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📢 Apply now for 2027-28 Getty Graduate Internships! The Getty Graduate Internship program provides training and work experience in departments across Getty that prepare graduate students for visual arts careers. Placements are typically available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, publications, web and new media, public programs, digital projects, and grantmaking. Internships are open to students of all nationalities. Individuals from groups underrepresented across the fields of art history, conservation, and museums are encouraged to apply. Apply by Nov. 3, 2026: gty.art/gettygrad Learn about our conservation opportunities: gty.art/4gdZg5x

It's #FreeFriday! This Spanish-language volume presents the results of a 1994 seminar on the conservation of stained glass, co-organized by the GCI, @ipcepatrimonio, and @UIMP gty.art/3FvUsHS

📰 The September 2026 edition of the @archesproject Project Bulletin is out! In this issue you'll... ‣ Ge the Arches Software Directory, a one-stop resource for discovering Arches-related applications, extensions, packages, and other tools.orators representing 17 organizations across seven countries. ‣ Learn more about the new Arches Lingo demo site, which enables users to explore Lingo’s robust capabilities for creating, managing, and sharing controlled vocabularies. ‣ Get information on the Arches Software Directory, a one-stop resource for discovering Arches-related applications, extensions, packages, and other tools. Also included are recaps of recent Arches implementations, upcoming events, community highlights, presentations, and more. 🔗 gty.art/4j48fuj Photo by Will Jakes, FortayMedia

🚨 Last week to apply for our 2027–2028 Conservation Guest Scholar residencies! 🚨 The Conservation Guest Scholars Program provides opportunities for professionals to pursue research on topics that bring new knowledge and fresh perspectives to the field of conservation. Guest Scholar grants are for established scholars or individuals who have attained distinction in their fields. Applications are welcome from researchers and practitioners of all nationalities working in cultural heritage conservation or preservation, including objects, collections, architecture, and sites. Learn more and apply by October 1: gty.art/4woT4Pd

📚 New to our Conservation Collection 📚 Recent additions include books on the lost buildings of London, the politics of construction and conservation in urban Pakistan, gothic churches, the living legacy of the Royal Festival Hall, construction methods in historic buildings, robot-heritage integration, the restoration history of medieval stained-glass work, the St. William Window, and the restoration of six paintings by Italian painter, Titian—edited by Getty’s own Davide Gasparotto. See the full list (PDF): gty.art/4AsP2IC

Welcome to our 2026–27 Getty Post-Baccalaureate Interns! These full-time positions run from September 2026 through August 2027. Interns spend the first six months working in Getty conservation studios and laboratories, followed by six months at a partnering museum in the Los Angeles area. Meet this year’s cohort: (From left to right) Valentina Chavez Getty Research Institute – Conservation & Preservation Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Stevii Randall Getty Museum — Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation LACMA Lianne Pascua Getty Conservation Institute – Collections Fowler Museum Elena Jordan: Getty Museum – Paper Conservation Autry Museum Interested in applying? Applications are now open for the paid 2027–28 Getty Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program. Eligibility requirements, program details, and the online application are available at gty.art/postbacc. Application Deadline: November 3, 2026

Come celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the historic African American neighborhoods of Los Angeles at our Community Talkback Sessions! The sessions are held at various locations throughout the city and will provide multiple opportunities for collective storytelling and the identification of important people, places, and lived experiences. This information will be used to inform the African American History of LA Historic Context Statement Update. Share your thoughts, learn, and connect with others passionate about preserving local history. Sessions will include music, refreshments, and fellowship. September 26th | 2-5 PM - Leimert Park/South Los Angeles bit.ly/4x6p1My October 10th | 2-5 PM - Crenshaw Corridor bit.ly/4xbfXWx Learn more about our project, African American Historic Places Los Angeles: gty.art/AAHPLA 📷 Images: 🔹Brockman Gallery, 1967–90, Leimert Park. Photo: Elizabeth Daniels, © J. Paul Getty Trust. From 1967–90, this row of storefronts was occupied by the Brockman Gallery. The Black-owned gallery exhibited works of both emerging and established African American artists and helped forge a thriving Black art and business community in Leimert Park. 🔹Ella Fitzgerald Home, bult 1949, Leimert Park. Photo: © LA City Planning. From 1957 until around 1980, this residence was home to celebrated African American jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. While living here, Fitzgerald created many of the recordings that helped define her extraordinary career and enduring reputation as the “First Lady of Song.” 🔹Vision Theater, built 1931, Leimert Park. Photo: © LA City Planning. An excellent example of Art Deco architecture, conveying high-quality craftmanship and design. It has become a major cultural landmark in one of the country's most important Black cultural neighborhoods. Leimert Park is widely known as the center of African American arts, music, and intellectual life in Los Angeles, and the Vision Theatre serves as a key gathering place for those traditions. 🔹West Angeles Theater, built 1941, Crenshaw. Photo: © LA City Planning. Originally opened as the Crenshaw Theatre in the early 1940s, West Angeles Theater later became associated with West Angeles Church and the African American cultural life of the Crenshaw corridor. The building reflects the neighborhood’s evolution as an important center of Black community, religion, and cultural expression in Los Angeles.

We're proud to share that Tim Whalen, former John E. and Louise Bryson Director of the Getty Conservation Institute, received the ICOM-CC Medal at this year’s ICOM-CC Triennial Conference in Oslo. Since 1993, the medal has honored members whose dedication and leadership have played a vital role both within ICOM-CC and the field of conservation at large. The award recognizes recipients among their peers while introducing emerging professionals to the individuals whose contributions have helped shape the conservation field. Congratulations, Tim!

