SPECIAL EVENT AT THE GETTY MUSEUM WITH THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT!

Published on Tuesday, 17th November, 2009 at 8:36AM

Image of one of the photos of a worker in the Getty Exhibit

SPECIAL EVENT AT THE GETTY MUSEUM WITH THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT!

Dear Faculty, Students, and Staff,

The Getty Center will be hosting a free special photo exhibit and event focusing on "The Worker" and presenting a photographic history of working people across cultures. More than 40 prints are drawn from the museum's special collection and reveal the shifting attitudes towards working people through the 19th and 20th century.

Special Photographic Exhibit on Working Families Throughout History at the Getty Museum

Thursday, December 3

5pm Guided Tour by Chris Tilly, Director of the UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
A small reception following tour
7pm Richard Sennett of the London School of Economics and NYU Sociology Department will give a special talk about the exhibit http://www.richardsennett.com/site/SENN/Templates/Home.aspx?pageid=1

http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/focus_worker/index.html

Note: If there is enough interest from a particular campus or site, a shuttle bus may be provided.

Please RSVP by November 25, 2009 if you and/or a group or class is planning on attending to jdelloro@dhli.org

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