Peter James Emmerich and Jared Malcolm Hammond are to be married Sept. 2 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the performing arts space in Los Angeles. Dana M. Kirkland, who is the sister of Mr. Hammond and who was designated a deputy commissioner for civil marriage by Nevada County in California, is to officiate.
Mr. Emmerich (left), 44, is the art director for “Harvey Street Kids,” a production of DreamWorks Animation Television that debuted on Netflix in June; he works in Los Angeles. He graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
He is a son of Gary A. Emmerich of Summerfield, Fla., and the late Concetta J. Emmerich. Mr. Emmerich’s father retired as a senior vice president for operations, in New York, at CIBC Oppenheimer, an investment bank.
Mr. Hammond, 55, is the associate director for finance at the University of California Los Angeles’s Hammer Museum. He graduated from Pomona College and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas.
He is the son of Sandra Noll Hammond of Santa Rosa, Calif., and the late Phillip E. Hammond, who lived in Santa Barbara, Calif. Mr. Hammond’s mother retired as a professor of theater and dance at the University of Hawaii. His father retired as a professor of religious studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.
The couple met in 2001 in an AOL chat room, and a few month later had their first date in Austin, Tex., where Mr. Hammond was then living, while Mr. Emmerich lived in Los Angeles.
