally. Music education became part of the new initiatives.

The music section was relocated by the late 2010s.