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New Project Will Map Fire-Ravaged Altadena’s Cultural Heritage
LA’s Getty Foundation is funding the documentation of the historic neighborhood as developers rush to buy up burned lots.
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Art Orgs Launch $12M Fund for LA Artists Affected by Fires
Donors include the Helen Frankenthaler and Ford foundations, the Getty and LACMA, and commercial galleries.
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Rare 19th-Century Silhouette Album’s Secrets Unlocked
Traveling portrait artist William Bache’s album depicts famous figures like Thomas Jefferson as well as people whose identity was previously unknown.
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American Museums Get $5M for Latinx Curatorial Positions
The initiative is funded by four of the country’s largest grantmakers.
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Getty Trust Pledges $1M to Conserve Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
The funds will support on-site conservation, packing and storing, and even salaries for Ukrainian heritage professionals.
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Getty Foundation Funds 10 Jobs for Emerging Arts Professionals in LA
The Getty Marrow Emerging Professionals pilot program aims to provide full-time job opportunities for members of historically underrepresented groups.
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Getty Grants $1.3M to Projects That “Unlock Paper’s Material Secrets”
The LA-based foundation will fund a range of initiatives by curators studying prints, drawings, and other forms of graphic art.
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Brazilian Modernist Building Engulfed by Fire Receives Getty Preservation Grant
The $240,000 grant will help preserve 38,500 surviving objects pertaining to Brazil’s rich architectural history.
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How the Face of Rio de Janeiro Radically Changed Over Five Centuries
A new digital atlas, imagineRio, reveals how the city’s urban evolution has unfolded from its 16th century roots to the present day.
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Wupatki National Monument, Home to 5,000 Indigenous Sites, Will Be Conserved
With $1.3 million granted by the Getty, teams hope to develop innovative solutions to address Wupatki’s challenges that can also be applied to other climate-vulnerable heritage sites.
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Innovative Curatorial Projects in Prints and Drawings
From Betye Saar’s travel journals to early paper silhouettes, projects and exhibitions promise to be fascinating.
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$38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery
The new Getty fund is a massive effort to preserve jobs and retain the cultural capital of LA’s creative workforce.