http://hammer.ucla.edu/xml/rss The Hammer Museum spans the classics to the cutting-edge, with historical and contemporary exhibitions alongside masterworks from its collections. 10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024. Contemporary Art; Armand Hammer Collection; Grunwald Center of Graphic Arts. en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:05 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/325 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/325
Co-presented with the UCLA Film & Television Archive Appropriate for ages 4+ A timeless classic that Roger Ebert has called “a treasure of a movie … one of those rare films like The Wizard of Oz,” this freewheeling musical adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel Oliver Twist has been delighting kids and their parents for over 40 years. (1968, 146 MIN., DIR. CAROL REED) FAMILY FLICKS Funded by the UCLA Arts Initiative and co-presented with the UCLA Film & Television Archive The UCL... ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/327 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/327
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free and insightful 15-minute discussions about works of art on view at the Museum. Desirée Holman’s Hammer Project 2009 Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss. Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee. ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/170 http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/170
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Brooklyn-based artist Rob Fischer salvages material from abandoned buildings and junkyards and reconfigures them into large-scale sculptural environments that weave past histories into the present. For the Hammer's Lobby Wall, Fischer used recycled wooden floorboards from the gymnasium of a derelict school in souther Minnesota to create a labyrinth-like mural that winds around sculptures made of hand-painted and screen-printed signs and panes of glass. Inspired by the American mytholog... ]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/375 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/375
In an economy 70% dependent on consumption, should recession ravaged Americans rescue the holidays and shop ‘til they drop? Dr. Benjamin Barber is the Gershon and Carrol Kekst Professor of Civil Society at the University of Maryland and a founder of the Democracy Collaborative. Barber is the author of Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole. Consumer artists/activists The Reverend Billy and director Savitri D of the Church of Life After Shopping believe that ... ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/389 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/389
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free and insightful 15-minute discussions about works of art on view at the Museum. This talk will be lead by Cynthia Burlingham, deputy director, Hammer collections. Charles Burchfield's The Coming of Spring 1917 - 43 Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss. Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee. ]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/365 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/365
How Storytelling Can Change the World The 5D Conference presents the second in a year-long series called 5D/Design is Change: How Storytelling Can Change the World, created to explore the role of immersive media in social change and humanitarian design. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, creator of the AlloSphere, a one-of-a-kind scientific instrument for visualizing, hearing and exploring complex multi-dimensional data, is joined by Kevin Carpenter of Hanson Robotics and other innovators to discuss the design of non-di... ]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/381 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/381
Join us as we write and film a heartwarming holiday special that reminds everyone what the holidays are really about! Glasgow Phillips, the author of Tuscaloosa and The Royal Nonesuch, will lead the workshop. He has written and produced television programs for Comedy Central, NBC, MTV, and G4. His recent project is Magic Reader Classics, a new form of reading education media that is free to classrooms and other groups devoted to kids and learning. HAMMER KIDS The Hammer’s collaborative workshops, prese... ]]> Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/388 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/388
Artist James Welling will lead a walkthrough of Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield. Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours. Follow us on Twitter: The exhibition is made possible by The Joy and Jerry Monkarsh Family Foundation. Major support is provided by the LLWW Foundation and Lynda and Stewart Resnick. It is also realized through the generosity of The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, George Freeman, The Straus Family Fund, Rosette Varda Delug, Booth... ]]> Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/363 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/363
In conjunction with the exhibition Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield Conservator Kristi Dahm gives an inside view of the techniques employed by masters of watercolor painting, as well as the chemistry of pigments and the cutting edge contemporary methods used to analyze and preserve them. Dahm is an Assistant Conservator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has researched myriad topics related to the preservation and technical study of art on paper, from th... ]]> Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:30:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/356 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/356
Rabih Alameddine is the author of the novels Koolaids and I, the Divine, the story collection The Perv, and most recently The Hakawati. Born in Amman, Jordan to Lebanese parents, Alameddine grew up in Kuwait and Lebanon and was educated in England and America. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship in 2002. He divides his time between San Francisco and Beirut. SOME FAVORITE WRITERS This series of readings is organized by Mona Simpson, author of Anywhere But Here and Off Keck Road. Re... ]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/390 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/390
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free and insightful 15-minute discussions about works of art on view at the Museum. This talk will be lead by Douglas Fogle, deputy director, exhibitions and public programs. Sharon Lockhart's Pine Flat Portrait Studio 1917 - 43 Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss. Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs... ]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/369 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/369
Chicago-based Califone provide the interactive, live soundtrack for this special presentation of bandleader Tim Rutili’s debut feature-length film All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. Like the seemingly benevolent ghosts inhabiting a rickety house in the film, Rutili and his bandmates inhabit two worlds for this program: on the silver screen and on the theater stage. After the screening/performance, Califone will launch into a straightforward musical set not to be missed. (2009, 90 MIN., DIR: TIM RUTILI) ... ]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/352 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/352
Albert Goldbarth is the author of twenty-five collections of poetry, including The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972–2007, and recently To Be Read in 500 Years: Poems. He has been a Guggenheim fellow and was awarded the National Book Critics Circle award in 1991 and 2001, the only poet to receive the honor twice. In 2008 he was awarded the Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry by the Poetry Foundation. He lives in Wichita, Kansas. POETRY A series of readings organized and hosted by Stephen Yen... ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/378 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/378
FAMILY FLICKS Funded by the UCLA Arts Initiative and co-presented with the UCLA Film & Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum have teamed up for a matinee screening series of new and classic family-friendly films from around the world. Admission to this series is free! APPROPRIATE FOR AGES 4+ THE RED BALLOON (Le ballon rouge) Director Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon is both a cinematic tour de force and a beloved family classic. Lamorisse tells the ... ]]> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/391 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/391
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free and insightful 15-minute discussions about works of art on view at the Museum. This talk will be lead by Corrina Peipon, curatorial associate. Mary Cassatt's Reine Lefebvre and Margot 1902 Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss. Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee. ]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:30:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/350 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/350
Mary Yukari Waters is the author of The Favorites, her debut novel, and the critically acclaimed short story collection The Laws of Evenings. Her work has been anthologized in the Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and The Pushcart Book of Short Stories. Waters, who was born in Kyoto, Japan to a Japanese mother and Irish-American father, moved to California when she was nine years old. She is the recipient of an NEA grant and her work has aired on the BBC and NPR. NEW AMERICAN WRITI... ]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0800 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/360 http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/360
As part of the quarterly Flux Screening Series showcasing innovative film and music, the Hammer will debut the World Premiere of Mia Doi Todd's new video "Open Your Heart", directed by Michel Gondry. The evening of shorts and videos will conclude with a reception featuring a very special live performance by Mia Doi Todd herself! Flux is a hub for the global creative community where artists, filmmakers, writers, and musicians have a platform to share their work and meet like-minded creators. Flux is led b... ]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0800