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 / College Night!

Friday, March 25 / 5PM-10PM

Art After Dark / College Night!

Friday, March 25 / 5-10pm

It’s College Night at the Norton! Show us your Student ID to receive free Museum admission. 

Join us for an Open Mic session, live music by Clean Cut featuring an eclectic rhythm that merges funk, soul, and R&B, a book binding art-making activity, and close out the evening with a silent disco party! Stop by the Open Studio, Open Mic, and Silent Disco to enter in our raffle to win a Student Membership! 

Schedule of Events

  • Tour

    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.

    5:30-6pm
  • Open Studio / DIY Book Binding Techniques

    Are you an artist in the search of the PERFECT sketchbook? Join Ari Kijanka, one of Norton’s teaching artists, who will be demonstrating how to make your own sketchbook using different book binding techniques..


    About the Artist: Born and raised in West Palm Beach, Teaching Artist Ari Kijanka has been creating a range of works for the last decade and a half. Primarily an oil painter and printmaker, Ari received their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting & Art History from the University of North Florida. They draw inspiration from events from their life, the world around them, and from prominent or interesting periods in human history. Their works have been featured in the Figure 8 Gallery and Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, as well as been published in the Talon Review.

    6-9pm
  • Open Mic: Creative Writing, Poetry, Short Essays, and more!

    Open Call for College Students! If you want to share your creative writing, poetry, short essay, or any other form of short writing, please fill out this form https://forms.gle/Jsso5xD7jkoTsNes6

    Stop by the Norton’s hidden treasure, The Courtyard, to enjoy the local talent. The Sailfish Review, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Creative Writing Club and other local writers will be performing their beautiful spoken words.

    7-7:45pm
  • Tour

    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.

    7:30-8pm
  • Live Music / Clean Cut Band

    Clean Cut is an emerging four-piece band from Miami, FL whose eclectic rhythm merges Funk, Hip-Hop, RnB, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Latin, Reggae, Dancehall and more... They have performed at Miami’s Design District and other local venues. The young and talented musicians are: Kalil Bohannon (drums), Sebastian Holmes (bass), Sebastian Guerrero (keyboard), and Giacomo Bacigalupo (electric guitar). Tune in and enjoy their new songs! Follow them on Instagram, @cleancutband

    8-9pm
  • Silent Disco

    The night will end with a groovy Silent Disco Party! Each headphone offers three different stations. One station will take you through the 80’s to the 00’s, experiencing a mash up of decades. The other one will feature Latin rhythm so you can DANCE salsa, bachata, reggaetón and merengue. And the last one is all about today’s top hits and POP rising artists.

    9-9:45pm

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 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 $6 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 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.