Programs & Events

Join us for a tribute to maestro David Lynch as we present all seven episodes of his underseen, cult-classic television series, which explores backstage dysfunction at the fictional Lester Guy Show, a variety program that inevitably goes off the rails as soon as it beams out live to television land.

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Jean Harlow glitters as the titular starlet in this outlandish screwball comedy from 1933. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan will be on hand for this screening presented in conjunction with his latest book, Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation.

Connecting creative writing with physical movement, participants will collaborate to weave their narratives into a complete play. Led by artist and educator Matthew Shaffer.

Educators lead 30-minute in-person talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art.

Screening of two films that engage with the depiction of Black girlhood.

Also known as Black Sister’s Revenge, Jamaa Fanaka’s Emma Mae (1976) offers a rare, sympathetic portrait of a young Black woman adjusting to city life.

Curatorial Assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow leads an in-person discussion of Rashid Johnson's work.