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: November 15

Friday, November 15 / 5PM-10PM

Art After Dark: November 15

Laurie Barnes, Elizabeth B. McGraw Curator of Chinese Art, presents a Curator Conversation on the exhibition, Pecking Order: The Symbolism and Significance of Rank Badges and Other Traditional Chinese Textiles. Artist Amber Tutwiler, whose work focuses on the intersection between digital spaces, the body, and phenomenological encounters, leads an Artist Tour. Local students present College Night at Art After Dark!

Schedule of Events

  • Express Tour

    30 minute tour of highlights of the Chinese Collection.

    5:30-6pm
  • Curator Conversation: Pecking Order: The Second Rotation

    Laurie Barnes, Elizabeth B. McGraw Curator of Chinese Art, discusses the second rotation of Pecking Order: The Symbolism and Significance of Rank Badges and Other Traditional Chinese Textiles.

    6pm
  • Short Films on the Big Screen

    Enjoy short films by students from local colleges and universities screened in the Stiller Auditorium.

    7:30-8:30pm
  • Night at the Norton: Palm Beach Atlantic University Coffeehouse

    Students from Palm Beach Atlantic University present live performances by a lineup of students musicians and vocalists.

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    7-9pm
  • Express Tour

    30 minute tour of Contemporary Art on view. 

    7-7:30pm
  • Artist Tour: Amber Tutwiler

    Artist Amber Tutwiler is an emerging artist whose work focuses on the intersection between digital spaces, the body, and phenomenological encounters. Elaborating on the relationships between the body, interface, and locality, her work explores authenticity of experience (real vs. curated vs. imagined land/body scapes). In 2018, she founded H/OURS Collective in response to the lack of emerging contemporary art in Palm Beach County.

    Artist Tours feature local and emerging artists leading informal, 30-minute gallery conversations every third Friday of the month.

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    8-8:30pm

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.