Attend a free professional development workshop focusing on decorative art objects from the Getty Museum's collection. Working in the gallery and the studio, teachers will explore ways to teach with decorative arts and learn about hands-on activities for use in the classroom. Participants will receive interdisciplinary curriculum materials and transparencies of works of art.

Call (310) 440-7300 to register. Space is limited, so sign up now!

Learn more about the Getty's professional development opportunities for teachers.

Mark your calendars—it's almost time to apply for your 2009–2010 school visit to the Getty Center or the Getty Villa! Applications for both sites will be available on our Web site beginning June 1.

Visit the School Visit section of our Web site for updates and more information.

You may be used to seeing our traditional, booklet-style annual school brochure in your mailbox. This year, get ready for something new. Two new posters—one for the Center, and one for the Villa—will provide basic information about school visits on the front, and present a poster-sized image from our permanent collection on the back! Use the poster to conduct our "Thirty-Second Look" activity in your classroom.

View the "Thirty-Second Look" activity for the Getty Center.

View the "Thirty Second Look" activity for the Getty Villa.

Use this video to introduce students to the specialized techniques of Spanish artists. Then, explore the exhibition La Roldana's Saint Ginés online, or on a visit to the Museum.

Watch the video Making a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture.

Learn more about the exhibition La Roldana's Saint Ginés: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture.

The exhibition Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City examines the complex colonial history of this city on the north coast of Africa. The exhibition considers the city's places and people through diverse 19th- and 20th-century visual sources and juxtaposes the long tradition of staged orientalist representations of "indigenous" people with a photojournalist's coverage from the Algerian War.

Use images from the exhibition with the lesson "Depicting Women and Class in a Global Society" to discuss the effects of European expansionism and colonialism with students in grades 9–12. Students will discuss the notion of "exoticism" and the rise of racial stereotypes, and then create a portrait of a female public figure from a different culture.

View the lesson "Depicting Women and Class in a Global Society."

Learn more about the exhibition Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City, on view at the Getty Center May 19–October 18, 2009.

On View
Portrait of Joseph Gulston and his Brother John Gulston by Francis Cotes will be back on view in the South Pavilion Gallery, S206.

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