WEEKLY STAFF NEWS | 02.22.2021
NEWS
Winter 2021 Getty Magazine
The latest issue of Getty magazine is now out. Read about a promising way to save rock art, the new online exhibition Return to Palmyra, how Getty’s long-standing diversity internship program is making a difference, and how a new acquisition of 39 drawings sheds light on why 17th-century Dutch artists are so renowned.
Honoring Black History Month
On the Iris, Getty Museum conservator Sarah Freeman discusses how she protects a rare and important daguerreotype featuring orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass at an 1850 rally in New York opposing the Fugitive Slave Act. The daguerreotype is now featured in an online exhibition on Google Arts & Culture that explores this precious piece of abolitionist history.
EVENTS
New Virtual Fitness Center Class
Join us for a 20-30 minute Wellbeats “workout of the week” cardio session Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Sign up by emailing fitnesscenter@getty.edu and receive an invitation by email to join prior to the class. You will only see your and others’ Wellbeats profile icon onscreen as you view and participate. Invite your colleagues and keep each other motivated. Contact the Fitness Center for more information.
Photography as Revolutionary Aesthetic: An L.A. Artist Conversation
In this webinar, artists and native Californians Todd Gray, Cauleen Smith, and Ken Gonzales-Day will explore how they integrate concepts of identity into their photo-based practices. They'll also discuss themes from the forthcoming exhibition Photo Flux: Unshuttering L.A. and their commitment to creating opportunities for emerging artists. Join the Zoom talk on February 25 at 5 p.m. Register in advance for this free online event.
Ways of Smelling and Tasting in the Ancient Middle East
This talk introduces Getty Villa Scholar Benjamin Porter’s new project that examines the philological, visual, and archaeological evidence for smelling and tasting practices in the Ancient Middle East during the first millennium BCE. Benjamin is also an associate professor of Middle Eastern archaeology at UC Berkeley. Join the webinar on March 1 at 10:30 a.m.
Pandora
Tune in to a virtual reading of award-winning writer and director Laurel Ollstein’s new script Pandora, presented in partnership with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. This theatrical retelling of the first human female to appear in Greek mythology asks: What if a woman was suddenly created and dropped into the middle of the world now? Someone with no preconceived notions of anything–like beauty, love, or violence? And what if the rest of humanity and the gods could suddenly see the world through those clear eyes? Pandora is free and available for streaming between February 26, 5 p.m. PT and March 19, 11:59 p.m. PT. Advance sign-up is required to receive the link.
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Getty Anniversaries This Week
10 Years
- Loren Vincent, Preparations, Museum
Comings and Goings: February 1–15, 2021
Departures
- James Dew, Maintenance, Facilities
- Michael Clardy, Software Engineering, Getty Digital
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