Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: Microcosmos

A mesmerizing documentary that delves into the hidden world of insects and other tiny creatures with breathtaking cinematography, showcasing their daily struggles and triumphs.

Sun Oct 13 11:00 AM

Part of the series Bee Week

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826LA@Hammer: Spit That!

Using influences from hip hop and social justice movements, students will learn the art of channeling their own perspectives through a spoken word piece.

Sun Nov 3 11:00 AM

Two divers photograph a school of fish with large underwater cameras

Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: Chasing Coral

With stunning underwater footage, this documentary follows a team of marine biologists and photographers as they race to document the rapid loss of coral reefs due to rising ocean temperatures caused by climate change.

Sun Nov 17 11:00 AM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

A girl in a yellow shirt is holding up an art project and is assisted by a man in a baseball cap who leans over with a glue gun pointed at the girl's project.

826LA@Hammer: Future Perfects

Create stories of imagined futures based on personal memories and our favorite objects. Bring a non-digital memento to think about how it might save the world in the future!

Sun Dec 15 11:00 AM

An octopus reaches a tentacle to a diver's mask

Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: My Octopus Teacher

The unique bond between a filmmaker and an exceptional octopus in a South African kelp forest is documented in this Academy Award winning film, through intimate and breathtaking underwater footage

Sun Dec 15 11:00 AM

Part of the series Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice: Programs & Performances

A girl in a yellow shirt is holding up an art project and is assisted by a man in a baseball cap who leans over with a glue gun pointed at the girl's project.

826LA@Hammer: Collaging for Mother Earth

In this workshop led by artist Morgan Moto, students will learn what it means to be an eco-surrealist by gluing magazine cut outs and found objects to a surface in order to create their very own metaphorical self portrait.

Sun Jan 19 11:00 AM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Jan 25 1:00 PM

A girl and a puppy in astronaut suits sit inside a spaceship

Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: Over the Moon

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with this story of a young girl, Fei Fei, who builds a rocket ship to prove the existence of a legendary moon goddess, Chang’e.

Sun Jan 26 11:00 AM

A girl works on an art project

Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Feb 1 1:00 PM

Two young women holding each other, standing on high ground.

Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: Deidra and Laney Rob a Train

With their mother in jail, sisters Deidra and Laney are left to fend for themselves. Along with their brother, Jet, the siblings plan to pay the bills and their mother’s bail by robbing trains.

Sun Feb 9 11:00 AM