The Norton Simon Museum

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Film: The Cool School

This documentary examines L.A.’s flourishing art scene in the 1950s and 1960s and the artists, curators and local influences that shaped it. Central to that art scene and the film are the Ferus Gallery and its co-founder Walter Hopps, who later became the curator of the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum). Director Morgan Neville introduces the film. Narrated by Jeff Bridges, 86 minutes, 2007.

Free with Museum admission.

Family Day: Sculpting with Scissors

Saturday, September 20, 1:00–2:30 p.m.

See how modern artists boldly use color in paintings, and then express your artistic abilities as you construct colorful collages with cut paper.

Museum admission and programs are free for all children.

Lecture: Collaboration and Competition in Golden Age Seville

Sunday, September 21, 4:00 p.m.

While most people think about Spanish art in the 1600s in terms of Velázquez and Madrid, another major tradition emerged in the south of Spain in the more isolated city of Seville. Jon Seydl, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland Museum of Art, explores the competitiveness and collaboration that marked this artistic community, centering on the Museum’s magnificent collection of late Golden Age Baroque art from Seville from artists Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé-Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdés Leal and Luisa Roldán.

Free with Museum admission.