Exhibitions

GREAT PERFORMANCES
ARE JUST THE BEGINNING
OF THE NORTON CENTER
EXPERIENCE.

In addition to rotating gallery exhibitions in the Grand Foyer, the Center boasts an expansive display of permanent art and sculpture year-round, including the Ex Astris sculpture, the Haven Gillespie Fountain and Plaza, and works by Auguste Rodin and Stephen Rolfe Powell ‘74.

Grand Foyer Gallery
Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Free

Guided group tours are
available by request.

Glass artworks displayed with people in the background

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

“WE WERE HERE”: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN BOYLE COUNTY

Through June 2023

This multi-media exhibition aims to help preserve and to represent to the public the history of Danville and Boyle County’s African American community. Through a combination of archival photographs, oral history listening stations, and physical artifacts, “We Were Here” foregrounds storytelling as an alternative means of preserving history. The exhibition highlights the individual and collective experience of African Americans living in Danville and Boyle County in the middle part of the 20th century when multiple urban renewal projects and school desegregation were changing the community forever.

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PERMANENT COLLECTION

Sculpture And Blue Sky
EX ASTRIS (1978)

The 14-foot, brass-plated sculpture by Louisville artist Tom Lear is located at the main entrance to the Grand Foyer. The name means “from the stars.”

Fountain With People In The Background
THE HAVEN GILLESPIE FOUNTAIN AND PLAZA (1973)

The Haven Gillespie Fountain and Plaza (1973, renovated in 1994 and 2010). This space was made possible by a gift by Audrey R. Gillespie in memory of James Haven Gillespie 1888-1975 and his son Haven Lamont Gillespie 1910-1990.

Sculpture Of The Walking Man
THE WALKING MAN (1899-1900)

Also known as “Etude for St. Jean Baptiste,” this original work is by the founder of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin. The sculpture was donated in 1980 by David Grissom in honor of his late father.

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

Photographs, videos, artist biographies and additional resources from previous special exhibitions are available.

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