Close Encounters: Picturing Nature: Our Environment, Our Actions
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Landscape paintings can remind us of why we need to preserve our mountains, oceans, and sky. Join the artist Kim Abeles in collectively creating a landscape inspired by our environment, our actions, and the paintings of Lawren Harris. This program is in conjunction with the exhibition The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Designed for adults and kids ages five and up, these lively drop-in programs encourage families to look closely at art, experiment, and create together.
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Lawren Harris, Lake Superior, c. 1923Oil on canvas. 44 x 49 15/16 in. (111.8 x 126.9 cm). The Thomson Collection ©Art Gallery of Ontario ©Family of Lawren S. Harris. -
Lawren Harris, North Shore, Lake Superior, 1926Oil on canvas 40 1/4 x 50 1/8 in. (102.2 x 127.3 cm). National Gallery of Canada; Purchased 1930. ©Family of Lawren S. Harris. Photo ©NGC. -
Lawren Harris, Lake and Mountains, 1928Oil on canvas. 51 1/2 x 63 1/4 in. (130.8 x 160.7 cm). Art Gallery of Ontario; Gift from the Fund of the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. for Canadian Works of Art, 1948. ©Family of Lawren S. Harris. -
Lawren Harris, Untitled (Mountains Near Jasper), ca. 1934-40Oil on canvas . 50 5/16 x 60 5/16 in. (127.8 x 152.6 cm). Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery; Gift of the Mendel family, 1965. ©Family of Lawren S. Harris. -
Lawren Harris, Mt. Lefroy, 1930Oil on canvas. 52.5 x 60.4 in. (133.5 x 153.5 cm). McMichael Canadian Art Collection; Purchased 1975. ©Family of Lawren S. Harris. Image courtesy of McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
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All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund at UCLA.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
The Hammer’s digital presentation of its public programs is made possible by the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.
Hammer Kids is made possible through the generosity of the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation.
Hammer Kids has also received funding from supporters and friends of the Hammer Museum’s Kids’ Art Museum Project (K.A.M.P.), an annual family fundraiser.
Additional support has been provided by Resnick Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation, and the Art4Moore Fund of the Tides Foundation.
