Native American dances at Hammer Museum - videotaped to be released in 2 weeks or so

If you have been learning about Native Americans, those who came to Hammer Museum on Sunday had the rare pleasure of seeing a great performance of Native American cultural dances with a compere who really was able to reach out to the audience.

Hammer Museum posts their videos of events like this on their website.  I am told that, in 2 weeks or so, please check back and see if you could see the entire performance.

In the meanwhile, here are some you-tube recordings of some hoop dances - the latter explains the healing significance of hoop dancing.

Hammer is always free on Thursdays and there is a free Mindful Awareness meditation every Thursday at 12.30pm.  For the month of November, enjoy Hammer free every Sunday too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UVPTXyZFQ hoopdance by Moontree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmjGpu8qRXo for a hoopdance by his son.  This video also explains the healing nature of these dances.

November 20 2011, 02:00pm

Hammer Presents

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STORIES TOLD THROUGH DANCE, DRUMS, RATTLES, AND HOOPS

STORIES TOLD THROUGH DANCE, DRUMS, RATTLES, AND HOOPS

Native American touring artists Sonya Flores, Taimana Moquoquish, Moontee Sinquah (world champion hoop dancer), and Scott and Sampson Sinquah present a riveting exhibition of Native American dances accompanied by live music, singing and a performance of native California bird songs.

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

Thursday August 11 at 12noon - Experience a dis-assembled String Quartet at Hammer Museum terraces

We really enjoy Fowler, Getty, and Hammer for all their experiential exhibits and projects.

Next Thursday (free admission always on Thursdays), come at noon to experience a string quartet playing their instruments in different parts of the museum terraces, but still playing the same ensemble music as if they were together.  We cannot wait to see, hear and feel what a disassembled ensemble sounds like musically.

Check out their current exhibits and enjoy the peace and quiet of the patio with an endless cup of coffee from the museum restaurant.

http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions

AUG 11 THURSDAY

August 11 2011, 12:00pm

Public Engagement

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Disassembled String Ensemble

Disassembled String Ensemble

Join us this summer for a residency with musician and sound curator Jessica Catron. For her project Disassembled String Ensemble, a string quartet will attempt to perform together while interspersed around the museum terraces.

The Hammer Museum’s Public Engagement program seeks to create a new kind of interactive museum: an artist-driven visitor engagement program that encourages contact among visitors, artists, and Museum staff, and activates spaces in imaginative ways.

For details, see:  http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/902

Sunday August 7 - movie at 11am or artful words at 12noon workshop at Hammer Museum

We highly recommend both Hammer family flicks as well as their kids' programs which are usually free. Next Sunday, your child can choose between a movie and the artful writing workshop.

August 7 2011, 11:00am

Hammer Kids

Family Flicks: Toby Tyler

Family Flicks: Toby Tyler

Co-presented with the UCLA Film & Television Archive
Recommended for ages 6+

Toby runs away from home to join the circus, convinced that his family doesn’t want him. This confusion is cleared up by story’s end, but in the meantime he lives a kid’s fantasy; inhabiting a colorful alternative world, becoming a circus acrobat, even befriending a lovable chimp, Mr. Stubbs. Versatile kid star Kevin Corcoran shines in this heartwarming adventure story. (1960. Dir: Charles Barton. digital video, color, 95 min.)

FAMILY FLICKS FILM SERIES
The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum have teamed up for a free matinee screening series of new and classic family-friendly films from around the world.

August 7 2011, 12:00pm

Hammer Kids

Artful Words: When Copying Isn't Bad

 

Artful Words: When Copying Isn't Bad

In this workshop, copying is not just allowed; it is encouraged! The only rule is that the phrases you copy from your favorite song, book, or story should be used to make new art. Join art educator and poet Theresa Sotto in creating “artful words” inspired by artist Ed Ruscha, a master of the art of making new art from old writings. Ages 10–14.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR KIDS
The Hammer’s free collaborative workshops, presented with 826LA, are designed for groups of up to 20 students. Reservations are encouraged. Please visit workshops.826LA.org or call 310-305-8418.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours.

THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD family movie on April 10 at 11am at Hammer Museum

Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theatre is the location for UCLA's Family Flicks movies.  We have enjoyed many classic as well as foreign films for children as part of this monthly series for many years.  Back when it was held at UCLA, there were always cookies and juice during the intermission between the double features.

If we were not ladybug-hunting on Sunday April 10 in the mountains, we would have gone to see this movie! Well, there is always the book to read :)  ENJOY!

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-04-10/mouse-and-his-child-1977
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/billy-wilder-theater

The Mouse and His Child (1977)

April 10, 2011 - 11:00 am

Billy Wilder Theater

Free Admission 

 

Directed by Charles Swenson and Fred Wolf

Adapted from the classic children’s novel of the same name by Russell Hoban, The Mouse and his Child has been unfairly neglected as a misfit film: A musical animated feature for children, it also channels many of the darker, philosophical themes of its source. The father and son of the title are mechanical toy mice, connected at the hands, who embark on a wondrous, perilous quest to become self-winding after a toy shop accident sends them to a landfill. Helped and harried by a menagerie of creatures, including an evil rat (voiced by Ustinov) who enslaves broken toys for his nefarious plots, father and son ultimately succeed in their journey, but not before the impressionistically drawn film touches on the nature of existence, the limits of infinity and the rigors of experimental theater. This is an odd one, but also one not to be missed.
Recommended for ages 10+

Based on the novel by Russell Hoban. Producer: Walt DeFaria. Screenwriter: Carol Monpere. Cinematographer: Wally Bulloch. Cast: Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, Andy Devine, Neville Brand. Presented in English dialogue. 35mm, Color, 83 min.

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Family Flicks

January 23rd The Goonies, February 13 - The Muppet Movie - free at Hammer Museum

Two free Hammer family movies -don't forget that the anti-gravity house is still there.  Great for photos defying gravity or see a ball roll upwards!

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours.

Sunday January 23 2011, 11:00AM* ( Free Admission )

THE GOONIES
(1985) Directed by Richard Donner

A cult-classic and a veritable time-capsule of all things 1980s, The Goonies defined a generation and continues to cast its spell over all those that have come after. The secrets of its success lie in executive producer Steven Spielberg’s retro-fitting of the old school Saturday matinee adventure—pirate treasure, creepy bad guys, mysterious underground caves—for a contemporary pre-teen audience with a timeless mix of schlock and shock.

Screenplay: Chris Columbus. Cinematographer: Nick McLean. Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman. 35mm, 114 min.

Recommended for ages 10+

* Please note the early start time.

Sunday February 13 2011, 11:00AM* ( Free Admission )

THE MUPPET MOVIE
(1979) Directed by James Frawley

The Muppets’ big-screen debut, a magical, musical road trip across America, tells the story of how the troupe first met with wised-up wit and whimsy to spare. As Kermit treks cross-country from his swampy home to Hollywood, he’s joined by Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, The Electric Mayhem and the rest of the gang, plus an all-star human cast that includes Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor and Orson Welles in cameos. Infectiously toe-tapping songs by Paul Williams, including “Rainbow Connection” and “Movin’ Right Along,” set a bouncing rhythm for a film that will have kids of all ages smiling and humming all the way home.

Producer: Jim Henson. Screenplay: Jerry Juhl, Jack Burns. Cinematographer: Isidore Mankofsky. Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt. 35mm, 94 min.

Recommended for ages 5+.

* Please note the early start time.

This Sunday - two free events at Getty Villa and Hammer Museum to enjoy with your family!

Family Festivals at Getty Villa and Getty Center are really good events ... the only cost involved is the $15 per vehicle parking.  However, because of the small size of the Getty Villa in Malibu, you need to obtain admission tickets via phone or online.  No tickets are needed for the Getty Center.  You may get up to 8 tickets per person, so share your tickets with another family. 

