Events & Programs

Sculpt a clay calavera (skull) like the one in Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Día de Todos Muertos in honor of ancestral traditions. Create a multi-media artwork using clay, tissue paper, and colorful embellishments in remembrance of a loved one.

Create your own mixed-media artwork using watercolor, tissue paper, and pipe cleaners, inspired by Stephanie Shih's 梅國 (Still life with chamoy and Dirty T Tamarindo) (2025)...

Create your own vibrant yarn painting using colorful fibers and glue, inspired by the intricate silk and beadwork of the 19th-century artwork Man's Tobacco Pouch.

Discover the enduring legacy of the most prominent Black American architect of his generation at a conversation presented alongside the exhibition Paul R....

Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise.  ...

Hear from Lauren Hanson, curator of The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990, and art historian Charmaine Branch at a focused discussion on the history and impact of the Broc...

For a century, the cover of The New Yorker has amused, provoked, and captured the spirit of the times...

At this guided workshop for adults, you’ll hone your figure-drawing skills and sketch a live modern dancer among works on view in LACMA’s Modern Art Galleries as we explore and depict movement, space, and the interp...

How do you bring thousands of works of art to life with light?...

Enjoy a peaceful morning before the museum opens with a restorative sound bath in the David Geffen Galleries...

Printmaking has long been a popular medium for the dissemination of art and ideas...

Jump into some good old-fashioned Double Dutch at an energetic, joyful activation of LACMA’s outdoor space on the Smidt Welcome Plaza. Members of the 40+ Double Dutch Club will guide beginners as we celebrate the power of play and community. ...

Come join other chess lovers as you learn or practice the game of kings at a session inspired by Max Ernst’s chess set on view in the David Geffen Galleries. Representatives from Highland Park Chess will be on hand to offer instruction and guidance to those who want it...

Drop in and let a poet write something just for you...

Join a LACMA docent for a 30-minute tour of Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise.  ...

In conjunction with the exhibition Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise, hear from artists Eileen Cowin and Fred Tomaselli, moderated by LACMA curator Rebecca Morse, as they...

Hear from photographer Catherine Opie in conversation with LACMA curator Britt Salvesen...

Gather for an unconventional Turkey Day celebration with the dark humor and macabre antics of Barry Sonnenfeld’s Addams Family Values (1993)...