National Hispanic Cultural Center

12-18-2011
Tom and I have been wanting to show the Torreón Fresco at the National Hispanic Cultural Center to the girls since the first time that we saw it.  But first maybe some lunch......

Then some art - The National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Art Museum is acquiring a permanent collection of important works of art from New Mexico and throughout the United States, Latin America, and Spain, as well as from other regions of the Spanish diaspora. The Art Museum’s collecting efforts focus on artists' boundless creative energy and enthusiasm from the most dedicated of traditional artists and craftspeople within the New Mexican Hispanic historical heritage, to the most experimental of contemporary visionaries working in cutting edge materials. (from website)

Frederico Vigil spent close to a decade on this monumental 4,000 square foot work, the largest concave fresco in North America. Over 3,000 years of Hispanic history are depicted in the broadest sense, from Europe to Mesoamerica and into the American Southwest, illustrating the complexities and diversity of the Hispanic experience.

We highly recommend the Torreón. It is amazing.