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Events for Thursday, May 19, 2022
Open Face at Eastman Museum is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
One Hundred Years Ago: George Eastman in 1922
This annual display in the historic mansion provides a glimpse of George Eastman’s life and work one hundred years ago. The new selection of objects highlight the goings on in 1922—most notably the opening of the Eastman School of Music and the Eastman Theatre in downtown Rochester.
Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I'll Run On
Artist Joshua Rashaad McFadden uses photography to engage some of the most challenging subject matter of our time. Working across genres he critically examines race, masculinity, sexuality, and gender in the United States.
Jodie Mack: Matter Matters
Jodie Mack (UK, b. 1983), an artist who has developed a remarkable filmmaking style that provides new perspectives on a variety of familiar materials, invites viewers to contemplate the objects’ significance and the nature of disposability.
James Tylor: From an Untouched Landscape
Selections from the Collection
This rotation in the Collection Gallery looks at how the invention of photography in 1839 helped to expand visual understanding of the world, especially for those without the means to travel.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Conscientious Director: Stanley Kramer Director Stanley Kramer’s multiple award-winning drama explores liberal beliefs by confronting them with a real-life situation. Among the socially prominent citizens of San Francisco are Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy), the publisher of a liberal newspaper, and his wife, Christina (Katharine Hepburn), the owner of a fashionable art gallery.