Getty Global Art & Sustainability Fellows

The Getty Global Art and Sustainability Fellows program (A&SF) is fostering a new generation of leaders focused on arts and sustainability through research and professional development opportunities for early-career specialists in the arts and sciences.

At a moment of global concern about climate threats and the need for practical solutions, this Getty initiative is supporting professionals at cultural and scientific organizations that are at the vanguard of thinking about where and how to center sustainability and resiliency in the arts and cultural heritage. Unfolding over six years, the program offers Fellows the opportunity to contribute to critical priorities around sustainable management of heritage resources, apply cutting-edge science to the cultural sector, and communicate the cultural dimensions of the climate and biodiversity crises to broader audiences.

The international initiative complements and expands Getty’s holistic commitment to sustainability, which includes Museum Collection Environments research, adoption of the Bizot Green Protocol for museums, the PST ART Climate Impact Program, collaborations around archaeological sites and climate change, and the transformation of its own facilities and campuses.

Fellowships will take place at 15 different partner organizations across six continents: the Academy of Athens (Greece), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Guggenheim Bilbao (Spain), James Cook University (Australia), Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (Brazil), the Image Permanence Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology (US), Singapore Art Museum and the National Gallery Singapore, University College London’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage, and the Photosynthesis networked artist residency program at Denniston Hill (US), LUMA Arles (France), Pivô (Brazil), Srihatta—Samdani Art Centre & Sculpture Park (Bangladesh), Tate St Ives (UK), and The Mothership (Morocco). Each organization is hosting up to three Fellows, each for consecutive two-year periods, that will be drawn from a wide range of disciplines and specializations, including higher education, museums and galleries, libraries and archives, cultural heritage management, and artist-centered nonprofits.

Fellows will engage in two key areas of work at the intersection of art and sustainability. One is focused on scientific interventions such as the technical investigation and planning needed to preserve collections, built heritage, and archaeological sites from the threats of climate change. The other supports interpretive work that has the potential to raise awareness around climate resilience, including artist residencies, public art, and new approaches to the dissemination of knowledge.

Fellows convene regularly to create new interdisciplinary perspectives and practices, share new research and insights, and disseminate their work widely through publications and presentations.