ART AFTER DARK: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Features the Blue Planet Writers Group Writing Workshop from 5-7 p.m.; the 5:30 p.m. pbpulse.com Tour of the Modern Masters; music by pop-rock artist Shauna Sweeny from 5-7 p.m.; the 6:30 p.m. tour featuring Cocktail Culture; and music by the rock trio Franscene from 7-9 p.m. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org
LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER’S 125 CLUB: 6-8:30 p.m. Jan. 7, The Whitespace Collection, 2805 N. Australian Ave. in West Palm Beach. Marvin and Elayne Mordes will host the 125 Club in their home, and guests will be offered an insider’s tour of their art-filled residence and personal tours of their international art collection titled "The Whitespace Collection." Plus hors d’oeuvres, wine and cocktails. Tickets are $125 and proceeds benefit the Lighthouse ArtCenter’s projects. Space is limited. Reservations are required. Info: (561) 746-3101; LighthouseArts.org.
‘THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’: Through Feb. 3, Holden Luntz Gallery, 332 Worth Ave., Palm Beach. Comprised of photographs that were taken during decades when people lived with exuberance: 1940s-60s and the 1980s. The energy and freshness in the arts found a visual equivalent in the photography of the masters, including Frank Horvat, William Klein, Harry Benson and Clive Arrowsmith. Info: (561) 805-9550; holdenluntz.com
ART & LIFE: THE SPIRIT OF HAITI: Opens Thursday, at the Art Gallery at PBSC’s Eissey Campus, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Features a cross-section of 27 pieces of art and crafts created by nine artists of Haitian descent living in South Florida. Through Feb. 10. The art and crafts of Art Creation Foundation for Children in Jacmel, Haiti, will also be on exhibit. The opening reception will be from 5:30-8 p.m. Jan. 10. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Info: (561) 207-5015; palmbeachstate.edu/artgallerypbg.xml.
COEXIST: AN ART WITH A HEART EXHIBITION: Jan. 7-10; Ritter Art Gallery on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Features visual art from the students of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County. An opening reception is planned from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 6. Info: (561) 297-2966.
MAH JONGG: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION THROUGH THE CENTURIES: 1-4 p.m. Jan. 8, Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, Levis JCC Phyllis & Harvey Sandler Center, 21050 95th Ave. S., Boca Raton. The opening reception features a viewing, tours, video and live mah jongg demonstrations and a screening of The Ties That Bind, a film about the women who play this centuries-old game. The exhibit will be on display through Feb. 17. Info: (561) 558-2520.
LOCAL TALENT – PAINTERS OF PALM BEACH: Through Saturday, Liman Gallery, The Paramount Building 139 N. County Road (at Sunrise), Palm Beach. Features the works of 20 artists including faculty from The Armory Art Center, Society of the Four Arts and Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Artists include Jaye Adams, Stanley Brundage, Clemente, Joel Cohen, Alyssa di Edwardo, Caroline Freese, Dora Frost, Cynthia Gardner, Sonia Gaskell, John Griffin, Ingor Hansen, Stephen Johnson, Evelyn Lauder, Ellen Liman, Barbara Macklowe, Carol McKinley, Ryan Morgan, Dan Neumann, Sam Perry, Maryellen Shafer, Nancy Tart and Joan VanderGrift. Info: (561) 659-7050.
alan wolton, Impressionist Master, Original Oil Paintings: Through Saturday . Onessimo Fine Arts, 4530 PGA Blvd., Suite 101, Palm Beach Gardens. Info: (561) 355-8061; onessimofineart.com
OUTSIDER VISIONS: SELF-TAUGHT SOUTHERN ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: Through Jan. 8, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real. Nearly 100 works by self-taught artists. From the collection of Ted and Ann Oliver, who have spent more than 30 years studying, collecting and writing about Southern contemporary folk art. Info: (561) 392-2500; bocamuseum.org.
FIRST TRAIN TO PARADISE: THE RAILROAD THAT WENT TO SEA: Through Jan. 8, Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. The exhibit tells the story of the construction of the Over-Sea Railroad to Key West, in honor of the 100th anniversary of its completion. The exhibition features numerous photographs, artifacts and documents, revealed for the first time to the public, from the extensive Flagler Museum archives, the repository for tens of thousands of documents. Info: (561) 655-2833; flaglermuseum.us.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MARINE ARTISTS 15TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION: Through Jan. 9, Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. The Cornell Museum is the first of eight national stops for this multimedia, juried exhibition and the only location east of Alabama. Info: (561) 243-7922; oldschool.org.
RETURN TO THE TROPICS: Through Jan. 14, Habatat Galleries, 539 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Works by glass artists who used the tropics as inspiration for their work in the show. Info: (561) 832-8787 or email
THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION, ORIGINAL WORKS OF HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY AND J.C. LEYENDECKER: Through Jan. 15, The Society of Four Arts Gallery, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Some of the most recognized and American artists of the 20th century have been illustrators, and two of the best are Christy and Leyendecker, whose original art for Hearst magazines and newspapers is displayed in this exhibition. Info: (561) 655-7226; fourarts.org.
ANDY WARHOL, THE BAZAAR YEARS 1951-1964: Through Jan. 15, The Society of Four Arts Gallery, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. This exhibition presents some of Warhol’s finest contributions to Harper’s Bazaar, reproduced as they were originally published. Through Jan. 15. Info: (561) 655-7226; fourarts.org.
