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!
Art After Dark / Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 Zhōngqiū Jié)
Friday, September 9, 5:30 – 10 PM
Join the Norton in celebrating this festival the night before with art activities, Chinese music, tours on works in the Chinese collection, and more.
About the Mid-Autumn Festival:
The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 Zhong Qiu Jie), or Moon Festival, which falls on September 10, 2022, is a harvest festival celebrated in China, like Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan. Like many other harvest festivals around the world, the Mid-Autumn Festival is close to the autumn equinox. The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations can be traced to Western Zhou dynasty kings, who reigned from 1045 to 770 BCE, offering sacrifices to the moon in the fall to request a plentiful harvest for the coming year. In the later years of the Tang dynasty, everyone celebrated by enjoying music and dance while appreciating the bright moon. The Yuan Dynasty introduced the tradition of eating mooncakes during the festival. In addition to celebrating the end of the autumn harvest, this holiday promotes gathering of friends and family, thanksgiving, and prayers for prosperous futures. Since 2008 in mainland China, the Mid-Autumn festival has been a major public holiday where people also watch the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala on television.
Schedule
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JOIN A TOUR!
Docents discuss great works in our Chinese collection.
Limited to 14 people per docent. Pick up your tour wristband at Visitor Experience available 1 hour before tour.
Meet at the Great Hall
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Curator Conversation / Autumn Mountains and the Light of the Harvest Moon
Laurie Barnes, the Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of Chinese Art, shows how four paintings representing hills or mountains relate to the major Chinese holiday, the Mid-Autumn Festival. Ranging in date from 1722 to 2006, each painting was made by an artist who sought to expand upon the classical Chinese landscape tradition. This program will be livestreamed in Stiller Auditorium
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OPEN STUDIO
Join Teaching Artist Ari Kijanka and create your own lantern, a Mid-Autumn Festival tradition.
Classroom 2
Want to Participate from Home?
Download your own printable rabbit lantern PDF, Mid-Autumn festival wordsearch, and gongfu tea guide below!
Transport yourself with music— from home!
Enjoy a Mid-Autumn playlist curated by Laurie Barnes, our Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of Chinese Art.
Attending Art After Dark
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. Free for Members. Tickets may be purchased at the Reception Desk or reserved in advance.
How to get here: The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1450 S. Dixie Hwy., West Palm Beach, FL 33401. For more information, click here.
Parking: Parking is available across the street from the Museum at 1501 South Dixie Highway. The parking rate is $3 per hour, limited to a maximum session of three hours. 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.
Major support for Art After Dark is provided by The Addison Hines Charitable Trust.
Support for the Docent Program was provided by The Donald and Linda Silpe Endowment for the Professional Development of Docents and The Marcia Mahon Education Endowment Fund.
Support for Open Studio was provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schott Endowment for Education.