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Sculpture Comes Alive on Day 2 of the Summer Seminar

July 26th, 2011 7 comments

In the second day of this year’s Art & Language Arts Summer Seminar, elementary teachers feasted on breakfast in the Southern California sun and then feasted their eyes on impressive sculptures and sumptious furniture, clocks, and textiles. After learning about sculptures and decorative art objects in the galleries with curators, participants created their own sculptures of figures, snakes, and beasts!

Getty staff and teachers had such a fun time playing today. If you participated in today’s program, please leave a comment and share one way in which you can incorporate play into your classroom in a meaningful way.

New Lessons to Inspire and Improve Writing with Visual Art

May 18th, 2011 Comments off

Inspired by a 16th-century painting depicting a holiday, this student created a work of art about her family's holiday tradition of making tamales.

Inspired by a 16th-century painting depicting a holiday, this student created a work of art about her family's holiday tradition of making tamales.


Six new lessons written by alumni of the Art & Language Arts program are now available online! In these lessons, students create works of art and write compositions inspired by the Getty Museum’s collection.

Monsters & Grotesques, Sculptures & Portraits: An Inspiring Culminating Event

April 17th, 2011 Comments off

The Art & Language Arts teachers who participated in their Culminating Event yesterday demonstrated that 5th grade students can analyze an 18th-century portrait with astute insights, 1st graders can create adorable clay animal sculptures with detailed textures, and 2nd graders can identify grotesques in works of art. Congratulations to the teachers who completed an intensive year of professional development. We commend you for your dedication to your teaching practice!