Art After Dark

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

With special guest M.J. Fievre, best-selling author of the Bad Ass Black Girl series. Seven other women/femme writers will share their curated work in this final event of a three-part grant project produced by The Cream Literary Alliance, a West Palm Beach nonprofit organization. Partially funded by the New ERA Women’s Writers of the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, this program seeks to elevate local feminist writers in the creative, challenging, and rebellious spirt of Frida Kahlo.

One more chance to explore great works in the Museum collection with one of the Museum’s fine docents.

This band’s influences are as diverse as their Miami region, 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 supports 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 Hancock to Mongo Santamaria. 

Founded in 2007, Electric Piquete are two-time Miami New Times Best of Miami “Best Latin Band” award-winners, first named so in 2009, they were again crowned as such in 2015.  

Express your love for the written word through painting and collage in this workshop for all ages. Get inspired by the works of guest writers like M.J. Fievre, author of the Badass Black Girl series, and create a word painting to express your own positive affirmation. Participants will have opportunity to combine a variety of media using stencils, vinyl lettering, and up-cycled book pages. This program is offered in collaboration with the Armory Art Center.

About the artist: Kim Rae Taylor is a visual artist and Associate Professor of Fine Art for the University of Cincinnati Clermont College. She received her MFA from the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati, and her BFA from The College of Fine Arts of the University of Texas at Austin. Additional studies include the University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy, and the Metáfora Center for Art Therapy Studies in Barcelona, Spain. She spent more than two decades working as a graphic artist, including work in cartoon animation and product design. She travels frequently for work and research, and has been an artist in residence at Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan, Red Gate in Beijing, and Cill Rialaig in County Kerry, Ireland. Taylor works with a variety of themes that draw from nature, language and gender. She is currently the 2021—2022  artist in residence for two-dimensional art at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL.