More Than 70 Institutions Join Forces for PST ART, America's Largest Art Initiative

Southern California is getting on PST time again.

The third installment of the extensive interdisciplinary collaboration PST ART kicks off this month under the theme of Art & Science Collide. Set in a region known for cutting-edge art and scientific research, the ambitious project (originally called Pacific Standard Time) will explore such topics as climate change, environmental justice, artificial intelligence, and how artists and scientists can join forces to solve ecological issues and create a sustainable future.

With almost $20 million in grants from Getty, PST ART: Art & Science Collide will showcase 70-plus museum collaborations from 800 artists that feature ancient Aboriginal drawings, Mesoamerican vessels and textiles, medieval Islamic illustrated books, Chinese hanging scrolls, computer-based art from 1960s and 1970s South America, and contemporary installations. Mel Chin, Carolina Caycedo, Nancy Baker Cahill, and Tavares Strachan are among the contemporary artists contributing works to the five-month project, which offers public programs that include performing arts commissions, rocket launches, and an art and science family festival.

The Getty, LACMA, Hammer Museum at UCLA, MOCA, San Diego Museum of Art, CAAM, California Institute of Technology, and NASA/Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are among the institutions presenting exhibitions. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's unique work will be the focus of a GRoW-funded episode of PBS SoCal series Artbound. Airing October 11, "Blended Worlds: The Fusion of Art & Science at JPL" explains how the cutting-edge research and development lab transforms science into creative projects and examines the Art & Science exhibition Blended Worlds.

Getty's plan is to launch a new PST project every five years, and GRoW is honored to continue its support of the initiative.