Art After Dark

Docents discuss artworks in the Norton’s Collection. 

Pick up your tour wristband at the Reception Desk one hour before the tour.

Join Guest Teaching Artist Gregory Dirr to create a project using environmentally sourced and recycled materials in celebration of the new exhibition Surroundings: Video Encounters of Nature.

This workshop session explores the art of printmaking, utilizing materials sourced from everyday surroundings. Discover inventive techniques to print images that elevate common objects into beautiful works of art, fostering accessibility and inspiration for participants of all backgrounds. All of the techniques learned can be completed without a printing press and using only common items and tools. This session aims to demystify traditional methods, offering a nuanced understanding of this tactile art form.

Gregory Dirr (b. 1986, Miami FL) is a visual artist living in South Florida. His most involved body of work, The Big Book, has been exhibited since 2008 including the most recent show in 2024. Gregory received his BFA at Ringling College of Art and Design in 2008, winning the Best of Core and Best of Fine Arts awards.

Classroom #2

Docents focus on The Paper Trail: 500 Years of Prints from the Jonathan “Jack” Frost Collection.

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Electric Piquete

Formed in the summer of 2007, Electric Piquete is a two-time Miami New Times Best of Miami “Best Latin Band” award-winning Latin funk outfit. First named so in 2009, they were again crowned as such in 2015. The band has played virtually all major events in South Florida, including the Miami Music Festival, Calle Ocho, Carnaval on the Mile, the Ball & Chain Music Festival, and Arts in the Park. Few major venues have not seen them grace their stage. In 2016, the band graduated to the major festival circuit, traveling to NC to play the GrassRoots Festival of Music Arts & Dance, followed by appearances at the Orange Blossom Festival in 2018 and 2022. They made their Afro Roots Fest debut in Key West in 2019, and performed again in Islamorada in 2021.

Their influences are as diverse as the Miami region that birthed them, ranging from rock to jazz spiced with everything in between: funk, Afro-Caribbean, progressive, and R&B. Though mostly instrumental, the band does feature vocals and rapping on several numbers; a tight rhythm section and heavy percussion support melodious horn play. Their repertoire consists of mostly original compositions, but they are well-versed in Latin and jazz standards, borrowing from a range of artists, from Herbie to Mongo.

The band is preparing to release their long-awaited full-length recording in September of 2024.

Electric Piquete is:
Ed Rosado – drums / vocals
Michael Mut – bass / vocals
Chris Correoso – guitars
Rich Dixon – trumpet / flugelhorn / vocals
Charles Gardner – keyboards / synthesizer
Raymond Ayala – percussion / vocals
Robert Smiley – saxophones / flute / vocals