In 1972 , the property was destroyed in the earthquake and in 1973 , Peñalba left . The painter , Sergio Dávila took over the direction of the school in 1974 . Without a permanent home , the school moved often until 1975 , when Dávila secured a donated property in the Dambach Neighborhood of Managua from owners who had emigrated from the country . The location was shared with the National Museum of Cultural Heritage and offered only courses in visual arts and music . In 1979 , Dávila was replaced when a new policy on culture was instituted by the government . For the first time , the state established material and courses for teaching visual arts and hired Cuban professors to formalize a program to teach ceramics , engraving , painting and sculpture . A workshop on murals developed in 1983 . They established an autonomous facility in the Ministry of Culture , but in 1988 , it closed and students rejoined the National School of Fine Arts
earthquake
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (Nicaragua)