Art After Dark
A New Experience Every Friday Night!
Enjoy an eclectic mix of live performances, film screenings, workshops, tours, and more!
EVERY FRIDAY, 5:30 & 7 PM
Docent-led Tours (30 min) Explore great works in the Norton’s collection led by one of the Museum’s fine docents.
EVERY FRIDAY, 6 – 9 PM
Open Studio: Art Workshops Join local teaching artists as they lead drop-in style art-making sessions. All ages and experience levels welcome. Materials included.
EVERY FRIDAY, Live Performances
Enjoy live performances every Friday including live music, dance, spoken word, and more! Check our website weekly for updates.
First Fridays of the Month, 7:30 pm / Jazz Fridays
This popular monthly series features performances by some of South Florida’s best jazz musicians!
Third Fridays of the Month, 8 pm / Artist Tour
South Florida-based artists lead informal, 30-minute gallery talks about works in the Norton’s collection and special exhibitions.
Art After Dark / Joseph Stella's Visionary Materiality
Friday, October 21 / 5PM-10PM
Dive deep into the newest exhibition, Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature, with Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Senior Curator of American Art Ellen Roberts, Ph.D. Enjoy the classically beautiful sound of the harp with a performance by Jeanne Martin. Create your own work of art inspired by nature with Teaching Artist Jose R. Mendez. Learn about the Norton’s collection through the eyes of a local artist in an Artist Tour.
Schedule of Events
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Join a Tour!
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Open Studio
Create your own work of art inspired by Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature with Teaching Artist Jose R. Mendez.
For all ages and experience levels.
All materials are included.
Classroom 2
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Curator Conversation / Joseph Stella's Visionary Materiality
Ellen Roberts, Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Senior Curator of American Art, addresses Joseph Stella’s unusually broad range of artistic media— from oil painting, to collage, silverpoint, and reverse painting on glass— his inspiration to explore these techniques, and the remarkable results he achieved, all of which are on view in the special exhibition Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature.
Stiller Auditorium
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Live Music / Jeanne Martin
Enjoy the classically beautiful sounds of the harp, performed by harpist Jeanne Martin, from 6:30 –7:30 pm and again from 8 –9 pm.
Great Hall
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Join a Tour!
Docents discuss artworks in the Norton’s collection.
Pick up your tour wristband at Visitor Experience available 1 hour before tour.
Meet at the Great Hall
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Artist Tour
Discover works in the Norton’s collection as they relate to a local artist. Meet in the Great Hall.
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Live Music / Jeanne Martin
Enjoy the classically beautiful sounds of the harp, performed by harpist Jeanne Martin, from 6:30 –7:30 pm and again from 8 –9 pm.
Great Hall
Attending Art After Dark
Hours: The museum is currently open to the public until 10 pm on Friday nights.
Entry: Admission during Art After Dark is $10 for Adults & Seniors, $5 for Students. Tickets may be purchased at the Reception Desk or reserved in advance.
How to get here: The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1401 S. Dixie Hwy., West Palm Beach, FL 33401. For more information, click here.
Parking: Parking is available in the Norton’s main parking lot at 1501 South Dixie Highway, immediately across the street from the Museum. Parking is $5 per car, per day. Norton Members park for free.
Food and drink: The Restaurant at the Norton offers indoor and outdoor seating with beautiful views of our Sculpture Garden. Along with great food, The Restaurant serves creative cocktails, wine, and champagne. Reservations available through Tock.
Art After Dark is made possible by the generosity of The Addison Hines Charitable Trust.
Support for Open Studio was provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schott Endowment for Education.