ICE AGE FLORIDA: Through Jan. 15, Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Celebrate 50 million years of fossil history with lifelike replicas and genuine fossils of ancient creatures that roamed Florida such as mastodons, mammoths, giant sloths, giant beavers, bison, rhinoceros, saber tooth cats and shark species. Info: (561) 274-7263; sandowayhouse.org.
A SPECTACLE OF WINGS: Through Jan. 21, Armory Art Center’s East Gallery, 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach. A selection of wildlife photographs by award-winning photographer and naturalist Rosalie Winard. Through Jan. 21. Info: (561) 832-1776. armoryart.org.
ZENMI – A TASTE OF ZEN: PAINTINGS, CALLIGRAPHY AND CERAMICS FROM THE COLLECTION OF RIVA LEE ASBELL: Through Jan. 22, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. The exhibition features more than 80 works of art including paintings and calligraphy mounted as hanging scrolls, inscribed ceramics used in the tea ceremony and other objects associated with the practice of Zen, which are examples of the genre of Japanese art called zenga. Info: (561) 495-0233; morikami.org.
SMALL WONDERS: JAPANESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM THE TRAMMELL AND MARGARET CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART: Through Jan. 22, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. The Chinese carried and stored small quantities of snuff, a ground tobacco product, in small vials, which have become collectors’ items. This exhibition, organized in part by the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, comprises more than 40 exquisite examples of Japanese snuff bottles produced during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Info: (561) 495-0233; morikami.org.
CONCEPTUAL NARRATIVE: MIXED MEDIA FROM THE CHODORKOFF COLLECTION: Through Jan. 31, FAU’s Wimberly Library, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. An exhibition of contemporary fine art and crafts that features an eclectic mix of glass, fiber, ceramics, painting, sculptures and prints by several established artists, including Dale Chihuly, Ed Rossbach, William Morris and Clifford Rainey. (561) 297- 3770; library.fau.edu/geninfo/hours.htm
FIGURED SPACES: SELECTIONS FROM THE JOHN MORRISSEY COLLECTION: Through Feb. 11, University Galleries FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Features 40 works by 12 artists, from the collection of West Palm Beach attorney John Morrissey, all of which present the human figure in spaces or environments that convey a wide range of psychological states and evoke strong emotional responses. Info: (561) 297-2966; fau.edu/galleries/Morrissey.php
IN HEBREW CALLIGRAPHY, A MODERN DAY FEAST FOR THE EYES: Through Feb. 17, Levis JCC’s Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery At The Sandler Center for Jewish Life Enhancement, 21050 95th Ave. S., Boca Raton. Mordechai Rosenstein’s tapestries, paintings, murals and silk screen prints. Free. Info: (561) 852-3276.
CUBA: VANISHED DREAMS: Through Feb. 17, Levis JCC’s Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery At The Sandler Center for Jewish Life Enhancement, 21050 95th Ave. S., Boca Raton. Maryelle Braunstein’s street photography of Cuba, her vanished dreams and reminders of years past. Free. Info: (561) 852-3276.
THE EMPEROR’S ORDERS: DESIGNS FROM THE QIANLONG IMPERIAL WORKSHOP (1736 -1796): Through Feb. 19, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Features 10 objects in various media; painting, jade, ceramic, glass and metalwork, all created for the greatest art collector in 18th-century China, the Qianlong Emperor. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org
COCKTAIL CULTURE EXHIBITION: Through March 11, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Explores social rituals of drinking and entertaining through fashion and design, a multi-disciplinary exhibition that features more than 150 objects dating from the 1920s to the present. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org
FOREVER YOUNG: ARTISTS OF THE 60s, 70s AND 80s: Margot Stein Gallery, 512 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth. Featuring Motherwell, Hockney, Warhol, Dine, Rauschenberg, Wesselmann, Goodnough, Nevelson, Rivers, Marca-Relli. Info: (561) 582-5770; margotstein gallery.com
COCKTAIL CULTURE EXHIBITION: Through March 11, Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Explores social rituals of drinking and entertaining through fashion and design, a multi-disciplinary exhibition that features more than 150 objects dating from the 1920s to the present. Through March 11. Info: (561) 832-5196; norton.org
AMERICAN TREASURES: Through March 18, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. An exhibition featuring 36 works by renowned American artists, including masterworks by Milton Avery, George Bellows, Albert Bierstadt, Charles Burchfield, Thomas Cole, John Steuart Curry, Thomas Eakins, Adolph Gottlieb, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, Jack Levine, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Andy Warhol and Andrew Wyeth, among others. Info: (561) 392-2500; bocamuseum.org
CURVED, HERBERT MEHLER SCULPTURES: Through April 6, Armory Art Center’s Sculpture Garden, 1700 Parker Ave., West Palm Beach. The inspiration for Herbert Mehler’s large-scale steel sculptures are inspired by organic, natural matter such as fruits and seeds, and draw a contrast between the fluidity of the shapes and the overwhelming weight of the steel. . Info: (561) 832-1776; armoryart.org
PARIDISE IN PERIL: WORLD WAR II IN PALM BEACH COUNTY: Through Aug. 18, the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Archival photographs featuring Palm Beach County citizens, maps of historically significant areas and artifacts. Free. Info: (561) 832-4164; historical societypbc.org
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