J. Paul Getty Trust

Call for applications for K-12 teachers 📣 Join us for a 3 day summer institute in Los Angeles, Tuesday July 15–Thursday July 17, 2025. “Local Voices: Remembering Stories of Art, Power and Community” is a professional development opportunity to collaborate with scholars, artists, activists, and archivists to create lessons incorporating oral histories of Black Los Angeles artists, as part of Getty’s African American Art History Initiative (AAAHI). Participants will explore primary source materials including oral histories, photographs, maps, flyers, and artwork—to amplify underrepresented narratives, strengthen historical thinking and literacy skills, and integrate the arts into K-12 education. Applications are due Friday, April 4. Apply here: bit.ly/3XI38UQ

Acclaimed Los Angeles #architect Franklin D. Israel created innovative residential projects and office interiors that made him one of the most talked-about designers of his generation. In this new book, Todd Gannon draws on archival resources, interviews with Israel's colleagues, clients, and contemporaries, and more, to examine the architect’s influential life and legacy. Learn more: https://gty.art/4kG0IQz #ArtBook #Scholarship

Getty Research Institute’s new exhibition “What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women 1843–1999 “ invites you to touch, hold, and flip through the pages of more than 100 women’s photobooks, immersing yourself in a rich history of women’s photography. The photobook is not only a format to present and share photography; it has developed into a unique art form that can take you on a visual journey distinct from the experience of viewing photos on gallery walls or watching a slideshow on a screen. “What They Saw” opens Tuesday, April 8 and runs until Sunday, May 11, 2025. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ecWMXZ7W

Meet Marco Vargas, a recent graduate from a public high school in South Central LA and the co-founder of Exponential Destiny, a nonprofit dedicated to training low-income youth and adults for jobs in the virtual reality technology sector. He is also one of 100 nominees featured in our Alta / A Human Atlas project. Created with artist Marcus Lyon, Alta uses portraits, DNA, and oral histories to capture and preserve the stories of Angelenos driving positive social change in their communities. We partnered with Exponential Destiny to launch the Human Atlas Metaverse, which translated Alta’s content into a VR environment to teach young people about social changemakers in LA County. The pilot project led outreach in 10 Los Angeles Unified School District schools, conferences, and events, engaging over 900 students, teachers, administrators, and others. For more stories and to experience Alta, visit the exhibition at the Los Angeles Public Library Central Library, running until April 27, 2025. Learn more: https://gty.art/4bY6dWI 📷 on right: © Marcus Lyon / A Human Atlas

Join us select Wednesdays in April at 2pm PT for Poetry in the Garden at the Getty Center Robert Irwin Central Garden. This series of live readings set in the Getty Center’s Central Garden features poetry inspired by “What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999”. Each week, guests are invited to rest on a bench, lay on a blanket on the lawn, admire the view, or wander the pathways among the blooming spring plants as poetry vibrates through the air. April 16, 2025: Mia Moretti April 23, 2025: Camae Ayewa with V.C.R on violin April 30, 2025: Solange Aguilar RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gNwbtcmE

"I learned the power of radical thought and the potential of communities built on a foundation of revolutionary principles. The internship gave me the necessary tools and access to allow myself to have a much deeper appreciation for film and its creation process, alongside the importance of implementing archival technologies." - DaRon Vinson, Collections and Research Intern, UCLA Film & Television Archive, Summer 2024 Do you know any current Undergraduate students interested in a summer internship? Check out 102 paid internship opportunities at arts organizations across Los Angeles! https://lnkd.in/erDG34Xj

Congratulations to all grantees who completed our Conserving Black Modernism workshop last week! The grant recipients now have the skillset to apply a values-based approach to their conservation projects. These sites include the homes and studios designed by Amaza Lee Meredith, the pioneering African American architect, and Robert T. Coles, the first African American Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects. The Conserving Black Modernism grant initiative is a collaboration with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to support the preservation of modern buildings designed by Black architects. Learn more: https://gty.art/41txZWr 📷: Morgan Forde, provided courtesy of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund at the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Join us in person or virtually for our talk "Museum Conservation and the Forensis of Provenance" 🗓️ Monday, March 31 🕑 2 PM PST 📍 Getty Center & Online 🔗 RSVP to attend in person or online: https://gty.art/4iFHMzL The word “forensic” derives from the Latin forensis, meaning, of the forum. In this presentation, Paul Basu, professor of anthropology and curator, Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford, draws upon various case studies to rethink provenance research, shifting our attention from the forensic investigation into the origins and chains of ownership of objects to a relational process, which brings together a community of stakeholders and perspectives. On the one hand, this shift decenters museum-based expertise; on the other hand, however, it opens up possibilities for contemporary conservation practice to contribute in new ways to ethical reflection, not least in destabilizing our understanding of what an object is, where it comes from, and fostering communities of care. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with Erica Jones, Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, and Glenn Wharton, Professor of Art History and Conservation of Material Culture, Chair of the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage.

Designed by Black architect Robert Kennard, Carson City Hall symbolizes the city's transformation from landfills to a multicultural hub. While its modernist style reflects forward-thinking urban life, the building’s design also embodies Carson's rich identities. Read more about its history and the efforts to preserve its legacy in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation: https://lnkd.in/gz-m4SwW Photo 1: Carson City Hall Building. Grantee: City of Carson | Carson, California. Photo Credit: Elon Schoenholz Photo 2: Interior of Carson City Hall Building. Grantee: City of Carson | Carson, California. Photo Credit: Elon Schoenholz Photo 3: Carson City Hall Building. Grantee: City of Carson | Carson, California. Photo Credit: Elon Schoenholz Photo 4: Interior of Carson City Hall Building. Grantee: City of Carson | Carson, California. Photo Credit: Elon Schoenholz

Join prominent archaeologists for this talk on April 28th to learn more about the history of Thracian archaeology, its present, and its future.