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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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Lunchtime Art Talk on Andrea Bowers

Curatorial assistant Nika Chilewich leads an in-person discussion of Andrea Bowers' work.

Wed Jul 20 12:30 PM

Attendees at a Hammer Museum member event.

Cocktails with a Curator

Members-only after-hours exhibition walk-throughs followed by drinks and appetizers.

Wed Jul 20 6:00 PM

Photo of the band Thee Sinseers

Music & Performance

Thee Sinseers with KCRW DJs José Galván & Jason Kramer

Free live concert by Thee Sinseers in the museum's courtyard. Plus sets by KCRW DJs José Galván & Jason Kramer.

Thu Jul 21 6:30 PM

Part of the series Hammer Summer Concerts 2022

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Below Dreams / It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books

The UCLA Film & Television Archive screens films by directors Garrett Bradley and Richard Linklater as part of its American Neorealism, Part Two: 1984-2020 series.

Fri Jul 22 7:30 PM

Group of friends sit in bedroom

Property / Paydirt

Part of the first edition of the UCLA Film & Television Archive series Second Sight: A Collection of New International Restorations, featuring films by women working in Australia, Cuba, Oregon, and Japan.

Sat Jul 23 7:30 PM

A large drawing made on top of cardboard boxes showing people laboring.

Andrea Bowers Curator Walk-through

Hammer chief curator Connie Butler leads a walk-through of the exhibition.

Sun Jul 24 1:00 PM

A mother holds her young son.

Ballast / George Washington

The UCLA Film & Television Archive highlights directors Lance Hammer and David Gordon Green as part of its series American Neorealism, Part Two: 1984-2020.

Sun Jul 24 7:00 PM

A woman with brown skin wearing all black holds her right arm up in front of a group of young children seated at tables covered in kraft paper.

Talking It Out: Using Arts-Integration Techniques to Cultivate Community in the Classroom

Learn arts-integration strategies for fostering connection and productive dialogue in the classroom.

Mon Jul 25 9:00 AM

Installation photo of a large-scale graphite-on-paper artwork by artist Andrea Bowers

Andrea Bowers Walk-through: Anne Ellegood

Curator and ICA LA executive director Anne Ellegood leads a walk-through of the exhibition Andrea Bowers.

Tue Jul 26 6:30 PM

Still from the film "Bodies Bodies Bodies" (2022), showing four twenty-somethings relaxing in a living room

Summer Night Cinema: "Bodies Bodies Bodies"

A razor-sharp comedy and slasher-freakout from A24 and director Halina Reijn. Post-screening Q&A with DJ Tyler Boudreaux, director Halina Reijn, and actors Myha’la Herrold, Maria Bakalova, Chase Sui Wonders and Rachel Sennott.

Tue Jul 26 7:30 PM

Part of the series Summer Night Cinema