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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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

beyond baroque

Jack Skelley, David Trinidad & Tosh Berman

Poets chit-chat about pop culture, self-publishing, Stone Aged-ideas, and poetry’s “archetypal symbologies.”

Tue Jun 29 7:00 PM

Part of the series Beyond Baroque and Beyond

beyond baroque

Sheree Rose & Tosh Berman

The artists exchange thoughts on poetic restraints, sadomasochism, love’s lasting impact, and artistic collaboration.

Tue Jul 6 7:00 PM

Part of the series Beyond Baroque and Beyond

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Screenings Readings

M as in Maladie screening & Dodie Bellamy reading

Preceded by a reading from Dodie Bellamy, this screening pairs an excerpt from Gilles Deleuze From A to Z with Iranian filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad’s documentary "The House is Black" and Jean-Daniel Pollet’s "L’Ordre."

Thu Jul 8 7:00 PM

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Special Programs

Teaching for Healing and Transformation through the Arts: An Institute for 4th–8th Grade Teachers

In this free teacher program, you will explore strategies for helping teachers and students use art to process a year of individual and collective trauma

Mon Jul 12 9:00 AM

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Hedi El Kholti & Reynaldo Rivera

Made in L.A. 2020 artists Hedi El Kholti and Reynaldo Rivera play records and discuss music that has had a profound influence in their lives.

Tue Jul 13 7:00 PM

Women gather around a table and work on crafts

Special Programs

Teaching for Healing and Transformation through the Arts: An Institute for 4th–8th Grade Teachers

In this free teacher program, you will explore strategies for helping teachers and students use art to process a year of individual and collective trauma

Wed Jul 14 9:00 AM

Women gather around a table and work on crafts

Special Programs

Teaching for Healing and Transformation through the Arts: An Institute for 4th–8th Grade Teachers

In this free teacher program, you will explore strategies for helping teachers and students use art to process a year of individual and collective trauma

Fri Jul 16 9:00 AM

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Buck Ellison & Shamus Khan

Made in L.A. 2020 artist Buck Ellison and professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton University Shamus Khan discuss their intimate portraits of privilege, power, and the implications for American inequalities.

Thu Jul 22 7:00 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Larry Johnson

Made in L.A. 2020 cocurator Lauren Mackler leads a live online discussion of Made in L.A. artist Larry Johnson's work.

Wed Jul 28 12:30 PM