Tours for Homeschoolers
Throughout the year, the Norton offers Virtual School Tour and In-Person school tour events for home school families. Tours feature art from the Norton’s Permanent Collection or a special exhibition. Tours offer student-centered and interactive guided discussions through close looking and activities, led by Norton educators.
VIRTUAL Tour for Homeschoolers: María Berrío
Friday, March 12 / 10:59AM-11AM
March 12, 2021
10am / Elementary School
11am / Middle School
Theme: Maria Berrio
During this live virtual tour at the Norton, students will look at a work of art by the artist María Berrío from the current exhibition Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom). Using discussion in the chat and hands-on activities, students will discover how an artist tells a story about her cultural heritage and immigration to the United States. Students will learn to find visual clues that reveal narratives within the art.
About the Exhibition
“This is the first survey of María Berrío’s art, presenting her mature work and including two new pieces. Berrío’s large-scale, brilliantly colored collages are meticulously crafted from unique papers sourced from South America and Asia, especially Japan. She creates scenes within the realm of “magical realism,” a hallmark of Latin American literature to which she relates her work; but, she is also firmly engaged with contemporary practices and the art of her peers.”
María Berrío (Colombian, born 1982), Anemochory, 2019
Have questions about whether this event is right for your student(s)? Contact us at [email protected] or call 561-832-5196 x1046.