Online programs from the museum featuring talks from artists, staff, and students.
Events in this Series
ONLINE—Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door
Artist Abelardo Morell's work has quite literally been a reflection of nature, often using glass, lenses, and mirrors to make abstractions of his subject matter. Join us for the start of our Wish You Were Here series as Morell discusses a range of his projects throughout his extensive career.
ONLINE—Early Optics in Photography
Process Historian Mark Osterman will demonstrate how light can be manipulated and used for photography and share the basics of optics that were foundational in the invention of photography.
ONLINE—Spirit Photography: History and Creation
Nineteenth-century spirit photographs continue to delight and amuse us. But why and now were these photographs made? Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth and Associate Curator Heather A. Shannon use objects in the museum's collection to dive into these questions.
ONLINE—Gathering Clouds Panel Discussion, Part 1
For this first panel, Alejandro Cartagena, Sean McFarland, and Will Wilson will discuss the ways their work engages with environmental issues, including pollution and climate change.
ONLINE—Early Silver Processes
Experiments in silver chloride date to the eighteenth century, but the chemistry was not fully understood until William Henry Fox Talbot conducted tests in the 1830s. In this virtual talk, Process Historian Mark Osterman will share what Talbot built upon and then perfected.
ONLINE—Laylah Amatullah Barrayn: We are Present
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is an award-winning documentary photographer whose work functions as a tool for activism, fighting oppression, and liberation.
ONLINE—It Can't Not Be Dance Music: New Music Inspired by the Art of James Welling
The Eastman Museum, fivebyfive, and Marc Webster explore the intersection of art and music in this virtual program inspired by the Eastman Museum’s current exhibition James Welling: Choreograph.
ONLINE—Gathering Clouds Panel Discussion, Part 2
For this second panel, Sharon Harper, Nick Marshall, Penelope Umbrico, and Byron Wolfe will discuss how clouds have informed their thinking about the nature of photography.
ONLINE—Nineteenth-Century Retouching Techniques
In this live presentation, Process Historian Mark Osterman will show examples of early negative retouching.
ONLINE—Will Wilson's AIR: A conversation with the artist, Janet Berlo, and Heather A. Shannon
Will Wilson will be joined by professor Janet Berlo and associate curator Heather A. Shannon to discuss the cultural and social implications of uranium mining on the Navajo reservation and the way they inform his artistic production.
ONLINE—Ken Fox: New Directions in the Menschel Library
Take a rare peek inside the special collections vaults of the museum's Richard and Ronay Menschel Library with Head of Library and Archives Ken Fox.
ONLINE—Clouds & Combination Printing
In this live online program, Process Historian Mark Osterman will discuss the nineteenth-century technique of combination printing from two separate negatives.
ONLINE—Curator's Gallery Talk: Handheld Precision Cameras
Technology curator Todd Gustavson will guide guests through the handheld precision cameras featured in the History of Photography gallery.
ONLINE—Focus 45: A History of Photography Commemorating Ratification of the 19th Amendment
Commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification, which granted American women the right to vote, this presentation examines how photography has portrayed, and fundamentally shaped, perceptions of women and feminist movements since the mid-1800s.
ONLINE—Landscape Tour: Dan Bellavia
Landscape Manager, Dan Bellavia, will guide guests on a virtual tour of Eastman's estate, sharing the history of the various gardens and how they maintain them today.