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Please note: 7Crest Financial Partners Hall is closed this week for a special event. Paper Prints in Motion will resume Friday, June 26. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Photo Art Therapy Panel Discussion

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Join us for a panel discussion exploring the field of art therapy and how art therapists use photographs in their work. Hear directly from practicing art therapists as they share insights into their methods, experiences, and creative processes. The conversation accompanies the exhibition Photo Art Therapy: A Convergence of Creativity, featuring work by the panelists.

Installation view from <em>Photo Art Therapy: The Convergence of Creativity and Wellness</em>

George Eastman Museum to Receive $500,000 in Federal Funding, Secured by Senator Charles Schumer, for the Preservation of Historic Mansion

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Rochester, N.Y., January 29, 2026—
Federal funds of $500,000 have been secured by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and appropriated for the George Eastman Museum to support the restoration of its historic house’s chimneys, parapets, and roof railings—all of which are in critical need of upgrades. The museum will receive a Save America’s Treasures grant from the Historic Preservation Fund of the National Park Service. United States Senator Chuck Schumer delivered this federal funding through the FY2026 Interior appropriations act, passed in the House (397–28) and Senate (82–15) and signed by the president.
Image of the outside of George Eastman Museum

Trustees

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As of January 1, 2026, the Board of Trustees for the George Eastman Museum are: Nannette P. Nocon, Chair Kenneth A. Frederick, Vice Chair Kevin E. Glazer, Vice Chair Jeffrey A. Korchek, Vice Chair Robert A. Woodhouse, Treasurer Lisa A. Brubaker; Secretary Bruce Barnes, PhD, Ron and Don Fielding Director Mary Miskell , President, Eastman Museum Council Moné C. Barkley Ann L. Burr Nicole Druckman William J. Ferguson II John Frater Bonnie A. Garner Ross P. Lanzafame, Esq. Edwin J. Lopez-Soto, Esq. Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, PhD David Mattia Jonathan Phillips Jeffrey J. Pollock Leah Painter Roberts

Chimneys, Parapets, and Roof Railings Repair and Restoration

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Built in 1905, the historic mansion's chimneys, parapets, and roof railings have significantly deteriorated over time due to Rochester’s annual freeze-thaw cycle. Open mortar joints have caused moisture infiltration, severe deterioration, and instability, including dislodged bricks. Moisture seepage into the mansion has damaged plaster walls and ceilings. In addition, compromised by severe wood rot, portions of the roof railings have broken off. In spring 2022, Bero Architecture was commissioned to evaluate the preservation needs of the mansion. Based on their report, restoration and repair of

Vehicle Donation Program

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From Junk to GEM! Are you thinking of selling or trading in your old car, truck, boat, RV, or snowmobile? Why not donate it instead? Community support from individuals like you is vital to sustaining the George Eastman Museum. By donating your vehicle, you make a direct impact! Not only are you helping to preserve and maintain George Eastman’s historic mansion and gardens, you are supporting our world-class collections, photography exhibitions, educational programming, Dryden Theatre film screenings, and so much more! Why donate your vehicle? Avoid the hassle of selling your car, truck, boat
George Eastman (American, 1854–1932), Harvey W. Padelford, George Eastman's Chauffeur and automobile in front of Carriage House, 1923–1932. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, gift of George B. Dryden.

Dracula (DCP)

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Rochester Premiere Romanian New Wave director Radu Jude’s (Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) latest provocation is an adaptation, or multiple adaptations, of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film’s framing narrative shows a frustrated filmmaker behind a desk facing creative paralysis as he searches for an innovative take on the classic vampire novel.

Neo-Noir from Black Directors

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By the 1990s, following in the wake of Spike Lee’s late-1980s successes, Hollywood slowly began acknowledging the financial viability of films about Black people through the eyes of Black directors. One of the benefits of this movement was a cycle of neo-noir films that shifted the focus from money and desire to race and racism. Many of these films came from actor-turned-directors, as this series will show. The protagonists of these films still transgress —  private eyes doing bad things for a good purpose, bad cops perverting the system —  but race colors how they are perceived, the obstructions they face, and how they navigate their worlds as a result. Journalist Julian Kimble has written insightfully about this cycle of films, anchored in the classic period of noir (sometimes explicitly), with a decidedly late-century perspective, and will be on-hand for the screening of Devil in a Blue Dress (February 4) to introduce the film and expand on his research.

Dates and Titles:
February 4: Devil in a Blue Dress (Carl Franklin, US 1995, 102 min., DCP)
February 18: Deep Cover (Bill Duke, US 1992, 107 min., DCP)
February 25: One False Move (Carl Franklin, US 1991, 105 min., DCP) 
March 4: Out of Time (Carl Franklin, US 2003, 105 min., DCP)
 

George Eastman Museum Presents Creative Works by Student Artists in Flower City Arts Center’s Studio 678 Photo Club

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Rochester, N.Y., February 19, 2026—
Creative works by student artists who are a part of the Flower City Arts Center’s Studio 678 Photo Club 2025/2026 will be presented in the George Eastman Museum’s community gallery, Gallery Obscura, from February 28 through June 21, 2026. These photographs and texts are inspired by the students’ vision of the world around them.

Kokuho (DCP)

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Rochester PremiereJapan’s official selection to the category of Best International Film at the Academy Awards, and a nominee for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Kokuho (translated as “national treasure”) is a lush epic of crime, betrayal, and Kabuki.