J. Paul Getty Trust

We’re supporting International Council of Museums (ICOM) to offer Participation Grants for Emerging Museum Professionals to attend the 27th General Conference in Dubai. Apply by March 14, 2025. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g85-DnCZ

🚨Calling all HBCU undergraduate students and recent graduates!🚨 Are you interested in a career in conservation and allied fields? Apply to attend a photographic conservation workshop this July. This unique program offers an immersive, hands-on experience working with the iconic Johnson Publishing Company Archive alongside Getty and NMAAHC conservators. The workshop aims to introduce participants to the world of conservation and cultural heritage as potential career paths. Applications due February 21, 2025: https://lnkd.in/gYXMbXef

“Destination Crenshaw recognizes that culture can be the foundation for the fortitude and resilience needed to thrive,” says Jason Foster, president and CEO of Destination Crenshaw. “Our vision is to create spaces where Black people feel safe and welcome. These first murals set our trajectory to realizing our collective vision to preserve, anchor, and uplift South LA with Black culture and creativity.” We’re excited to see the murals unfold! They’re part of the second phase of public art commissions funded by our project with Destination Crenshaw, which also supports sculptures by renowned Black artists. Community and artists are working together to create art along Crenshaw Boulevard, transforming 1.3 miles into a vibrant cultural corridor. It’s set to officially open later this year with over 100 pieces of public art, making it the largest initiative of its kind dedicated to Black artists in the U.S. Read more about the murals, artists, and community response: https://lnkd.in/ged9yyEX Captions: Photo 1: Behind-the-scenes with Patrick Henry Johnson painting his “Paul R Williams: From a Pawn to a King” mural as part of the Destination Crenshaw project. Photo 2: Aerial view of United to Inspire Collective, “Monument of Love: Mother and Child,” 2024. Photo by Lee Vuitton © Destination Crenshaw Photo 3: Anthony "Toons One" Martin, "Hey Young World," 2024. Photo by Lee Vuitton © Destination Crenshaw

Places where significant African American history happened have often gone unrecognized and under-celebrated for the important role they play in the fabric of American society. On Feb 17th at the Palm Springs Art Museum, join Stories Untold for “Preserving Sites of African American Resilience, Activism, Achievement and Architecture” with the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund’s Executive Director Brent Leggs and Senior Preservation Architect Brandon Bibby. With support from the Foundation's Keeping It Modern initiative, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund launched Conserving Black Modernism, a three-year grant program to preserve Modernist architecture by Black architects and designers. Learn more and get your tickets: https://lnkd.in/gNc-YfGc

Welcome to our winter Conservation Guest Scholars! From January through March, they will advance their individual research projects while making use of Getty's research collections and collaborating with the Getty community. From left to right: Elena Lucchi, senior researcher at Università di Pavia, Italy; Cass Fino-Radin, founder and lead conservator of Small Data Industries, New York; Amanda Pagliarino, head of conservation and registration at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Australia. The Conservation Guest Scholars Program is for established scholars or professionals who have attained distinction in the cultural heritage conservation field. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e3eu2esw

We're thrilled to announce that all 247 backlist articles published in "Getty Research Journal" are now freely available without a subscription! You can access the articles on Project MUSE (https://gty.art/408czi2) and JSTOR (https://gty.art/40I2tol). #openaccess #scholarship

Are you an undergraduate HBCU student or recent graduate interested in a career of conserving cultural heritage? Applications are now open for HBCU students to attend a photographs conservation workshop in July 2025. This program offers an immersive, hands-on experience working with the iconic Johnson Publishing Company Archive. The workshop aims to introduce participants to the conservation of cultural heritage and allied fields as potential career paths. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, January 31, 2025. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eZJiRmAV

How do genetic science and storytelling preserve cultural heritage? We collaborated with artist Marcus Lyon on "Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels," a project documenting 100 extraordinary individuals driving positive social change in Los Angeles. "Alta" combines DNA ancestry analysis, photographic portraits, and oral narratives to capture LA's living heritage—the voices, identities, and stories of its people. Visit the project's free exhibition at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library, running until April 27, 2025, to view a snapshot of our city's diversity. Learn about what it means to be an Angeleno: https://gty.art/4aSVxZf

The Getty Research Institute has formalized an international collaboration with Korea’s National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) to advance knowledge about Korean Arts and Culture. With a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Getty Research Institute and South Korea’s National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, information on 400 Korean artists—with 700 more to come—has been added to the Getty Vocabularies.   An example of the NRICH contribution to the Union List of Artist Names is An Geonyeong. To learn more about the Getty Vocabularies, including an online Search and data formats available globally under an open license, see the Getty Vocabularies website: https://lnkd.in/gytYV9h3   Read more about the MOU announcement: https://lnkd.in/g7iN9hHT

Wildfires are sadly a way of life in Southern California. Getty prepares for emergencies year-round, including the morning the Palisades Fire broke out. Les Borsay, Getty's emergency preparedness specialist, was at the Getty Villa testing the fire alarm system when he got the alert that a brush fire had broken out about 2 miles from the museum. What happened from there? Read the accounts of staff who were part of the Getty Villa's emergency response: https://gty.art/4jypCkC