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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Still from the film Pilgrimage showing a group gathered around a monument built at a former WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans

Asian Americans / Pilgrimage

Part of the Image Movers: UCLA Asian American Studies Center 50th Anniversary Film Festival, this screening includes two short films followed by a sneak preview of an episode from PBS’s upcoming "Asian Americans" television series.

Fri Mar 6 7:30 PM

Still from the film Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) showing a young Asian American couple riding a motorcycle

Better Luck Tomorrow

Part of the Image Movers: UCLA Asian American Studies Center 50th Anniversary Film Festival, this screening revisits the contemporary classic through a restorative justice framework with a panel of UCLA scholars, activists, and special guests.

Sat Mar 7 7:30 PM

Still from the film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) showing a man looking askance at a women seated next to him

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

Part of the Women to the Polls: A Suffrage Film Festival, this post-WWII film poses suffrage, employment, and women’s ambition as challenges to romantic and personal happiness.

Sun Mar 8 1:00 PM

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Special Programs

Transformative Justice Ritual

This workshop uses the tools of transformative justice to repair conflict through healing and transformation.

Tue Mar 10 7:30 PM

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Lunchtime Art Talk on Rembrandt van Rijn

Hammer curatorial staff members lead 15-minute discussions on a work of art.

Wed Mar 11 12:30 PM

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Intertextuality: Performance/Subjectivity in Experimental Shorts

This screening of short films situates Ja'Tovia Gary’s work in the context of Black women’s experimental films across a 25-year period.

Wed Mar 11 7:30 PM

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POSTPONED: From Generosity to Justice: Darren Walker & Ai-jen Poo

Due to health and safety concerns around air travel at this time, this event has been postponed. We hope to announce a new date in the future.

Thu Mar 12 7:30 PM

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Special Programs

CANCELED: Hammer Study Hall, Winter 2020

We are cancelling Hammer Study Hall this Sunday in accordance with UCLA's policy on nonessential gatherings of more than 100 people.

Sun Mar 15 11:00 AM

Gallery Games

CANCELED: Gallery Games, Winter 2020

The March 15 program has been canceled due to uncertainty around COVID-19. These 45-minute guided sessions combine family-friendly tours with easy-to-play games.

Sun Mar 15 11:00 AM

Detainees in a fenced in area inside a detention facility in McAllen, Texas.

POSTPONED: Family Separation and Detention at the Border

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been postponed.

Tue Mar 17 7:30 PM