Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 17, for a private event.

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. 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: 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

Good Drawing is No Accident, with Richard T. Walsh

Artist and designer Richard T. Walsh leads a workshop on drawing in the garden, teaching participants how to translate seeing into mark making.

Sun Sep 22 2:00 PM

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

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Cannupa Hanska Luger's Future Ancestral Technologies

This series of short films by and about Breath(e) artist Cannupa Hanska Luger illuminates how the artist approaches Indigenous futurism, blending media, place, storytelling, and documentation of a living practice.

Tue Sep 24 7:30 PM

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

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Albrecht Dürer

Director and Chief Curator, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts Naoko Takahatake leads an in-person discussion of the work of Albrecht Dürer.

Wed Sep 25 12:30 PM

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Hammer Forum Screenings

One Person, One Vote?

At a time when many Americans question democratic institutions, this documentary unveils the complexities of the Electoral College, the uniquely American and often misunderstood mechanism for electing a president.

Wed Sep 25 7:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Forum: 2024 Presidential Election

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Sep 26 12:30 PM

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Exhibition Tour: Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice.

Sat Sep 28 1:00 PM

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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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Vice Presidential Debate

Join us and your fellow voters for a live screening of the Walz/Vance debate on ABC.

Tue Oct 1 5:00 PM

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After-Hours Tour: Naoko Takahatake on Sum of the Parts: Serial Imagery in Printmaking, 1500 to Now

Join Naoko Takahatake, Director and Chief Curator, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, for a tour of the exhibition.

Tue Oct 1 6:00 PM