Open Studio

Connect with artwork through creative expression!

Mark the opening of For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women and join an art workshop inspired by Kiki Seror’s 2005 video work, Modus Operandi on view in the exhibition. 

Make up-close and personal self-portraits! Zoom in on a feature of your face or body to make an abstracted and unique work of art.

This online program is free, and registration is required.

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Demonstration of artwork by teaching artist Jill Lavetsky

KIKI SEROR (French, born 1970), Modus Operandi, 2005 (detail), Surveillance video transferred to DVD, Edition 1 of 5, 5 minutes, 13 seconds, Dimensions variable, Gift of Jane B. Holzer given in honor of Helen and Carl Brukenfeld, 2018.59a-b. © Kiki Seror 

About Open Studio:

Experienced and emerging artists from South Florida open their studios and lead workshops inspired by works of art on view at the Norton. Learn practical and expressive skills designed to be accessible to all experience levels. Each session features a new work of art and guest teaching artist from a different discipline: from visual arts to creative writing, music, and dance.

Open Studio is presented every second Friday of the month via Zoom. This is an open platform where participants are encouraged to ask questions and share their work!

How to participate

After registering, a Zoom meeting link and material list will be emailed in advance of each session. Participants must have access to a smart device with internet access to participate. 

Suggested Materials: 

  • A mirror or your phone to take selfies.
  • Paper and pencil
  • A medium of your choice: watercolor, acrylic paint, markers, colored pencils, etc.

Participants are responsible for providing their own materials based on recommendations from the teaching artist.


About Jill Lavetsky

Jill Lavetsky is a Teaching Artist at the Norton and a professional artist whose practice focuses on drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage. Her work explores the complex nature of intimate relationships and her experience as a mother. She received an MFA in Painting from Florida Atlantic University in 2013, and has taught college, K-12 through community outreach, as well as incarcerated women. She has been featured in exhibitions such as the Florida Invitational at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, and Drawn at the Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Website:  www.jilllavetsky.com

Instagram: @jilllavetsky