MOSAIC 2024 – Month of Shows, Art, Ideas & Culture
Experience The Palm Beaches’ vibrant cultural offerings during MOSAIC—the Month of Shows, Art, Ideas & Culture.
May is finally here and The Palm Beaches are ready for the most important cultural event of the year: MOSAIC (Month of Shows, Art, Ideas, and Culture). Hosted and organized by the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, MOSAIC is an annual celebration of The Palm Beaches’ art and culture through unique deals in several cultural venues throughout the County. Keep reading to discover this year’s participating cultural organizations and their offers!
Participating Arts and Culture Organizations
Armory Art Center
Housed in what was once a National Guard Armory, the Armory Art Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 with the goal of ensuring the continuation of practical art instruction in Palm Beach County. The art center organizes art exhibitions, art classes, and workshops taught by national and international visiting master artists. The center offers art classes that are suitable for students of all ages and levels of experience and are taught in state-of-the-art studios. The organization offers classes in a multitude of departments, including ceramics, digital media, drawing, jewelry, painting, printmaking, textiles & fiber, and sculpture.
MOSAIC OFFER: 10% Off Any Three-Hour Workshop in May.
Benzaiten Center for The Creative Arts
The Benzaiten Center for the Creative Arts is a private non-profit organization located in the Lake Worth Arts District in the Historic FEC Train Depot—a few steps away from Downtown Lake Worth. The name Benzaiten indicates a Japanese goddess who represents all things flowing, including music, love, and knowledge. This permanent arts center inspires a deeper understanding and appreciation of art and creative processes by organizing creative classes and providing direct interaction with artists from all around the world.
Some of their popular classes include flameworking, fusing, and glassblowing. The center’s art experts guide kids and adults through all the necessary steps required to make the perfect piece of art. The classes are great activities for families, groups of friends, or for a team-building experience.
MOSAIC OFFER: $50 Off Glassblowing Class for Two.
Boca Raton Museum of Art
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is a leading cultural institution in South Florida, achieving international recognition for its dynamic changing exhibitions and distinguished permanent collection. The Boca Raton Museum of Art encompasses a creative campus that includes the Museum in Mizner Park and the Art School. Its several public programs include artist presentations, family activities and more than 100 classes per week.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One, Get One Admission Free.
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
The Cox Science Center and Aquarium features 100-plus educational exhibits, a 10,000-gallon aquarium, a full-dome digital planetarium, a quarter-mile-long science trail, a mini-golf course, traveling exhibits, and much more. A hands-on, minds-on experience for the whole family! Serving Palm Beach County since 1961, the Science Center’s goal is to “Open Every Mind to Science” by providing schools and visitors with a new set of science programming and tech ventures based on computer coding, robotics, and other educational programs.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One, Get One Admission 50% Off.
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum offers climbing tours of the 1860 Lighthouse and the best views in Palm Beach County! Discover over 5000 years of history strolling along native plant pathways with cell phone apps or on docent-led tours. Join fun educational programs at the national heritage site.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One, Get One Admission Free.
Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery and School
For more than 50 years, the Lighthouse ArtCenter has provided art programming and cultural opportunities to people in Palm Beach and Martin counties. The center offers engaging exhibitions and cultural programs, a dynamic School of Art, and diverse outreach activities. The Lighthouse ArtCenter is also a unique canvas on which to create a memorable event, with over 5,000 square feet of space, a catering kitchen, ample parking, and a one-of-a-kind venue surrounded by fabulous original works of art.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One Registration to Select Friday Class, Get One Registration Free.
Mounts Botanical Garden
Mounts Botanical Garden is a 16-acre living plant museum with 25 spectacular display gardens that educate and inspire. Imagine strolling through a tropical paradise where ever-changing beauty promotes a sense of awe and relaxation. The Garden also features permanent sculptures, exhibits, events, a thrift shop, and a nursery filled with Florida natives, butterfly plants, ornamentals, and more.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One, Get One Admission Free.
Palm Beach Dramaworks
Palm Beach Dramaworks is a professional nonprofit theatre company located in downtown West Palm Beach. Dramaworks’ mission is to engage and entertain audiences with provocative and timeless productions that personally impact each individual. Palm Beach Dramaworks is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life through the transformative power of live theatre.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One Ticket to Trying, Get One Ticket Free.
Resource Depot
Resource Depot strives to reduce waste in Palm Beach County by recycling unwanted materials. The organization collects donations from businesses and individuals and redistributes them to people and other non-profit organizations, encouraging the recycling of these items. Through workshops and fun classes, Resource Depot encourages its visitors to have fun with diverse materials, inspiring children and adults to express their creativity. The organization has also a market—TreasuRE—where visitors can purchase renewed and reinvented one-of-a-kind items or newly-packaged goods. All sales at TreasuRE support art and education programs.
MOSAIC OFFER: 25% Off One Item in TreasuRE Boutique Store.
Taras Oceanograpic Foundation
The Taras Oceanographic Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 that aims at empowering citizens to advocate for the conservation of dolphins and the marine environment. Through its programs, research and education, Taras increases awareness about the threats faced by dolphins and the oceans and assures the long-term survival of both people and the ocean. The foundation has also implemented a sustainability program, which makes it a zero-carbon organization. Visitors of the Taras Oceanographic Foundation can enjoy the magnificence of wild dolphins and other marine life through fun and educative watch tours lead by dolphin experts who interpret wildlife sightings.
MOSAIC OFFER: 15% Off Tickets to Dolphin Expedition Tours.
