Unmasking Scandal at Villa Theater Lab
Villa Theater Lab invites performers to work in residence at the Getty Villa for two weeks, workshopping new theater pieces and presenting them in... Read More
All Posts by Steve Saldivar
I'm the social media coordinator for the J. Paul Getty Trust.
I was born and raised in East Los Angeles and have spent the last decade living in the Bay Area. I prefer the sun over the fog any day!
I studied English literature and multimedia journalism at UC Berkeley.
I love producing photography and video for the Web. When I’m not at the Getty, you can catch me in the streets of East L.A. making photographs.
Bodacious Buggerrilla Takes On Race, Class, and the 1%
In South-Central in the ‘60s and ‘70s, everybody knew Bodacious Buggerrilla. The street theater group staged shocking and hilarious consciousness-raising skits at schools, churches,... Read More
Kalpa: No Strings Attached
Dancers, a World War II searchlight, and 400 spools of thread combined to turn the Getty Center’s Arrival Plaza into a performative installation last... Read More
In Rehearsal with Inara George and Van Dyke Parks
The musical artists appeared with a 14-piece orchestra and dancers.
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How Do You Conserve a Dancing Sculpture? Magic.
Recently, we needed a little magic to get a sculpture in working order. Stephan von Huene’s Tap Dancer—which springs to life every half hour... Read More
Volunteer Chuck Panama: Pinned and Proud
Chuck Panama wants you to know that the whole thing is an accident. “I’m not a pin collector,” Chuck, a seven-year volunteer at the... Read More
Change: Collecting Coins at the Getty
You close your eyes, make a wish, and throw a coin in a fountain. This scene isn’t uncommon here at the Getty. Last year,... Read More
Unpixelated: Luther Gerlach Makes Photographs Like It’s 1851
There are digital photographers. And then there’s Luther Gerlach. In the time it took you to read that last paragraph, you could have snapped... Read More
Festival a Family Affair at the Getty Center
Early-morning showers and threatening clouds didn’t keep families from coming to our most recent Family Festival, a celebration of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese culture.... Read More
Selected Shorts Celebrates the Written (and Spoken) Word
Rumors of the short story’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Only an appearance by Mark Twain himself could have capped an evening of well-crafted,... Read More
Behind the Scenes with J.M.W. Turner’s “Modern Rome”
How long does it take to install a painting in the Museum, from loading dock to gallery wall? For J.M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino,... Read More
Six Questions for Peter Greenaway
For our Getty Perspectives lecture series, filmmaker Peter Greenaway came to speak about his new work creating immersive environments inspired by masterpieces of European... Read More