Join museum educators, artists, curators, and experts for artist talks, virtual tours, virtual classes, and more as they explore works of art and the creative process
Image: Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Duncan Cheng
Join museum educators, artists, curators, and experts for artist talks, virtual tours, virtual classes, and more as they explore works of art and the creative process
Image: Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Duncan Cheng
Looking for an opportunity to spend quality time in the galleries with works of art in the collection? Interested in learning about the creative process from artists or about the latest exhibition on view at LACMA? Talks at LACMA offer something for everyone and include lectures, symposia, conversations with artists, dining experiences alongside food and wine historians, and more.
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Experiment with art materials, build new skills, discover art on view at the museum, and launch your imagination with our team of creative and professional teaching artists.
Supplies and parking validation are included in tuition. Due to construction, classes will take place in gallery spaces and outdoors on LACMA's campus rather than a studio. With this in mind, acrylic painting and printmaking classes are on hiatus. For more information, email [email protected].
Teens ages 16 and older with previous art experience may also join adult art classes.
Need-based scholarships are available for students.
Adult Art Classes are supported in part by the Dorothy Schick Endowment Fund.
Interested in learning about the collection and architecture of LACMA or the latest exhibition? Join a trained docent on a tour to explore LACMA's collection and exhibitions! Tours are offered daily, free with museum admission.
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Art + Wellness programming at LACMA encompasses a wide range of opportunities for participants to make meaningful connections with art as they support their physical, mental, and social health.
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Join teaching artist Elonda Norris, in partnership with Alzheimer's LA, for engaging, fun, and free virtual art discussions on Zoom! Elonda will guide the care partners and person living with early stage dementia or Alzheimer’s to look at and discuss works of art from the museum's collection.
To RSVP, contact [email protected]. This program is free and will take place online via Zoom.
Tuesday, October 15 | 1 PM | Online
Tuesday, November 19 | 1 PM | Online
Tuesday, December 17 | 1 PM | Online
The program is made possible by Emily Greenspan and Bruce Newman.
Presented in partnership with
Create + Collaborate is a FREE 10-session art program for participants ages 55+ to explore techniques such as drawing, sculpture, and mixed media. Seats are limited. Preference will be given to new students.
Limited seats are available for the following sessions:
Cultivating the Artist’s Practice
Tuesday and Thursday: October 22, 24, 29, 31 (4 classes) | 10 am–1 pm
Students will explore the artistic process of Simone Leigh, guided by the idea that every artist follows their own creative path. Through drawing, collage, writing, and meditation, they will discover and develop their unique artistic voice. This inspiring class is led by teaching artist Pamela Smith Hudson.
Colors of the Universe: Art and Inspiration from Frimkess to Mesoamerica
Tuesday and Thursday: November 12, 14, 19, and 21 (4 classes) | 10 am–1 pm
Students will explore and be inspired by the unique and very personal world created by Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard and will also be introduced to We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Learning a variety of techniques in art making, students will begin to develop their own voice in visual art by experiencing, drawing, watercolor, clay and bookmaking. This fun and dynamic class will be led by teaching artist Eszter Delgado.
To express interest, contact [email protected].
The next sessions will take place in the spring and fall of 2025.
This program is supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.
Create + Collaborate is a FREE 10-session art program for participants ages 55+ to explore techniques such as drawing, sculpture, and mixed media. Seats are limited. Preference will be given to new students.
Limited seats are available for the following sessions:
Cultivating the Artist’s Practice
Tuesday and Thursday: October 22, 24, 29, 31 (4 classes) | 10 am–1 pm
Students will explore the artistic process of Simone Leigh, guided by the idea that every artist follows their own creative path. Through drawing, collage, writing, and meditation, they will discover and develop their unique artistic voice. This inspiring class is led by teaching artist Pamela Smith Hudson.
Colors of the Universe: Art and Inspiration from Frimkess to Mesoamerica
Tuesday and Thursday: November 12, 14, 19, and 21 (4 classes) | 10 am–1 pm
Students will explore and be inspired by the unique and very personal world created by Magdalena Suarez Frimkess: The Finest Disregard and will also be introduced to We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Learning a variety of techniques in art making, students will begin to develop their own voice in visual art by experiencing, drawing, watercolor, clay and bookmaking. This fun and dynamic class will be led by teaching artist Eszter Delgado.
To express interest, contact [email protected].
The next sessions will take place in the spring and fall of 2025.
This program is supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.
From 2016 to 2019, LACMA facilitated Veterans Make Movies, a filmmaking program for military veterans that provided knowledge, skills, and a focus on relating experiences about the human condition from a veteran’s perspective. The program also included screenings and a film archive, which shares stories and builds understanding and empathy about veterans’ experiences.
For more information about L.A.-based opportunities for veterans in the arts, check out the United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance.
Presented by LACMA in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library, Veterans Make Movies is a three-year initiative consisting of filmmaking workshops, screenings, and community events focused on highlighting the veteran experience.
Veterans Make Movies is presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library and was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
From 2016 to 2019, LACMA facilitated Veterans Make Movies, a filmmaking program for military veterans that provided knowledge, skills, and a focus on relating experiences about the human condition from a veteran’s perspective. The program also included screenings and a film archive, which shares stories and builds understanding and empathy about veterans’ experiences.
For more information about L.A.-based opportunities for veterans in the arts, check out the United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance.
Presented by LACMA in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library, Veterans Make Movies is a three-year initiative consisting of filmmaking workshops, screenings, and community events focused on highlighting the veteran experience.
Veterans Make Movies is presented by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in collaboration with the Los Angeles Public Library and was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
When news of a novel coronavirus arrived in the United States in early January, xenophobia was not far behind. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, reports of racist attacks against Asian Americans increased. As the number of confirmed cases exploded in America, racial disparities in health outcomes became starker. The hardest hit are often Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities—many of whom are essential workers. Before and throughout the pandemic, Black and Brown people across the nation have continued to be murdered at harrowing and unacceptable rates by the police.
Join For Freedoms, GYOPO, LACMA, and StopDiscriminAsian (SDA) in a series of lively virtual conversations about the pandemic’s impact on the movement for racial justice, and the country’s long standing health, economic, and racial inequities.