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 Special Programs

Student Film Showcase

Hosted by the Hammer Student Association, juried by Made in L.A. 2020 artist Buck Ellison.

Sun Jun 6 2:00 PM

A screening room with an image of a caped man standing in a garden

Lunchtime Art Talk on Mathias Poledna

Curatorial assistant Nicholas Barlow leads a live online discussion of Made in L.A. artist Mathias Poledna's work.

Wed Jun 9 12:30 PM

A gallery with a black streetlamp to the left of a triptych of paintings displaying MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

Coffee with a Curator: Made in L.A. 2020: a version

Hammer members! Experience Made in L.A. 2020 with cocurator Lauren Mackler.

Thu Jun 10 11:00 AM

A vintage photograph of a Black family in a car

Systemic Brakes on Black Prosperity

Expert panel unpacks how economic terrorism and countless barriers in financial services and real estate have affected the economic conditions of Black Americans today.

Thu Jun 10 5:00 PM

Part of the series Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial

Colorful photocollage of faces actors from film, some in black and white and others in color. The background shows a scky with a large Easter Island sculture, and an image from the film The Wizard of Oz showing the characters walking towards the Emerald City.

Hedi El Kholti & Abdellah Taïa: Toward the sea, Where we meet

Abdellah Taïa joins Made in L.A. artist Hedi El Kholti to discuss translating their experiences growing up queer in Morocco into writing, art, and film.

Tue Jun 15 7:00 PM

Still from the film "Bloom" (2003) showing actor Stephen Rea portraying the character Bloom, wearing a black bowler hat and peering through a doorway.

Bloom

Celebrate Bloomsday with an online screening of this feature-length film adaptation of "Ulysses," James Joyce’s landmark novel.

Wed Jun 16 7:00 PM

A gallery with a black streetlamp to the left of a triptych of paintings displaying MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

Coffee with a Curator: Made in L.A. 2020: a version

Hammer members! Experience Made in L.A. 2020 with assistant curator of performance Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi.

Thu Jun 17 11:00 AM

Domestic Terrorism Against Communities of Color

This online panel explores the racist violence that permeates the history of the United States, and how it ties directly to contemporary issues, from police violence the resurgence of white supremacist groups.

Thu Jun 17 5:00 PM

Part of the series Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial

beyond baroque

Dennis Cooper, Benjamin Weissman, Amy Gerstler & Tosh Berman

An online tête-à-tête between Tosh Berman and poet-auteurs about their so-called poet-gang in 1980s Los Angeles.

Tue Jun 22 7:00 PM

Part of the series Beyond Baroque and Beyond

Black and white photograph, with a person in the foreground, visible from the chest up, sitting in a church pew and looking upwards. The person has dark skin and short dark hair. The pew extends diagonally into background at the upper left corner. Books are strewn on the pew next to the person.

Music & Performance

God’s Suicide by Harmony Holiday

This one-man play, written by Made in L.A. artist Harmony Holiday, is adapted from an essay by the artist and constructed around the rarely acknowledged suicide attempts of James Baldwin.

Thu Jun 24 7:00 PM