Art After Dark

Explore great works in the Museum’s collection led by one of the Museum’s fine docents. 

Space is limited, and tickets are available on a first come first served basis 1 hour before the program begins.

Featured in the Norton’s current exhibition Origin Stories: Photography of Africa and Its Diaspora, artist Adama Delphine Fawundu’s work investigates how traits of Indigenous African cultures have transformed and shape shifted within the African diaspora. Fawundu will share her latest works exploring connections between Africa and the diaspora and discuss the process of decolonizing her mind while making art.

Artist Bio:

Adama Delphine Fawundu is a photographer and visual artist born in Brooklyn of Mende and Bubi descent. Fawundu co-published the critically acclaimed book, MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. For decades, she has exhibited both nationally and internationally and is a 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition finalist. Her awards include, The Anonymous Was A Women Grant, New York Foundation for The Arts Photography Fellowship (2016) and the Rema Hort Mann Artist Grant (2018) amongst others. She was commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory to participate in the 100 Years|100 Women Project/The Women’s Suffrage NYC Centennial Consortium (2019-2021). Her works are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Princeton University Museum, Princeton, NJ; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; The Petrucci Family Foundation of African American Art, Asbury, NJ; The Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY; Norton Museum of Art, Palm Springs, FL, The David C. Driskell Art Collection, College Park, MD; and number of private collections. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University.

Join local teaching artists as they lead drop-in style art-making sessions for all ages and experience levels. All materials are included

This program is included with admission.  

Gold Coast Jazz Society Band 

Gold Coast Jazz Society Band, formed in 1994 by Lee Amlie and jazz guitarist Simon Salz, embodies the best in traditional and classic jazz. Comprised of South Florida resident musicians, many with international reputations and credits, the band’s musicians share in their desire to perform and preserve America’s musical heritage of jazz. For over twenty-six years, the band has been performing in the tri-county region. Simon Salz led the band until his passing in 2005. Band member, Eric Allison assumed the position of band leader until 2013 when Martin Hand was appointed Music Director of the ensemble.

Explore great works in the Museum’s collection led by one of the Museum’s fine docents.

Space is limited, and tickets are available on a first come first served basis 1 hour before the program begins.