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The Getty
The education department at the J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire all of our audiences to engage with our collection and exhibitions through programs and resources at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa.The education department at the J. Paul Getty Museum offers a range of educational programs and resources for a variety of audiences at both the Getty Center and the Getty Villa. Through education programs of the highest quality, the department enables the Museum to engage and inspire visitors to look more closely and understand better the art objects they view. The audiences we serve include adults, college students and faculty, K-12 teachers and their students, families with kids, teens, community groups, and museum educators.
The education department supports the J. Paul Getty Museum's mission to encourage the appreciation and understanding of art, and its history, context, and meaning, by:- Facilitating a variety of learning experiences centered on works of art
- Developing interpretive strategies that promote visual comprehension of the collection
- Enhancing educational opportunities for a wide range of audiences
- Collaborating across the Getty in order to actively contribute to creative opportunities
The department is active in documenting and assessing the effectiveness of its programs and projects. Learn more.
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- 7 years agoLesson in which students understand the Age of Exploration and the Scientific Revolution through studying European decorative arts
- 7 years agoLesson in which students examine the Trojan War and Achilles, comparing stories told orally, on a sarcophagus, and through a dra...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students discuss an ancient Greek statuette and oral tradition, and create a sculpture and recite a story inspir...
- 10 years agoStudents create a work of art that makes a moral or ethical statement and uses elements of the Neoclassical style.
- 10 years agoStudents create a work of art that makes a moral or ethical statement and uses elements of the Neoclassical style.
- 10 years agoStudents read excerpts from The Odyssey and The Adventures of Telemachus and create a story and sketch based on a secondary char...
- 10 years agoStudents study how ancient Greek black-figure painting influenced Neoclassical drawings, paintings, and silhouettes.
- 10 years agoStudents study the Enlightenment influence on American society and government by comparing Neoclassical objects to American arch...
- 10 years agoStudents research how classical Greek art and philosophy influenced values of the French Revolution and the visual style of Neoc...
- 10 years agoStudents study how artists of the Neoclassical period were influenced by major historical events during the Enlightenment.
- 10 years agoStudents create allegorical personifications of contemporary ideals inspired by classical Greece and the Neoclassicism.
- 10 years agoLesson in which students engage in visual and written activities that support the creative process of choreographing a solo danc...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students learn how image and text helped define the social and psychological mood of the civil rights movement i...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students analyze a photograph to learn about body image and also discuss how society views the human body in dif...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students study the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter Reformation, analyzing works by Rubens and Re...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare vocations in 19th-century French artworks with those they might encounter in 21st-century Los A...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students examine two paintings by Claude Monet and write poetry using prepositional phrases
- 10 years agoLesson comparing uses of land in California -- how images can influence government -- write letters about environmental issues t...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students create a timeline outlining struggles for equal opportunity and create a 30-second public service annou...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students read primary source documents and examine photographs related to U.S. internment of Japanese Americans ...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students learn about U.S. internment camps during World War Two through photographs, and draw about life in an i...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students analyze how portraits reflect events and trends of the time, then create a portrait of a public female ...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students discuss evolution of women's work from the mid-19th c. to the present, and create an artwork depicting ...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare 19th-century paintings of working women and a noblewoman, and write narratives from the women's...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare images of the French Revolution, discuss satire and caricature to comment on events and create ...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare use of satire in 19th-century paintings of celebrations, explore historical context, and create...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students analyze art elements and symbolism in a late-19th-century painting, create a self-portrait, and learn a...
- 10 years agoStudents will keep a photographer's journal and create a photograph of a worker faced with difficult conditions.
- 10 years agoStudents will research the issue of child labor and participate in a mock news broadcast in response to the works of art.
- 10 years agoStudents will analyze depictions of workers, conduct an interview with a family member, and create original drawings about work.
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare propagandistic strategies in artworks to modern-day examples of persuasive techniques and creat...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students examine the influence of Greek and Roman mythology on art, discuss strategies of propaganda, and create...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students analyze art elements and symbolism on a 17th-century cabinet and create cardboard cabinets using symbol...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare portrayals of soldiers to depictions of battle scenes and write articles about war
- 10 years agoLesson in which students compare and contrast artworks depicting different viewpoints about war and write captions to describe w...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students use nouns and adjectives to describe images representing the effects of war on families, and create art...
- 10 years agoLesson examining photographs of suburban development -- land use and design a plan for a utopian, environmentally-friendly housi...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students discuss principles of transcendentalism and create photographic essays depicting an environmental issue
- 10 years agoLesson in which students write narratives from the perspective of slaves depicted in rare photographs, create a print of a moment
- 10 years agoLesson about the influence of ancient style of Roman portraiture on Western art and comparing Roman and American slavery
- 10 years agoLesson to compare portraits of freed slaves from the United States and Europe, explore facial expressions in art, and create an ...
- 10 years agoOnline games from the Getty Museum. Download and print out fun art activities to do at home. Make a bookmark, a mask, or wheatst...
- 10 years agoAn online game from the Getty Museum. Reassemble artworks from the Getty Museum with these fun jigsaw puzzles.
- 10 years agoAn online game from the Getty Museum. Find what's different between two images.
- 10 years agoAn online game from the Getty Museum. Be a memory master with this card-matching game!
- 10 years agoAn online game from the Getty Museum. Find the hidden details in paintings before your time runs out.
- 10 years agoLesson in which students refer to a Roman gravestone, create a low-relief gravestone for a pet using foam carving medium, and wr...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students learn about mythological creatures in the Hercules (Herakles) myth. They learn vocabulary and draw a my...
- 10 years agoStudents will study artworks to learn about the cultural context and daily lives of ballet dancers in 19th-century Paris, and wi...
- 10 years agoStudents will study axial and locomotor movements in a drawing and photograph of dancers, analyzing elements, and then take phot...
- 10 years agoStudents will study an artist's sketchbook of ballet dancers, practice ballet steps, discuss line, and make a sketchbook with s...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students analyze Trojan War scenes in an ancient object and 18th-century painting and recite a response to The I...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students learn about jazz singer Billie Holiday and the sociohistorical context in which she performed and the e...
- 10 years agoLesson in which students examine an ancient Greek wine cup and learn about music of ancient Greece and the Renaissance
- 10 years agoLesson in which students examine a medieval choir book, learn how to do simple music notation, and create a class choir book of ...