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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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Photographs of old dolls portraying Black caricatures

Lunchtime Art Talk on Fred Wilson

Curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Fred Wilson's work.

Wed Aug 26 12:30 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

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

Thu Aug 27 12:30 PM

Sun Ra, in an elaborate headdress, stands with a man holding a large orb in his white-gloved hands

Off-site program: Edgar Arceneaux & Frank Lawson: Place Is the Space

Presented at the UCLA Nimoy Theater, this four-hour immersive performance experience combines live jazz improvisation, theatrical storytelling and multimedia design inspired by Sun Ra’s philosophy and his film Space Is the Place.

Sat Aug 29 1:00 PM

Multicolored material hanging on approx. 16 wood bars

Lunchtime Art Talk on Mike Cloud

Curatorial assistant Azul Silverio leads an in-person discussion of Mike Cloud's work.

Wed Sep 2 12:30 PM

Photo of the branches of a jacaranda tree

Special Programs

ONLINE ONLY: Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free online session open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Sep 3 12:30 PM

Chalk drawing of a shadowy figure behind a composition of vertical lines

Lunchtime Art Talk on Henri Michaux

Curatorial fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of the work of Henri Michaux.

Wed Sep 9 12:30 PM

Photo of the branches of a jacaranda tree

Special Programs

ONLINE ONLY: Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free online session open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Sep 10 12:30 PM

Child writing in a notebook.

Kids Public Engagement

826LA@Hammer: Write Now: Creativity Through Constraints

An interactive writing workshop that challenges students to see writing rules not as limitations, but as tools for creativity, led by artist and educator Altesa Baker

Sun Sep 13 11:00 AM

A castle in Disneyland.

Lunchtime Art Talk on Diane Arbus

Curatorial assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of the work of Diane Arbus.

Wed Sep 16 12:30 PM

Gallery with framed works on paper mounted on the wall

After-Hours Tour: Stephanie Schrader on Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Center at 70, Part II

Join Curator of Drawings, J. Paul Getty Museum, Stephanie Schrader for an after-hours tour of the exhibition.

Wed Sep 16 6:00 PM