Los Angeles, CA — On Sunday, May 15, 2022, the Hammer Museum hosted its thirteenth annual K.A.M.P. (Kids Art Museum Project), a unique fundraising event imagined by artists for kids and their families. Chaired by Brooke Kanter and Sarah McHale, K.A.M.P. raised more than $210,000 in support of the Museum’s free family programming throughout the year. More than 500 guests attended this year’s in-person celebration.

Artists, dancers, and volunteers led hands-on workshops in the buoyant atmosphere of the Hammer Museum courtyard, engaging a new generation of art lovers and patrons. This year’s participating artists Alex Anderson, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., Greg Ito, Hayv Kahraman, Olivia Mole, Alex Nazari, noé olivas, Hilary Pecis, Lily Stockman, and Marisa Takal spearheaded projects including a group mural, painted windows depicting dreams, papier mache eyeball assemblages, and more. Olivas’s project invited children to write or draw their wishes for change in the world onto seed paper to plan in their own gardens or in a wheelbarrow full of soil, following his Hammer Projects exhibition which recently closed at the museum. Contemporary dance group BODYTRAFFIC performed dynamic numbers throughout the event.

Celebrity readers Kristen Stewart, Max Greenfield, and Ana Ortiz shared their favorite children’s books and posed for selfies with kids. Stewart read The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Eloise by Kay Thompson; Ortiz read Coquí in the City by Nomar Perez; and Greenfield read his own book, I Don’t Want to Read This Book, published last year. In addition to the artmaking, dancing, and celebrity readings, attendees enjoyed a delicious lunch by Annie Campbell and music by DJ Suga Shay. 

Major support came from City National Bank and IPC. Other sponsors included Blue Rooster, Bonjour Fete, Clare V., Color Images, Hedley&Bennett, Hello Bello, Laguna Clay, Miracle Seltzer, Mochi Kids, and Simply Framed.

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