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Kids

826LA@Hammer: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words—Let’s Write Some!

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Create a short play based on a work of art in the Hammer’s collection. Using a six-word story template as a basis for their stories, students will explore how to incorporate dialogue to expand their stories and develop their characters. Facilitated by Deirdre Marlowe, a librettist, lyricist, and former member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

Academic Programs at the Hammer Museum are supported by City National Bank, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and Mary Kitchen and Jonathan Orszag. Additional support is provided by the the Brotman Foundation of California, the Sydney D. Holland Foundation, and Ellen and Teddy Schwarzman.

Hammer Kids is supported by City National Bank, Mary Kitchen and Jonathan Orszag, and friends of the Hammer Museum's Kids Art Museum Project (K.A.M.P.), an annual family fundraiser. Additional support is provided by the the Brotman Foundation of California, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Sydney D. Holland Foundation, and Ellen and Teddy Schwarzman.