Cook Your Own Aztec Feast
Mexican cooking as we know and love it in the U.S.—moles, carne asada, burritos, cafe con leche, loads of melty cheese—would have been unrecognizable... Read More
All Posts by Annelisa Stephan
I'm assistant director for digital content strategy and UX in Getty Communications. In this role I lead a team focused on web, user experience, and digital media that seeks to connect new audiences to old art. From 2010 to 2019 I also edited the Getty Iris.
I have a B.A. from Yale in History of Art and an M.A. from UCLA in Germanic Linguistics, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, Germany.
Listening to Edward Hopper’s Silence
How do you make a movie about Edward Hopper? The artist—famous for his haunting and enigmatic paintings such as Nighthawks and New York Movie—was... Read More
Art Stops: A Fanciful Chandelier Ride
We were about to go see gallery teacher Audrey Chan’s favorite artwork in the whole museum. “What are the some of the rules we... Read More
Leonardo da Vinci, Anatomist
Leonardo da Vinci worked for 25 years on a complete guide to the human form that would have transformed the study of anatomy in... Read More
Encouraging Freefall: David and Fred Wilson on the Museum Experience
Education is at the heart of a museum’s mission. You want to know what you’re looking at, and we want to tell you—through object... Read More
Celebrate National Public Gardens Day with Us
A great excuse to get out there and enjoy our local green spaces!
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Capturing Motherhood, In 50 Words or Less
How do you sum up motherhood in a picture or a phrase? There are over 400 elegant attempts in The Art of Motherhood, a... Read More
Seeing the Chaparral for Earth Day
Both the Getty Villa and the Getty Center have the good fortune of being adjacent to state parkland, and some of us make a... Read More
Hidden Gems of the Collection: Reliefs
We’ve asked our Museum educators, who work in the galleries and get to know the art as intimate friends, to let us in on... Read More