Courses
Hands-on gallery and studio courses
The Getty Center is open today. Admission is free, no ticket required.
The Getty Villa is open today. Admission is free, but an advance, timed-entry ticket is required.
Sunday
OCT 20
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join the city-wide Big Draw LA celebration and explore the expressive potential of mark making while learning new ways to create value, form, and texture with artist Marissa Magdalena. Details
Saturday
OCT 26
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
Watch stylists recreate beards from ancient Assyria, Greece, and Rome, then make your own beard or body oil evoking ancient scents. Details
Sunday
OCT 27
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
Watch stylists recreate beards from ancient Assyria, Greece, and Rome, then make your own beard or body oil evoking ancient scents. Details
Saturday
NOV 2
11 am - 12:30 pm
GETTY VILLA
The technique of repoussé, in which soft metal is shaped from the reverse side to create a design in low relief, was used in ancient art to create decorative details on precious objects. Visit decorated metal artworks in the galleries and create a small repoussé ornament on silver foil using a stylus, an ancient writing tool. Details
Saturday
NOV 2
1 pm - 3 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join costume historian Maxwell Barr and discover how corsets, bustles, bonnets and more shaped 19th-century silhouettes, attitudes, and tastes. Details
Sunday
NOV 3
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join artist Peter Zokosky to discover strategies for creating animated and expressive portraits. Details
Saturday
NOV 9
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
In this free, drop-in workshop, build your own perfume incorporating ingredients used in antiquity and bring the past home with you. Details
Saturday
NOV 9
6 pm - 8 pm
GETTY CENTER
Enrich your Saturday nights. Join an open-ended discussion in the galleries to heighten your appreciation and understanding of the visual... Details
Saturday
NOV 16
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
In this free, drop-in workshop, build your own perfume incorporating ingredients used in antiquity and bring the past home with you. Details
Sunday
NOV 17
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join artist Peter Zokosky to discover strategies for creating animated and expressive portraits. Details
Saturday
NOV 23
1 pm - 3 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join costume historian Maxwell Barr and discover how corsets, bustles, bonnets and more shaped 19th-century silhouettes, attitudes, and tastes. Details
Sunday
DEC 1
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join botanical artist Deborah Shaw to discover the art of drawing flowers and explore basic flower structure, gesture, and shading to create a unique floral portrait. Details
Saturday
DEC 7
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
In this free, drop-in workshop, build your own perfume incorporating ingredients used in antiquity and bring the past home with you. Details
Saturday
DEC 7
1 pm - 3 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join costume historian Maxwell Barr and discover how corsets, bustles, bonnets and more shaped 19th-century silhouettes, attitudes, and tastes. Details
Saturday
DEC 14
11 am - 12:30 pm
GETTY VILLA
Discover some surprisingly familiar-looking faces among the surviving images of Greco-Roman Egyptians. After looking closely at the Villa’s collection of colorful mummy portraits, learn the different ways they were painted in antiquity and create your own artwork using tempera paints. Details
Saturday
DEC 14
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
In this free, drop-in workshop, build your own perfume incorporating ingredients used in antiquity and bring the past home with you. Details
Sunday
DEC 15
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join botanical artist Deborah Shaw to discover the art of drawing flowers and explore basic flower structure, gesture, and shading to create a unique floral portrait. Details
Saturday
JAN 11
1 pm - 3 pm
GETTY CENTER
Join costume historian Maxwell Barr and discover how corsets, bustles, bonnets and more shaped 19th-century silhouettes, attitudes, and tastes. Details
Saturday
JAN 18
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
In this free, drop-in workshop, build your own perfume incorporating ingredients used in antiquity and bring the past home with you. Details
Saturday
JAN 25
11 am - 3 pm
GETTY VILLA
In this free, drop-in workshop, build your own perfume incorporating ingredients used in antiquity and bring the past home with you. Details
