Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The museum and Lulu will be closed Friday, July 4.

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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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PEN Emerging Voices 2020

PEN America’s Emerging Voices fellows read their works together with introductions by their mentors.

Tue Jul 28 5:00 PM

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ONLINE: Lunchtime Art Talk on Barbara T. Smith

Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator, leads a live, online discussion of a work by Barbara T. Smith.

Wed Jul 29 12:30 PM

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Special Programs

ONLINE: Teaching for Social Change through Art: Strategies for Enhancing Media Literacy in 2020

An online program for teachers on strategies for using art to strengthen media literacy, social awareness, and social-emotional learning.

Wed Jul 29 3:00 PM

Text graphic reading Reimagining the Museum: Open Letters and a Decolonial Framework

Reimagining the Museum: Open Letters and a Decolonial Framework

Artist Jasmine Gregory, art conservator LaStarsha McGarity, and curator Yesomi Umolu join Hammer curator Erin Christovale for the first program in a series on anti-racist practices in art spaces.

Wed Jul 29 5:00 PM

Part of the series Reimagining the Museum

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Checks, Balances & the Future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Experts discuss the implications of the Supreme Court's recent ruing that the CFPB's structure violates separation of powers.

Thu Jul 30 5:00 PM

Part of the series Major Supreme Court Decisions 2020

Several teachers sit on folding chairs in the Hammer lobby.

Special Programs

ONLINE: Teaching for Social Change through Art: Strategies for Enhancing Media Literacy in 2020

An online program for teachers on strategies for using art to strengthen media literacy, social awareness, and social-emotional learning.

Mon Aug 3 3:00 PM

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M is for Melanin

Read along with Felipe de Neve Library and artist Kenturah Davis with Tiffany Rose's 'M is for Melanin'

Tue Aug 4 3:00 PM

Part of the series Black Voices, Black Joy: A Reading Series with the Los Angeles Public Library

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Faithless Electors & the Will of the People

A panel of experts discusses the Supreme Court decision requiring the Electoral College to vote for the candidate chosen by voters in the state they represent.

Tue Aug 4 5:00 PM

Part of the series Major Supreme Court Decisions 2020

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Special Programs

Art + Mindfulness for Families

Explore the theme of "change" through art and mindfulness.

Wed Aug 5 11:00 AM

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ONLINE: Christopher Richmond's Hyperway (Spectre) with Q&A

This special online screening of an extended excerpt from 'Hyperway' by Los Angeles–based video artist Christopher Richmond, followed by a conversation between the artist and Hammer Museum curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow.

Thu Aug 6 5:00 PM