October 2nd - Hammer Museum is FREE this Sinday with free shuttle

Hammer Museum is always free on Thursday, but this Sunday it will be free to celebrate this new exhibition!

Now Dig This! Opening October 2 with Free Admission

Above, left-right: Beate Inaya, Daniel LaRue Johnson, Charles White, and Betye Saar at the Negro and Creative Arts Exhibit at the Los Angeles home of actress Diana Lynn, organized by Beate Inaya, August 12, 1962.

NOW DIG THIS! ART & BLACK LOS ANGELES 1960–1980
OPENS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 WITH FREE ADMISSION
This comprehensive exhibition examines the vital legacy of the city’s African American visual artists, who—through their work and their connections with other artists from a variety of ethnic backgrounds—made up an important part of the creative community. Including 140 works by 35 artists, many of whom are not well known to the public, Now Dig This! expands the art historical record, placing the work of these practitioners within the context of the movements, trends, and ideas that fueled the arts in Los Angeles during this period. Learn more
Now Dig This! is presented as part of Pacific Standard Time, a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California, coming together for six months beginning in October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the Los Angeles art scene and how it became a new force in the art world.

OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES
 
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
11AM – 5PM
 
MUSEUM FREE DAY
Through the generosity of Bank of America, the Hammer is pleased to offer complimentary museum admission on Sunday, October 2, to celebrate the opening day of Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980.
1PM
 
EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH
With exhibition curator Kellie Jones. Learn more
2PM
 
HAMMER PRESENTS
OPENING DAY PERFORMANCE: KISS
Artists Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger perform a collaborative project with Ulysses Jenkins in which they reimagine their works in the exhibition galleries. Learn more
 
11AM - 6PM
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE
Free shuttle buses provided by South Coast Plaza will run between the Hammer and Pacific Standard Time partner institution, LACMA, between 11AM and 6PM on Sunday, October 2. View the shuttle schedule here

June 26 Sunday 1-4pm Story Jam and Bebop - Have a jazzy experience at Fowler's Kids in the Courtyard event

We consider Fowler Museum to be our home museum and the staff here have seen my children grow from toddlers in their strollers to 8 and 9 year olds.   We love the art projects here and they are so well crafted to connect with the exhibits featured.   We have made kimchi here in decorated containers and made "glow-in-the-dark" paintings as well as many masks and even a costume or two for Mardi Gras in the past.

This Sunday should be an amazing multi-sensory experience indeed with story telling, music, and arts and crafts!

Kids in the Courtyard: Story Jam and Bebop!

Stop by the Lucas Gallery at 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm to hear the story Ragtime Tumpie by Allan Schroader, a jazz-infused tale about the childhood of entertainer Josephine Baker. Before and after each performance, join museum educators in the courtyard to learn how to scat and jive talk, paint a pair of rhythm sticks, or make "jazz hands on a stick" out of recycled sheet music.

EVENT DETAILS

Kids in the Courtyard: Story Jam
Sunday, June 26, 2011
1–4 pm
Fowler Museum Courtyard
Free program

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