Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980

Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 was the first in what has become a regular series of region-wide initiatives of thematically linked public programming completed in partnership with cultural institutions across Southern California. There were three goals for the inaugural Pacific Standard Time: rescue an endangered history of L.A. art, making it accessible to future generations; create broad recognition of the international significance of art in Los Angeles; and create a new model for large-scale collaboration.

• 68 linked exhibitions and public programs throughout Southern California supported by Getty funding

• Related exhibitions at the Getty Center

• 40 publications containing new research on postwar art across the region

• Regional weekends in which museums worked together on joint programming to move audiences from exhibition to exhibition

• Two “college fairs” that promoted PST exhibitions and events for local faculty in art history, studio art, film, and other related disciplines

• Significant archives of artists, gallerists, curators, and critics processed at thirteen different institutions

• Completion of nearly 350 oral history interview, now permanently available in the Special Collections of the Getty Research Institute

• Impact report on grantmaking outcomes

• Economic impact study from the LA Economic Development Corporation