📣 Call for abstracts! 📣 Are you planning to attend AIC’s annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, next year? Experts from Getty and UCLA will chair the session, “Unearthing Trust: An Archaeology of Conservation and Collection Care”, and they are inviting abstract submissions for 20-minute presentations. Archaeological collections embody complex histories of use, excavation, conservation, and stewardship. This session invites papers that explore how the investigation of historical conservation treatments can inform the future preservation and management of archaeological collections. Topics may include, but are not limited to: ‣ Documentation of past treatment histories ‣ Analytical identification of conservation materials, residues, and their degradation products ‣ Interactions among original materials, conservation treatments, and environmental conditions ‣ Legacy treatments and their implications for sustainable preservation ‣ Collection surveys, condition assessments, and monitoring strategies that evaluate the impacts of past treatments ‣ Interdisciplinary research and collaborative decision-making ‣ Case studies highlighting lessons learned from past interventions By examining both successes and unresolved challenges, this session aims to foster dialogue on how archaeological collections can serve as records of conservation practice itself. Together, contributors will explore how critical engagement with the past can strengthen trust in conservation knowledge, support more sustainable stewardship, and help shape evidence-based approaches to collection care for future generations. The deadline to submit abstracts is Sept. 30, 2026. 🔗 Learn more about the session and submit through the AIC submission portal:  bit.ly/3SLk4KQ 📷: Wall Fragment with Bull's Head and Winged Sea Monsters on Black Ground, A.D. 50-79, Roman. Getty Museum

Black Portaiture[s] 2026 is coming to Los Angeles from September 28–30, 2026. This year's theme is The Black Built Environment. Join us Wed., Sept. 30, 2026, from 1:30–2:45 p.m. at UCLA Luskin Conference Center for a special conversation, "Celebrating Black LA: Community Knowledge, Cultural Heritage, and Placekeeping." Black communities across Los Angeles are actively working to protect places that embody their history, culture, and collective memory, from neighborhood churches and jazz clubs to beauty salons and sites of political organizing. Drawing on the work of African American Historic Places, Los Angeles, a Getty project in partnership with LA City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources, this panel examines the identification and protection of Black spaces, culture, and collective memory. Moderated by Gail Kennard, the discussion features Crystal Jackson, Pacoima historian and filmmaker; Naomi Nightingale, founder of the Oakwood Preservation Coalition; Rita Cofield, cultural resource manager and project lead for the African American Historic Places, Los Angeles project at the Conservation Institute; and Arthi Varma, deputy director at LA City Planning. Together they will explore culturally significant places, the challenges they face, and the community-based efforts that sustain them. Learn more and RSVP here: lnkd.in/gNCgpb-t Read about how Getty is preserving Los Angeles’s Black heritage in the LA Times: gty.art/4y38xGi Learn more about African American Historic Places Los Angeles: gty.art/AAHPLA

Many of the world’s most iconic twentieth-century sites are made of concrete, which requires specialized care as it ages. Concrete conservation is a topic of focus in our International Course on the Conservation of Modern Heritage (MAC), which includes a hands-on concrete conservation workshop during its in-person component in Los Angeles. Here, you can see the workshop in 2025, where we were joined by structural engineer, Matthew Bronski, and a team from the International Masonry Institute, including experts Pete Kohl and Dan Siteman. If you are interested in learning more about the conservation of concrete, consider applying for the next MAC course. Applications are due October 19, 2026! Link: gty.art/MAC

🎉 Applications are now open for 2027-28 Getty Graduate Internships! 🎉 This program provides training and work experience in departments across Getty that prepare graduate students for visual arts careers. Placements are typically available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, publications, web and new media, public programs, digital projects, and grantmaking. Internships are open to students of all nationalities. Individuals from groups underrepresented across the fields of art history, conservation, and museums are encouraged to apply. Apply by Nov. 3, 2026: gty.art/gettygrad Learn about our conservation opportunities: gty.art/4gdZg5x

It's our #OpenAccess #ArticleOfTheMonth! Published in the 2026 @IIC_ Ghent Congress preprints, this article describes a year-long pilot project focused on expanding the environmental parameters in one of the collection vaults at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) gty.art/4xCO624

🎊 Applications are now open for 2027-28 Getty Post-Baccalaureate Conservation Internships! 🎊 Students from underrepresented backgrounds preparing to enroll in graduate degree programs related to museum conservation are encouraged to join. All positions are full-time for 12 months from September 7, 2027 — August 25, 2028. Interns are placed at conservation studios and labs at the Getty Center or Getty Villa for their first six months, and then at a local Los Angeles museum or within a different Getty department for the second six months. Apply by Nov. 3, 2026: gty.art/postbacc

Apply now for our 2027–2028 Conservation Guest Scholar residencies! The Conservation Guest Scholars Program provides opportunities for professionals to pursue research on topics that bring new knowledge and fresh perspectives to the field of conservation. Guest Scholar grants are for established scholars or individuals who have attained distinction in their fields. Applications are welcome from researchers and practitioners of all nationalities working in cultural heritage conservation or preservation, including objects, collections, architecture, and sites. Learn more and apply by October 1: gty.art/4woT4Pd

Joining colleagues in Oslo for ICOM-CC 2026? The 21st ICOM-CC Triennial Conference (September 14-18, 2026) is bringing conservation professionals from around the globe to Oslo to explore this year's theme, “Cultural Connections in Conservation.” While you're at the conference, stop by the Getty Conservation Institute stand in the first floor foyer. We'd love to share updates on our latest projects, publications, professional opportunities, and collaborative work.