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"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.

One week from today! Join us Wednesday, March 26 at 6:30pm PT for a special screening of Julie Dash’s short film “Four Women” alongside the Emmy-winning Artbound episode “L.A. Rebellion.” Dash, episode directors Bryant Griffin and Kitty Hu, and curator LeRonn P. Brooks will discuss the groundbreaking artists that came out of this watershed artistic moment. Trailer courtesy of PBS SoCal . RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gWj8SP4g

What does it mean to be from LA? Artist Marcus Lyon asked this question to 100 Angelenos for his A Human Atlas platform. Through portraits, ancestral DNA, and oral histories, “Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels” captures and preserves the stories of 100 changemakers in Los Angeles who are inspiring and driving positive social change in their streets, cities, and beyond. Now on view at the Los Angeles Public Library’s Central Library, the exhibition “Alta / A Human Atlas of a City of Angels” offers a unique snapshot of the diversity of our city, free to experience until April 27, 2025.

In this online talk, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Dell M. Hamilton, two of Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons’s collaborators, will share with us their work and discuss the collaborative process as fruitful source of creativity. 📸 When We Gather (still picturing Samita Sinha, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, and Dell M. Hamilton), 2021, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, with Okwui Okpokwasili and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. With the participation of Dell Marie Hamilton, Jana Harper, Lisa E. Harris, and Samita Sinha. Directed by Codie Elaine Oliver. Digital video (color, sound, 5:42 minutes). Courtesy of and © María Magdalena Campos-Pons

Applications for the CAA-Getty International Program are open until April 25! We’re supporting this program with CAA - Advancing Art & Design for scholars worldwide to attend the CAA 114th Annual Conference in Chicago, February 18–21, 2026. Participants will enjoy a preconference colloquium, sessions, workshops, museum visits, and professional development opportunities. Click the link to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gFabh_Ka

Next week, we are convening the experts meeting, “Archaeological Heritage in a Changing Climate: Confronting Threats, Sustaining Futures” in Rome, from March 18–21. Organized in partnership with Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, the meeting brings together approximately 30 experts in the fields of climate science and archaeological heritage conservation to discuss the current and future impacts of the climate crisis on archaeological sites. This convening aims to advance the heritage conservation field’s understanding of, and elevate, its response strategies to climate change. In conjunction with the event, we will be presenting a public panel discussion, “A Heritage Under Threat – Climate Change and Archaeological Sites,” co-organized with the American Academy in Rome, to inform and engage the public on the threat climate change poses to archaeological heritage and potential responses to the crisis. 🔗 RSVP to attend the public panel discussion in person in Rome or online via Zoom on Wednesday, March 19, at 6 PM CET (10 AM PST): https://gty.art/3F4zrXM. Stay tuned for insights and updates from the meeting on the Getty Conservation Institute social channels.