Artist Talk: Frederico Vigil

Since 2017, artist Frederico Vigil has been working on a fresco depicting the history of wine production in New Mexico and measuring over 2,500 square feet for the Albuquerque Convention Center. Vigil’s project will discuss how his monumental project explores that rich history.

Vigil is one of the most prolific muralists in the region. His Mundos de Mestizaje, located inside the National Hispanic Cultural Center torreón, was completed in 2009 and measures roughly 4,000 square feet. His work is familiar to patrons of the New Mexico Museum of Art as well. In 1998, he completed Exodus: Influencias Positivas Y Compadrazgo in the courtyard of the 1917 Plaza Building.

“The Journey Of The UVA y Vino to Nuevo Mexico, 1629,” is free to the public and will be followed by a ticketed wine tasting with Mission Winery and Vara.

Free to attend

Image: Frederico M. Vigil, Exodus: Influencias Positivas y Compadrazgo (detail), 1998. New Mexico Museum of Art 1998.5.1

St. Francis Auditorium is equipped with an audio loop assisted listening system.