The Getty Foundation awards grants through strategic initiatives and programs that strengthen art history as a global discipline, promote the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increase access to museum and archival collections, and develop current and future leaders. The grants listed below were awarded between July 1, 2011, and September 30, 2011.


ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS


Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980


Led by the Getty Foundation and the Getty Research Institute, Pacific Standard Time is a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California culminating in a series of exhibitions and programs about art in Los Angeles in the post-World War II decades. It runs from October 2011 to April 2012.

Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. For the publication Beatrice Wood: Career Woman—Drawings, Paintings, Vessels and Objects. $80,000


Modern Architecture


Building on the Getty's longstanding interest in the study and conservation of modern architecture, a series of grants is supporting projects that will coincide with an exhibition in 2013 organized by the Getty Research Institute.

A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, California. For research and planning for the exhibition A Windshield Perspective: The Framing of L.A. Architecture and Urbanism. $140,000

Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc., California. For research and planning for the exhibition Technology and Environment: The Post War House in Southern California. $140,000

Regents of the University of California, Oakland, California. For research and planning for an exhibition on Whitney Roland Smith at the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. $140,000

Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California. For research and planning for the exhibition Architecture Gallery, Venice, CA, 1979. $135,000

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ART HISTORY


Connecting Art Histories


This initiative strengthens the discipline of art history by providing opportunities for sustained international exchange among scholars around the world.

Charitable Foundation of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. For visiting professorships in the History of Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture Program. $200,000

Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Washington, D.C. For the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin Research Exchange Fellowship Program. $157,000

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Connecting Professionals/Sharing Expertise


A number of grants to national and international professional organizations that serve museums and the fields of art history and conservation have allowed interns and colleagues from underserved areas to participate in annual conferences and professional exchanges.

Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, Brasilia, Brazil. For the Museum Heritage Risk Management Institute. $100,000


Other Grants


Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California. For the 2011 Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region and the event Investment in Our Creative Capital. $10,000


MATCHING GIFTS


Trustee and employee matching gifts (49). $135,095

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GRI, GCI, AND MUSEUM RESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS AND FELLOWS AT THE GETTY CENTER AND GETTY VILLA


Residential grants are administered by the Foundation on behalf of the GRI, GCI, and Museum.

Getty Research Institute


Guest Scholars

Matthew William Ritchie, Columbia University, New York. $17,700


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