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All events are free and are held in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Seating reservations are required. For reservations and information, please call (310) 440-7300 or use the Make Reservation buttons below. Tickets are available on-site or by phone.
Artist-at-Work Demonstrations
Drop by as artist Sylvana Barrett demonstrates the art of manuscript illumination using traditional materials and techniques from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. When demonstrations are not in progress, visitors can watch a video showing the manuscript-making process.
Thursdays and Sundays from October 20, 2005–January 8, 2006 (excluding November 24, December 25, and January 1)
1:00–2:00 p.m. Gilding
2:00–3:00 p.m. Painting
Exhibitions Pavilion
Curator's Gallery Talks
Kurt Barstow, Associate Curator of Manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Thursday, November 10, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 6, 1:30 p.m.
Exhibitions Pavilion
Exhibition Listening Stations
Books of hours were typically written and recited in the Church's official language, Latin. Visit the eight listening stations located throughout the exhibition to hear brief English translations of these books.
Exhibition Tours
Special one hour exhibition overview tours offered daily at 1:30 p.m. Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Gallery Course
Designing the Experience for Painted Prayers
This course looks at how visitors interact with designed environments and examines how designers create exhibitions that successfully communicate, educate, and inspire. In a lecture presentation, Merritt Price, Manager of Exhibition Design, the J. Paul Getty Museum, unveils some of the unique issues he and his staff confronted while designing this exhibition. The lecture is followed by tours of the exhibition and the Museum's exhibition design studio. Course fee: $15; limited to 40 participants. Note that reservations are now available for October courses.
Saturday, October 29, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall
Studio Course
Manuscript Illumination
Medieval and Renaissance artists illuminated sumptuous manuscripts with brilliant pigments and precious gold. Explore traditional materials and techniques with artists Sylvana Barrett and Jaime Ursic and create a small illuminated page in this two-session workshop. No experience necessary. Course fee $65; $50 students. Limited to 25 participants.
Reservations available beginning Thursday, October 27, at 9:00 a.m. for November courses; and Wednesday, November 23, at 9:00 a.m. for December courses. Note that reservations are now available for October courses.
Tuesdays, October 18 & 25, 1:00–5:00 p.m.; Tuesdays, November 8 & 15, 1:00–5:00 p.m.; and Tuesdays, December 6 & 13, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Museum Studios
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Performance
Gordon Getty Concert
The Tallis Scholars are without rival in the glorious sound world of Renaissance polyphony. Join them for a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Tallis, featuring works by the composer and music by John Taverner and William Byrd. To hear the Tallis Scholars perform is "one of the great live music experiences of our time" (The Boston Globe).
Tickets $28; students/seniors $22
Friday, December 2, 8:00 p.m.
Lectures
Medieval Bestseller: The Book of Hours
Roger S. Wieck, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, the Morgan Library, is the world's leading authority on books of hours. Wieck's lecture, illustrated with slides, will expand on the longevity of these books and explain their texts and images. Wieck is the curator in charge of the exhibition tour.
Thursday, October 20, 7:00 p.m.
The Farnese Hours: Maraviglia di Roma (Marvel of Rome)
William Voelkle, Curator and Departmental Head, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, the Morgan Library, provides a visual and verbal tour of the Farnese Hours, the most famous manuscript of the Italian Renaissance.
Thursday, November 10, 7:00 p.m.
The Manuscript Painting Techniques of Jean Bourdichon
Nancy Turner, Associate Conservator, Department of Paper Conservation, the J. Paul Getty Museum, discusses Jean Bourdichon's painting techniques based on close study of the Hours of Louis XII and compares these techniques to those of his probable mentor, Jean Fouquet, and of his contemporary rival, Jean Poyet. Seating reservations are required.
Thursday, December 1, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Point-of-View Talks
Mary Heebner, an artist who uses various media including painting, writing, photography and artists' books to create a sense of place and a connection between the contemporary and the archaic, leads a gallery discussion on the exhibition.
Friday, November 11
Talks are held at 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the Exhibitions Pavilion. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 3:00 p.m.
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Past Exhibitions
