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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826LA@Hammer: Vignettes: Style and Vivid Imagery

Explore stylized writing through activities like Mad Libs and 6-word stories to create your own original vignette full of vivid imagery. Facilitated by author and artist, Carina Tovar.

Sun Aug 18 11:00 AM

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Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: March of the Penguins

The extraordinary journey of emperor penguins in Antarctica on a grueling 62 mile trek to their inland breeding grounds showcases their resilience and determination, and reveals both the beauty and harshness of the environment they call home.

Sun Sep 15 11:00 AM

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

Kids writing in the galleries

826LA@Hammer: Typewriter Tributes & Tribulations

Work collaboratively to create and perform poetry on typewriters in the RENT Poet tradition, where writing becomes a game and even our mistakes become part of the art we make.

Sun Sep 22 11:00 AM

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Special Programs Kids

Family Fundraiser: Kids’ Art Museum Project

Join us for our 15th annual family fundraiser, an event that provides unforgettable experiences for kids and their families with renowned Los Angeles artists.

Sun Sep 29 10:00 AM

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826LA@Hammer: Monsters Eat Free: Making Scary Menus

Write and illustrate the menu for an All-You-Can-Eat restaurant for vampires, werewolves, mummies, ogres, dragons, zombies, and fairies.

Sun Oct 6 11:00 AM

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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

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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