Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 17 for a private event. The museum will close at 6pm on Friday, May 16.

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Lunchtime Art Talk on Rashid Johnson

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

Wed Apr 9 12:30 PM

Gelare Khoshgozaran: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

Khoshgozaran will share how they use film and video to construct narratives that redefine existing constructions of “home” as a means of approaching new conceptualizations of belonging.

Wed Apr 9 7:30 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Apr 10 12:30 PM

Head shot of Rosanna Warren

Poetry: Rosanna Warren

First an eminent poet, as well as a literary critic, translator, classicist, and painter, Rosanna Warren has recently published a biography of protean genius Max Jacob and a book of poems entitled So Forth.

Thu Apr 10 7:30 PM

Animation still from The Fresh Vegetable Mystery

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts

This screening features 12 classic animation restorations funded by The Seth MacFarlane Foundation

Fri Apr 11 7:30 PM

Dimensional sculpture with an Alice Coltrane record at its center

Exhibition Tour: Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

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

Sat Apr 12 1:00 PM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

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

Sat Apr 12 1:00 PM

A polar bear jumping into the sea

Screenings Kids UCLA Film & TV Archive

Family Flicks: Earth

This stirring documentary revels in the beauty of the natural world while examining how climate change impacts species as far-flung as the Arctic polar bear and the African bush elephant.

Sun Apr 13 11:00 AM

People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

Art in Conversation

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

Sun Apr 13 1:00 PM

Music & Performance

Turiya Rising: The Theta Vibrations of A C Turiyasangitananda

Radha Botofasina, harpist and student of Alice Coltrane, performs on stage in the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal

Sun Apr 13 4:30 PM

Part of the series Turiya Rising Performance Series