College Night 2024

Performance in College Night series
Graphic with repetition of the words "college night" in white block letters on a pink to yellow ombre background.

Apr 15, 2024

Getty Center

Museum Courtyard

This is a past event.

About

It's the college student takeover! This FREE event returns to the Getty Center with art, music, food, tours, performances, artmaking and more. Taking inspiration from our exhibition on pioneering sculptor Camille Claudel, enjoy beats spun by SiLVA, magic-lantern animations by Melissa Ferrari, and a performance blending Cherokee and Mvskoke (Muscogee) languages with electronic music by Elisa Harkins. This event is open to all college students with current school ID.

ART

Exhibitions on view
Camille Claudel
Blood: Medieval/Modern
Nineteenth Century Photography Now
Hippolyte Bayard: A Persistent Pioneer
Drawing on Blue
Mercedes Dorame: Woshaa’axre Yaang’aro (Looking Back)

Pop-Up Installation

Illuminations by Jordan Eagles

MUSIC / LIVE ART

  • Producer, DJ, and radio personality SiLVA spins dance music, disco, oldies, and funk
  • Artist and educator Melissa Ferrari presents Relict: A Phantasmagoria, an experimental documentary performed with antique magic lanterns and hand-drawn animation
  • Elisa Harkins, a Native American (Cherokee/Muscogee) artist and composer, performs original compositions that combine the Cherokee and Mvskoke (Muscogee) languages with electronic music

ACTIVITIES

  • Hands-on activities include print pulling and making beeswax candles, presented by Forager
  • Customize your tote bag with a silk-screen designed by Self Help Graphics, or decorate it yourself at the Creation Stations
  • Be captured in a digital blue drawing by roving Drawing Booth artists
  • Grab your friends and pose inside a variety of photo booths
  • Play with giant, old-school games

TOURS

Join a variety of 20-minute tours of galleries, exhibitions, and behind-the-scenes areas. Tours depart from the Museum Entrance Hall every 15 minutes from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

FOOD

Enjoy a bite and beverage. Free meals will be provided until 8:30 PM or while supplies last. The Coffee Kiosk is open to purchase additional snacks or beverages.

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