Online programs from the museum featuring talks from artists, staff, and students.
Events in this Series
ONLINE—Future / Present: Sam Cannon
Capturing Fiction | Sam Cannon will take us inside her digitally altered worlds that blend fantasy, surrealism, and fashion to create works of art that challenge our perception of nature, the human body, and technology.
ONLINE—Future / Present: Jon Henry
Stranger Fruit | Jon Henry is a visual artist working with photography and text whose work reflects on family, sociopolitical issues, grief, trauma, and healing within the African American community.
ONLINE—35mm Silent Film: Demonstration & Preservation
Process Demonstration: Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth will demonstrate the process of creating 35mm motion picture film. Then, Anthony L'Abbate, preservation manager in the Moving Image Department, will discuss why so many films from the silent era have disappeared, and the methods that we use today to preserve and restore these films.
ONLINE—In Focus: Best Laid Plans
In Focus: In this virtual talk, Landscape Manager Dan Bellavia and Assistant Conservator Sarah Casto will discuss the original blue prints for George Eastman's estate and how the property has evolved over time. Join us for this in-depth look at the history of these historic documents and get a behind the scenes glimpse at how conservation treatments are able to preserve them for future generations.
ONLINE—Gelatin Dry Plates: George Eastman & Demonstration
Process Demonstration: In this webinar, George Eastman Legacy Curator Kathy Connor will share Eastman’s story, early trials and challenges. Then, Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth will demonstrate how gelatin dry plates are made, showing the features that make them superior to wet collodion.
ONLINE—Stereocards: Demonstration & History
Process Demonstration: In this webinar, Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth will give a demonstration, showing how stereocards are made using albumen prints and basic materials found at your local art store. Boyer Cataloger in the Department of Photography Lilyan Jones will share a brief history of this fun and unique technology, sharing examples from the museum’s Boyer Collection.
ONLINE—Salt Printing: Demonstration & William Henry Fox Talbot
Process Demonstration: In this webinar, Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth will demonstrate how salt prints are made, and Associate Curator Heather Shannon will discuss Talbot’s legacy in photography.
ONLINE—In Focus: Treasures of the Francis Doublier Collection
In Focus: At this talk, Clara Auclair, University of Rochester predoctoral fellow at the Eastman Museum, will present highlights of Francis Doublier's collection of over 100 titles now preserved at the Eastman Museum.
ONLINE—Fond Memories: Images of Play from the Photography Collection
In Focus: In this virtual talk, Curatorial Assistant Meghan L. Jordan will discuss works that are newly on view in the Collection Gallery.
ONLINE—In Focus: Digitizing Alden Scott Boyer's Legacy
In Focus: At this virtual talk, go behind the scenes with Boyer Collection Project Cataloger Lilyan Jones and Photographer Mireya Salinas as they highlight key portions of this collection of over 10,000 objects and discuss their experiences with handling, cataloguing, and digitizing its rare and delicate objects.
ONLINE—Future / Present: Citlali Fabián
Who We Are: Decolonizing Visual Narratives | Citlali Fabián is a Yalalteca, Mexican visual artist and storyteller who uses photography to explore identity and its connections with territory, migration, and community bonds.
ONLINE—Exhibition Talk: George Eastman in 1921
In this annual lecture on George Eastman’s life one hundred years ago, Legacy Collection Archivist Jesse Peers will explore what George Eastman and Eastman Kodak Company were up to in 1921 through a slideshow of related objects and historic documents