Co-Hosted with Getty Research Institute
Saturday, February 14, 12–3PM
Getty Center, Ada Louise Huxtable Lecture Hall:
1200 Getty Center Drive, LA, CA 90049
Free — Please note that there is a fee for parking

For the Guerrilla Girls, letter writing wasn’t just correspondence; it was activism, a bold form of early “social media” circulated through the mail. Their anonymous PO Box, printed at the bottom of their iconic posters, became a portal for communication with the public, attracting a flood of fan mail, hate mail, and everything in between. Through cheeky postcard campaigns and public letters addressed to curators, critics, and fellow artists, often signed off with a playful “xoxo” and a lipstick kiss, the Guerrilla Girls sparked dialogue, demanded accountability, and broadcast their message around the world.

To activate the Getty Research Institute’s archival Guerrilla Girls’ show, How to be A Guerrilla Girl, we are co-presenting this workshop, where we invite you to write your own letters, postcards, and fan mail to the cause of your choosing. Whether you want to celebrate, critique, or call for change, you’ll leave with your own activist correspondence ready to send, and a renewed sense of how creativity can fuel resistance. Please join us in this alt-Valentine’s experience — you’re welcome to drop-in throughout the afternoon!

To attend this program, please sign-up for a timed-entry spot to the Getty Center on Saturday, February 14 between 12–3PM!