Getty Teacher Update Newsletter

October 2009

Getty Museum K-12 Teacher Programs

N E W L E S S O N S

Enhance Writing Skills with Visual Art

Search Lessons

Art meets language arts in four new lessons written by elementary teachers from the Los Angeles area. In these lessons, students create works of art and write compositions inspired by paintings, a photo-collage, and decorative arts objects in the Getty Museum's collection.

These are the latest lessons developed by teachers who participated in the Getty Museum's Art & Language Arts professional development program:

• In Depth: Pearblossom Highway

• Take a Trip on the Chandelier

• Decorating Objects...and Re-decorating

• And Then What Happened?

Learn more about the Art & Language Arts program and other professional development opportunities for teachers.

A third grade student drew this desert landscape after discussing the one-point perspective in a work of art from the Getty Museum.

P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T

Wednesday Teacher Workshops

October 14 and October 21, 2009, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
The Getty Villa

Professional Development

These free, two-hour workshops explore specific topics related to the Getty Villa's collection and special exhibitions. You'll discover lesson ideas and activities that will help you to lead a successful self-guided school visit at the Villa.

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity (designed for K-12 teachers) October 14, 2009

Daily Life in the Ancient World (designed for K-5 teachers) October 21, 2009

Call (310) 440-7300 to register. Space is limited to 20 teachers, so sign up now!

Get details about upcoming Wednesday Teacher Workshops at the Villa.

At the Getty Villa, teachers discuss objects related to ancient theater with Getty staff.

S C H O O L V I S I T S

School Visits for the Getty Center and Villa Still Available

School Visits

It's not too late to schedule your 2009–10 school visits to the Getty Center and the Villa! Apply two different ways:

•Fill out our online request form for the Getty Center or the Villa.
•Download, print, and send in a PDF request form for the Getty Center or the Villa.

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

High school students examine a portrait bust at the Getty Center during a Guided Visit.

A L S O O F I N T E R E S T

The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation

October 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
The Getty Center

Lectures and Conferences

The Getty Conservation Institute has just published The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation, which provides a vivid profile of these iconic institutions.

Join us for a panel discussion about California missions as viewed from the multiple perspectives of archaeology, history, and conservation.

Learn more about the panel discussion and make reservations.

Learn more about the book The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation.

Discover recent scholarship about the Spanish missions of California in a new book and related panel discussion.

C U R R I C U L A R C O N N E C T I O N S

The Changing Landscape

Current Exhibitions

Discover key moments in the French landscape tradition, from its emergence in the 1600s to its preeminence in the 1800s, in the exhibition Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes. Adapt the lesson "The Changing Landscape" to examine landscape drawings on view in the exhibition. In the lesson, middle school students compare three landscapes that emphasize space, depth, and the concepts of foreground, middle ground, and background.

View the lesson "The Changing Landscape."

Learn more about the exhibition Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes, on view at the Getty Center through November 1, 2009.

Landscape wiht a Bare Tree and a Plowman / Bonvin

Landscape with a Bare Tree and a Plowman, L�on Bonvin, 1864

S C H O O L V I S I T S

Changes in the Galleries

Did you know that works of art at the Getty Museum are often moved to new locations? Before you bring your class to the Getty, make sure all the artworks you want to visit are on view. Here are two recent changes:

The Getty Villa

Not on View
Regatta on the Grand Canal in Honor of Frederick IV, King of Denmark by Luca Carlevarijs is on loan through June 2010 for the exhibition Views of Venice at the National Gallery in London and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Not on View
The Bucintoro Departing from the Bacino di San Marco by Luca Carlevarijs is on loan through June 2010 for the exhibition Views of Venice at the National Gallery in London and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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