The J. Paul Getty Museum presents College Night 2017

Local college students are invited to enjoy a night of special tours and talks, music, hands-on art projects, gallery activities, free food and more

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Apr 03, 2017

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The J. Paul Getty Museum hosts its annual College Night on Monday, April 24, 2017, from 6:00–9:30pm at the Getty Center.

Local college students are invited to enjoy a night of special tours and talks, music, hands-on art projects, gallery activities, free food, and more. Best of all, parking and admission to College Night are free!

College Night 2017 highlights include two exhibitions, Breaking News: Turning the Lens on Mass Media and Photography at the J. Paul Getty Museum and Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space at the Getty Research Institute. In addition, the Museum’s permanent collection galleries will be open, featuring many of the Getty’s most famous works, such as Van Gogh’s Irises.

This year’s College Night, which was created with help from students from Mount Saint Mary’s, UCLA, USC, Glendale Community College, CAl State Long Beach, Cal State LA, Cal State Northridge, and Cal State Channel Islands, features a variety of student-focused events:

  • A photo exhibition featuring student work inspired by Breaking News: Turning the Lens on Mass Media.
  • Costumes designed by UCLA students, inspired by Rembrandt.
  • Exclusive behind-the-scenes tours with Getty curators.
  • Take in the sights along the Garden Terrace Café as you draw from a live model at our Drop-in Springtime Figure Drawing Session.
  • Meet the Artists behind In Focus: Jane and Louise Wilson’s Sealander.
  • Free food
  • Cash bar

For a more hands-on experience, visit the MUI Alumni lounge featuring alumni from the Getty’s Multicultural Undergraduate Internship program, who will be facilitating a Wish Tree Project, in which participants share their wishes for their future and the arts by writing them on a tag and hanging them on a tree throughout the night. Additionally, voice your opinion on current news and media by creating your own zines with Los Angeles’ Zine Fest crew. This workshop is a great introduction to self-publishing, using original or appropriated texts and images to create something that is completely your own.

Visit DH4, an interactive data visualizer that allows you to explore, manipulate, and play with data, at the Getty Research Institute. Use Nintendo controllers and the Getty Research Institute’s open-source resources to remix data, images, and maps to create your own video collage, or collaborate with a friend to manipulate the images with your own hands. Connecting functional datasets with striking visuals, DH4 blends play and pedagogy in order to transport you to the future-world of digital art history.

Music + Food + Drink + Etc.

In between exhibitions, students can enjoy the music of the DJ Collective, Soulection, which started at California State University, Long Beach. Co-founder, DJ Andre Power, and DJ Andres will be spinning throughout the evening. There will also be free food and a cash bar. For a lasting memento of their evening, students can have their picture taken at an on-site photo booth.

Additional Details

Admission and parking are FREE for College Night attendees. Please bring your college ID. Reservations are encouraged.

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