Yesteryear Village Living History Park
Nestled on 9 acres inside the South Florida Fairgrounds, Yesteryear Village is a recreated historic village with 20 historic structures including a church, country store, artifacts from the State of Florida & museums. The quaint town is alive in Florida history where you’re transported to a different era, a simple life.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One Adult Admission, Get One Admission Free.
Visit Palm Beach
Visit Palm Beach’s 50′ Catamaran Hakuna Matata is a cruising catamaran that accommodates 49 passengers. With its single-level deck and large bar area, there is plenty of room for serving food and socializing. It’s a great venue alternative for rehearsal dinner events and bachelor or bachelorette parties!
MOSAIC OFFER: 24% Off Tickets on any Catamaran Cruise.
Norton Museum of Art
Founded in 1941 by Ralph Hubbard Norton and his wife Elizabeth Calhoun Norton, the Norton Museum of Art showcases a permanent collection with more than 8,200 works in five curatorial departments: European, American, Chinese, Contemporary, and Photography.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One, Get One General Admission Free.
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
Located in the historic EL Cid Neighborhood, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens comprise the former residence of sculptor Ann Weaver Norton, the widow of Ralph Hubbard Norton. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Recognized as one of the largest public collections in Florida, the two-acre property features a collection of over 250 rare palm species, cycads, and unusual tropicals.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One, Get One Admission 50% Off.
Arts Garage
Located in downtown Delray Beach, Arts Garage is a multi-disciplinary cultural center that proudly presents Grammy award-winning musicians, top-notch arts education and outreach programs, and a spacious visual art gallery that displays emerging local talent.
MOSAIC OFFER: $10 Off Select May Performances.
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary is a nonprofit care facility for injured animals that brings wildlife and people together to develop community awareness of the value of Florida’s natural resources. The Sanctuary has a two-fold mission: wildlife rehabilitation and environmental education. Tucked away in Jupiter, this organization rescues, rehabs, and releases Florida’s native wildlife and educates Palm Beach County locals, visitors and beyond on the protection and conservation of Florida’s natural resources and Florida’s wildlife, including bobcats, panthers, black bears, deer, foxes, and bald eagles, to name a few.
MOSAIC OFFER: Save $125 on Personalized Sanctuary Tour.
Kravis Center For The Performing Arts
The Raymond F. Kravis Center is one of the premier performing arts centers in the Southeast with three venues: the 2,195-seat Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall, the flexible 289-seat Rinker Playhouse and the 170-seat Helen K. Persson Hall.
MOSAIC OFFER:
- $10 Off Tickets to Space Explorers: The Infinite.
- $10 Off Tickets to The Magic of Rob Lake.
- $20 Off Tickets to The Kite Runner.
SunFest
Founded in 1982, SunFest is Florida’s largest waterfront music and art festival. The festival is held in Downtown West Palm Beach, attracting more than 100,000 visitors annually. Its strong reputation is due to the noteworthy artists it has featured in the past, and 2023 is no exception! This year, the event runs from May 3 to May 5.
MOSAIC OFFER: Up to $15 Off Tickets.
Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society
Located in West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society is one of South Florida’s premier zoological parks. The Palm Beach Zoo offers visitors the opportunity to encounter a diverse array of animals, engage in immersive educational experiences, and support vital conservation efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One Admission, Get One 50% Off.
Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum
The Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum is located in the historic 1916 Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach. Learn about our heritage at the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum. A giant mosquito, interactive touchscreen displays, and memorabilia from local sports stars like Jack Nicklaus are among the must-see exhibits at this museum, located inside a 1916 courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach. Two galleries, the People Gallery and Place Gallery, salute the individuals and environments that make The Palm Beaches such a special place.
The museum’s temporary exhibition Endless Summer: Palm Beach Resort Wear explores the impact Palm Beach made on resort fashion over the last 129 years.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One Ticket to Endless Summer: Palm Beach Resort Wear, Get One Ticket Free.
Arts Warehouse
The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency rehabilitated warehouse is located on Artist Alley in the Pineapple Grove district and opened in late 2017. Arts Warehouse offers rotating art exhibitions in three gallery spaces, art workshops held throughout each month, and special event programming. Arts Warehouse encourages community growth and empowerment through engagement with local artists, residents, and community members. The 15,000 sq. ft. space is a catalyst for economic development and growth within the Pineapple Grove Arts District and the community. Arts Warehouse is free and open to the public Wednesday through Saturday, weekly.
MOSAIC OFFER: 20% Off Any Workshop in May.
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Dedicated to sea turtle education, research, and rehabilitation, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center contains both static displays and a state-of-the-art turtle hospital. Year-round education programs are available, and visitors can “adopt” a recovering sea turtle for a donation.
MOSAIC OFFER: Buy One Early Access Tour/Public Guided Tour, Get One Free.
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens recognizes a long-standing connection between Japan and The Palm Beaches. This connection dates to 1904 when Jo Sakai led a small group of farmers to pioneer a settlement in what is now northern Boca Raton. They named their colony the Yamato Colony after an ancient name for Japan. The settlement was short-lived and the pioneers began dispersing in the 1920s, but today’s Morikami celebrates and honors that history by continuing to share Japanese culture with the public.
MOSAIC OFFER: $2 Off Admission.
Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum
The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum is headquartered in Historic Town Hall, built in 1927 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There, you can learn more about the rich history of Boca Raton through tours, galleries, and more.
MOSAIC OFFER: $5 Off Admission.
Rohi’s Readery
Rohi’s Readery is a social justice-driven children’s bookstore and learning center committed to critical literacy that promotes inclusivity and diversity. Rohi’s Readery strives to honor the everyday stories of historically marginalized communities through free educational programming, DEIA resources, and more.
MOSAIC OFFER: 15% Off Any Book Purchase.
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