Talks & Classes

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.

Wed Oct 9 | 4:30 pm

An Artist's Artist: Magdalena Suarez Frimkess

Thu Oct 24 | 7 pm

BCAM, Level 1

The 37th Annual Michele and Peter Berton Memorial Lecture: T...

Sun Nov 17 | 5:30 pm

BCAM, Level 1 | LACMA

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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 artclasses@lacma.org.

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.

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Adult Art Class: Botanical Drawing

Sat Oct 5 | 1 pm

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Adult Art Class: Fundamentals of Drawing

Sun Oct 20 | 2 pm

LACMA

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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Gallery Tour—Simone Leigh

Sat Sep 21 | 2 pm

Resnick Pavilion

Gallery Tour—Simone Leigh

Sun Sep 22 | 1 pm

Resnick Pavilion

In Focus Tour—Modern Art

Sun Sep 22 | 1:30 pm

BCAM, Level 3 | LACMA

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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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Mon Oct 7 | 4 pm

Online

Art & Meditation: We Live in Painting

Thu Oct 10 | 6:30 pm

Resnick Pavilion | LACMA

Reflect & Connect: After-Hours Art Conversation

Thu Nov 14 | 6:30 pm

Resnick Pavilion | LACMA

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Unframed Blog Posts

“The center of these paintings is reserved for you.” —Sam Francis

In the midst of our fast-paced lives, taking the opportunity to slow down and connect with works of art—and with yourself—provides a needed antidote in these busy and uncertain tim...

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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 aoh@alza.org. 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.

To express interest, contact CreateCollaborate@lacma.org.

The next sessions will take place in the spring and fall of 2025.

This program is supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.

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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.