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 the Getty Center or LACMA, there are alternative field trips for you to attend on campus at the UCSB AD&A Museum and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (details below).
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, MAY 13
FIELD TRIP #2: THE GETTY CENTER ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3
MANDATORY LIABILITY WAIVERS (PLEASE FILL OUT ALL OF THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL OF THE FIELD TRIPS):
Students must submit the liability waiver form 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 and our Undergraduate Advisor, Catherine Jenks: arts-undergraduate@ucsb.edu.
FIELD TRIP #1 ON SATURDAY, MAY 13: LACMA AT 12:30PM:
MANDATORY LIABILITY WAIVER: LACMA ART 1A Waiver
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. If you have difficulty filling out your DocuSign Liability Waiver, then email your professor and our Undergraduate Advisor, Catherine Jenks: arts-undergraduate@ucsb.edu.
- Fill out the LACMA field trip (on Saturday, May 13) Liability Waiver: LACMA ART 1A Waiver
- If you cannot go to LACMA, then you must go to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art & the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara: SBMA & AD&A ART 1A Waiver
LACMA FIELD TRIP:
Important Exhibition that features Nicholas Galanin (his work is the subject of our research paper the quarter):
Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection:
One of the earliest and best-preserved areas of artistic production across the globe, ceramics remain a vital field of expression and experimentation into the present. Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection explores the medium through 14 case studies, placing historical works in visual dialogue with contemporary examples to illuminate symbolic meanings, technical achievements, and resonances throughout time. The exhibition examines how artists working today relate to international artistic traditions of the medium, both through deliberate references to the past and by engaging with aspects of clay’s materiality that have inspired makers over the centuries. Drawing from LACMA’s wide-ranging collections, the exhibition also highlights many recent contemporary acquisitions, including works by Nicholas Galanin, Steven Young Lee, Courtney Leonard, Roberto Lugo, Mineo Mizuno, Elyse Pignolet, Paul Scott, and more.
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 12:30PM on Saturday, May 13. LACMA will be providing us with free admission to the museum.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: LACMA’s first priority is the health and safety of our visitors, staff, and volunteers. Masks continue to be required indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, until further notice. Maintaining some health and safety protocols remains critical to provide a safe environment for staff, volunteers, and visitors of all ages, including those with compromised health and families with children who cannot be vaccinated. These protocols are in place to help protect against the spread of COVID-19.
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 857-6010
Parking costs $20.00 per vehicle, and it is not part of our free admission.
ALTERNATIVE TRIP:
UCSB AD&A Museum of Art
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
93106-7130
Wednesday–Sunday: 12–5 pm
If you cannot go to LACMA, then you need to go to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and The Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara.
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
UCSB AD&A Museum of Art
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
93106-7130
Wednesday–Sunday: 12–5 pm
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, JUNE 3: 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. If you have difficulty filling out your DocuSign Liability Waiver, then email your professor and our Undergraduate Advisor, Catherine Jenks: arts-undergraduate@ucsb.edu.
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 $20.00 for parking. Only Art 1A students are eligible for free parking.
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 with the class on June 3, then you must go to the UCSB AD&A and UCSB Glassbox Gallery this week.
