Maria Chester

BIOGRAPHY

Maria Chester studied Fine Arts and Art History. She is a Professor of Pre-Columbian Art. She is multilingual and enjoys travelling. She taught in several South American universities as well as private institutions. She is a Senior Lecturer, tutoring annual courses on Art History for BEA – Berwick Educational Association. She also works for Berwick Visual Arts, delivering conferences linked to art exhibitions complemented with guided tours in Berwick upon Tweed, England. In May 2018, she was made a Visiting Research Fellow at the CAUA Research Centre for International Elderly Education, Shanghai, China. She became an Accredited Lecturer of The Arts Society in October 2018. Maria was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina but travelled the world and is multilingual and she can talk in Spanish (her mother tongue). Since 2003, Maria has lived in the Scottish Borders.

TALKS

1. Aztec: Tenochtitlan, The Floating Venice of the Americas
2. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: A Volatile Relationship
3. Mesoamerica-Maya: Writing & Sacred Books. Sacred Mayan Astrology & Astronomy
4. Paracas: The Most Splendid Textiles of The Americas
5. The Art of Ancient Eastern Civilizations
6. The Aztec: An Introduction to the Most Complex Urban Culture of The Americas
7. The Inca: Children Of the Sun
8. The Inca: Machu Picchu, The Lost Incan Citadel