About Guided Tour: Portals with Silvia López Chavez

Join us for a guided tour celebrating the work of Boston-based artist Silvia López Chavez. This tour explores her vibrant new outdoor commission, Chromatic Portals, alongside her immersive indoor mural, Touching the Portal.

Chromatic Portals transforms the South Lawn into a luminous landscape of movement and light. Three immersive doorways (or portals) represent a symbolic threshold into Land, Water, and Sky. Printed patterns echo forms found in leaf veins, mycelium networks, rippling water, and spiraling galaxies.

Inside the museum, a large-scale mural continues this exploration of the natural world. Touching the Portal immerses the museum in color, pattern, and imagery from the natural world. Some imagery (such as the ginkgo leaf and the nautilus shell) interweave concepts about nature’s resilience and design. Through these and other references, López Chavez’s mural signals hidden orders of nature.

This tour offers close-looking, conversation, and insight into the artist’s materials, influences, and vision.

deCordova’s programs are designed to welcome a wide range of ages and abilities. Please contact mnelson@thetrustees.org to discuss adaptations to benefit anyone in your group.

Pre-ticketing is required in order to anticipate capacity. Your ticket includes admission to deCordova’s campus, so please feel free to explore the grounds before or after the program.

Cancellation Policy:  In the event The Trustees cancels a program due to severe weather, low enrollment, or other circumstances, we will notify registrants by email and issue a full refund or transfer to another scheduled program within two weeks of the cancellation. To cancel a reservation, please reach out 7 days prior to the start of the program to receive a full refund. Refunds and transfers may not be granted for cancellations placed fewer than 7 days before the start of the program.

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