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Please note: The exhibition Erica Baum: the bite in the ribbon—a paper show is closed today due to technical issues in the gallery. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to reopen it as soon as possible.

The George Eastman Museum appoints Jared Case as Curator of Film Exhibitions

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Rochester, N.Y., May 21, 2018—
The George Eastman Museum has announced the appointment of Jared Case to curator of film exhibitions. Case will be responsible for curating the screenings in the museum’s Dryden Theatre, assisting with moving image-related exhibitions, and facilitating film program collaborations with community partners.. Jurij Meden, who held the position for the past four years, has accepted a position as the Head of Film Programming at the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna.

Masters Degree Program

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In 2004, the University of Rochester joined with The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation to inaugurate a Masters of Arts degree program. A paramount goal of the Selznick School founder L. Jeffrey Selznick was to combine practical, hands-on training in motion picture preservation with a formal graduate degree program. Thus Selznick provided the inspiration to create the first museum-based university collaboration of its kind, a program that encompassed both curatorial studies and training in motion picture conservation. The MA program builds upon the Selznick School's one-year

Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window will open at the George Eastman Museum on July 7

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Rochester, N.Y., May 30, 2018—
— Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window will be on view at the George Eastman Museum beginning July 7. The exhibition will include artist Gail Albert Halaban’s photographs from the earliest to the most recent phases of her project, which until now has been seen only as discrete bodies of work from New York and Paris. This show features images made in cities all over the world, including Buenos Aires, Istanbul, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Utrecht, and Venice, and showcases what urban neighbors see when they look across the street.

A History of Photography

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Many of the social and political issues currently at the forefront of popular discussion have been present for multiple generations. This rotation in the History of Photography Gallery considers contemporary events in light of our past and underscores cyclical and persistent themes in American society—including race, gender, and colonialism, to name a few. The exhibition, curated by Ross Knapper, Collection Manager in the Department of Photography, features photographs by Barbara Norfleet, Mary Ellen Mark, Patrick Nagatani, Dawoud Bey, Larry McNeil, and Lim Young Kyun, as well as several...

The George Eastman Museum appoints Jacqueline DiStefano as Vice President, Finance and Operations

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Rochester, N.Y., June 12, 2018—
—The George Eastman Museum has appointed Jacqueline DiStefano, CPA as Vice President, Finance and Operations. She will be responsible for overseeing the activities of the accounting and finance, human resources, and information technology departments of the museum, as well as the Eastman Museum’s shop and cafe. DiStefano will be succeeding Thomas J. Combs, who is retiring, and will begin in her new role on July 16.