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Getty Voices: Classics 2.0

By Villa Teen Apprentices | Published: April 8, 2013
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The real ancient world of Greece and Rome was much like our own: colorful, human, and messy. The Villa Teen Apprentices take it on. More»

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Imagine a Teenager’s Museum

By Erin Branham | Published: April 6, 2012
Teenage apprentices discuss the Roman marble of Leda and the Swan in the Temple of Herakles at the Getty Villa

I have the pleasure of running the Getty Villa Teen Apprentice Program (ViTA). Each year our goal is to open the museum from top to bottom to young people interested in the arts and introduce them to the variety of… More»

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Meet the Villa Teen Apprentices

By Erin Branham | Published: October 6, 2010
The 2010 Villa Teen Apprentices. From left to right, back row: Nick Rawitch, Rebecca Friedman, Jackie Hernandez, Maggie Farrell, Avantika Kumar, Alex Davies. Front row: Emily Sulzer, Ari Cohen, Jesenya Maldonado, Nikita Salehi. Not pictured: Jeremy Cohen, Olivia Gautier, Zanny Jacobsen

I would like to introduce to the world the Villa Teen Apprentices. This group of talented young adults is the second batch to work with us at the Villa on creating an innovative new program for the Getty designed specifically… More»

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