This quarter we have two spectacular field trips planned. Our first field trip is to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the second field trip is to the Getty Center. There are simply too many important exhibitions between these two museums that are relevant to Art 1A, therefore we will have two field trips. These field trips are all day events, and they are in lieu of the lectures that week. Sections are scheduled as planned. If you are unable to go to LACMA or the Getty Center, there is an alternative field trip for you to attend on your own during the week of our LACMA or Getty Trips. The alternative trip is to the and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the MCASB (details below). You must attend one of the Los Angeles field trips, and can do the other in Santa Barbara, if you can't make the trip to LA twice.
*Students are responsible for their own transportation to the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara museums. Neither UCSB, nor the UCSB Department of Art will furnish transportation, or organize it. However, students tend to organize their own carpools each quarter.
A FEW TIPS TO PREPARE FOR OUR FIELD TRIPS:
1) Be sure that you have our emails with you! If you arrive late, you want to be able to find us at the museum. However, try to leave early so that you arrive on time, because reception isn't good in all parts of the museums, and you may be waiting a long time before we see your email.
2) I would suggest eating a big breakfast since we won't be taking a break for lunch until later in the day. Furthermore, pack snacks for the road, and for lunch, unless you want to treat yourself to food at the museum.
3) If you are driving from Santa Barbara, be sure to give yourself at least two hours to drive to LA. You never know what kind of traffic that you will encounter.
4) Wear comfortable shoes and clothing! We will be doing a lot of walking and hiking up stairs, so you want to be very comfortable.
5) Charge your phone since you will want to take a lot of pictures at the museum.
FIELD TRIP #1: LACMA ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20
FIELD TRIP #2: THE GETTY CENTER ON SATURDAY, MAY 18
MANDATORY LIABILITY WAIVERS (PLEASE FILL OUT ALL OF THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL OF THE FIELD TRIPS):
Students must submit the liability waiver forms for each trip, and will not receive free admission without them. If you show up to the museum without having done this, you will have to pay full admission and you will not legally be recognized as part of the UCSB Department of Art field trip. If you have difficulty filling out your DocuSign Liability Waiver, then email your professor.
FIELD TRIP #1 ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20: LACMA AT 12:00PM:Students must submit the liability waiver form, and will not receive free admission to LACMA without it. If you show up to the museum without having done this, you will have to pay full admission and you will not legally be recognized as part of the UCSB Department of Art field trip.
LACMA FIELD TRIP:
One of the important exhibitions we will be viewing is ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, and since his work is the subject of your research paper it will be worth the trip!
MEETING AT LACMA:
We will meet at LACMA at the Wilshire Blvd. entrance next to the ticket office and Chris Burden's Urban Light sculpture (shown picture above) at 12:00PM on Saturday, April 20. LACMA will be providing us with free admission to the museum. I will send you the information to register for your free ticket once LACMA sends it to me.
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 857-6010
Parking costs $21.00 per vehicle, and it is not part of our free admission. People usually find free street parking.
ALTERNATIVE TRIP to SBMA & MCASB:
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805.963.4364
@sbmuseart
Tues - Sun 11 am - 5 pm
Thurs 11 am - 8 pm
Closed Mondays and holidays
Free to students with ID
MCASB
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
Paseo Nuevo Upper Arts Terrace
653 Paseo Nuevo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.966.5373
Tues-Sat 11am-6pm
Sun 11-6
Closed Mon.
Nota Bene: The museum trip is all-day immersive experience, and therefore the museum field trip is in lieu of both of the Art 1A lectures that week (section attendance is as scheduled). If you do not go to the museum that week, or the alternative assignment, then you will receive two absences. Take a selfie at the museum, and works of art that were of interest to you, and include it in your paper as proof of attendance.
FIELD TRIP #2 ON SATURDAY, May 18: THE GETTY CENTER AT 1:00PM:
Students must submit the liability waiver form, and will not receive free admission to LACMA without it. If you show up to the museum without having done this, you will have to pay full admission and you will not legally be recognized as part of the UCSB Department of Art field trip.
We will be meeting at 1:00PM on the museum side of the tram drop off (shown above). If you are carpooling (2 or more Art 1A students in a single vehicle), then you are eligible to receive free parking, otherwise you must pay $25.00 for parking. Only Art 1A students are eligible for free parking. Parking Information: https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/parking-and-transportation/
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Parking and Transportation Information HERE
ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM TRIP: If you are unable to attend the Getty Center, and you went to LACMA with the class, then you may do the alternative assignment to the SBMA and the MCASB (listed above). You need to attend one off the LA field trips, and preferably both, but only one LA trip is mandatory.
