Consortium Seminar
Getty Consortium Seminar student Alida Jekabson examines a paper design of a lion (created about 1946) used by sculptor Malvina Hoffman to teach art classes for convalescent veterans. Malvina Hoffman papers, Getty Research Institute, 850042
Each year, a Consortium Scholar is selected from the Getty Scholar cohort to teach an accredited seminar oriented around the annual theme.
The seminar takes place at the Getty Research Institute from January to March. It is open via application only to graduate students in a relevant field of study at the following Southern California universities:
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of Southern California
2026 Consortium Seminar
In 2026, the Consortium Seminar "Art, Therapy, and the Problem of Repair" was led by Suzanne Hudson, professor of art history and fine arts, University of Southern California. The seminar explored the theme of repair in modern art and visual and material cultures, analyzing the potentials but also limits of art understood as therapeutically useful—whether within the hospital or clinic, school or studio, museum or market.
Getty Center 2027–2028 Temporary Closure
Due to the temporary closure of the Getty Center from March 15, 2027 through spring 2028 and the impact of the major modernization efforts that are planned during that period, the Getty Research Institute Scholars Program will not offer a Consortium Seminar in 2027 and 2028. This period of pause provides an opportunity to evaluate the seminar’s successes over the past 24 years and to carefully plan for the next chapter following the Center’s reopening in 2028.
If you have questions, email ConsortiumSeminar@getty.edu.