See http://www.getty.edu/visit/hours/faq.html#v5  for the frequently asked questions if this is your first visit to Getty Villa.

There are always amazing artwork to be done at Getty's family Festivals as well as dramatic or musical performances -- all free and all in one day!  Kids will enjoy getting the ART DETECTIVE pamphlets to do their art scavenger hunt!

Family Festival Celebrating The Art of Ancient Greek T

Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission: Free; a ticket is required. Call (310) 440-7300 or use the "Get Tickets" button below.

Bring your family's entire cast of characters along to celebrate The Art of Ancient Greek Theater during this daylong festival of learning, crafts, and performance. Children and adults can fashion their own Greek theater masks, costume themselves as ancient actors, and applaud or join in pint-sized versions of classical Greek comedies onstage.

	Paint sets for the Cyclops with Liz Glynn. Photo: Aaron Paley

Planned activities and events include:

Casting Call—Greek-Theatre Clay Masks, Led by Marni Gittleman
Make authentic expressions by shaping, styling, forming, and exaggerating facial features from forehead to chin! Create palm-sized terracotta masks inspired by the traditional styles of ancient Greek theatre masks. Work with air-dry clay and use press molds and clay tools to create your own unique cast of a mask form.

Dramatic Drapery, Led by Marcus Kuiland Nazario
Create your own costume fit for the stage! Choose among Grecian prints and patterns and make your very own custom textile, which can be fashioned into a headdress, cape, or tunic. The world is your personal amphitheater.

	Meet Herakles at the Getty Villa! (Presented by Carl Weintraub, of We Tell Stories.) Photo: Aaron Paley

Building a Classical Greek Chorus, Led by Professor Michael Hackett and Students of UCLA's Department of Theater
The Greek chorus was central to ancient theater and provided the audience with insight into the dramatic action. Speaking or singing in unison, the chorus commented on the characters and themes being portrayed onstage. Watch (or even participate!) as a Greek chorus is created and performed before your eyes.

Reinventing Ancient Greek Theater, Led by Liz Glynn and Sam Robinson
Delve into the makings of Greek theater from the inside out in this ongoing, interactive workshop! Using Euripides' fantastical satyr play the Cyclops for inspiration, festival goers throughout the day can build props, paint sets, rehearse as actors, or perform a scene onstage. The Cyclops is Euripides' parody of a famous episode in Homer's The Odyssey, in which the hero Odysseus is trapped in the cave of a giant, one-eyed, man-eating monster and must outwit the Cyclops to save himself and his companions.

Special Appearance by the Famous Greek Demigod Herakles
Walk right up and meet Herakles (or Hercules, as he was called by the Romans). Zeus's son travels to the Getty Villa to share fabulous tales of his 12 labors and other mythic adventures. Presented by Carl Weintraub, of We Tell Stories.






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ONCE a month at the Hammer Museum, there is a family movie that is free for all.   For 20 days in December, Hammer Museum also has free admission.   For details on the family movie event, please click on:   http://hammer.ucla.edu/calendar/detail/type/program/id/673

SUNDAY DEC 5th at 11:00am at Hammer Museum on Westwood and Wilshire

Hammer Kids

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Family Flicks: Azur and Asmar

Dir. Michel Ocelot Azur and Asmar (Azur et Asmar) 2008 35 mm, color, 99 min.

Dir. Michel Ocelot Azur and Asmar (Azur et Asmar) 2008 35 mm, color, 99 min.

Family Flicks: Azur and Asmar

Renowned French animator Michel Ocelot brings his signature silhouette style of animation into the digital realm with his first all-CG feature. Dazzling colors and stunning visuals inspired by Middle Eastern mosaic art bring to life the fairy tale of two rival princes. Appropriate for ages 6+. (2008 France/Belgium/Spain/Italy 35mm, color, 99 min. DIR/SCR: Michel Ocelot)

ENJOY!