George Eastman House opens new installation in History of Photography Gallery on Saturday
Rochester, N.Y., February 27, 2015—
George Eastman House has dedicated its new History of Photography Gallery to rotating installations that trace photography’s historical path to the present through photographs and cameras from the museum’s collection. The gallery opened in May 2014 and the latest rotation of photographs from its collection will be on display beginning Saturday, February 28. This installation of photographs was curated by William Green, curatorial assistant in the Department of Photography at George Eastman House.
Senior Citizen Matinees Kick-Off at Dryden Theatre on Monday, March 2
Rochester, N.Y., February 27, 2015—
George Eastman House announced that its Senior Matinee series at the Dryden Theatre will kick off on Monday, March 2, at 1:30 p.m. with a screening of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938, 91 min., 35mm). The film will be preceded by The Sultan’s Jester (1930, 9 min., 35mm), an early Technicolor Vitaphone short that was recently restored by George Eastman House in collaboration with Warner Bros.
George Eastman House Announces New Kid-Friendly Matinee Series at Dryden Theatre
Rochester, N.Y., February 26, 2015—
George Eastman House has announced a new ongoing film series focused on children. Dryden Kids, will kick off on Sunday, March 1 at 2 p.m. with a screening of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938, 91 min., 35mm). The film will be preceded by The Sultan’s Jester (1930, 9 min., 35mm), an early Technicolor Vitaphone short that was recently restored by George Eastman House in collaboration with Warner Bros.
Michael Douglas to receive George Eastman Award
Rochester, N.Y., February 18, 2015—
George Eastman House will honor Academy Award winner Michael Douglas with the George Eastman Award, the museum’s highest honor in motion pictures, on Thursday, May 14. The award recognizes Douglas’s distinguished contribution to the art of film. In accepting the honor, he joins the company of film legends such as Charles Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Cecil B. DeMille, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Martin Scorsese, James Stewart, and Meryl Streep. The George Eastman Award was established in 1955 as the first retrospective film award to honor artistic work of enduring value.
Tired of Winter? Eastman House Brings Spring to Rochester with the 21st Annual Dutch Connection
Rochester, N.Y., January 13, 2015—
George Eastman House presents virtual springtime, with the 21st annual exhibition Dutch Connection, on view Friday, Feb. 13 through Saturday, March 1. This colorful, interpretive exhibition will feature thousands of flowering bulbs, re-creating Eastman's 1915 display of flowers from Holland—ordered from the same Dutch company Eastman used.
Tabitha Soren—Fantasy Life: Baseball and the American Dream
In 2002, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of minor league draft picks for the Oakland A’s—young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. Fifteen years after that first shoot, Soren's series and book provides a selection of these stories.
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Joshua Lohner, Viola Solo
Joshua Lohner, solo violist from the Eastman School of Music, will perform J.S. Bach Suite no. 6 in G Major 31.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
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Xi Chen, Piano Solo
Solo performance by pianist Xi Chen.
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Curatorial Assistant William Green will lead a gallery tour of his selections for the current History of Photography rotation.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
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George Eastman House receives Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Rochester, N.Y., November 07, 2014—
George Eastman House has received a federal grant for its project, Opening Up Collections: Charting Technicolor’s History through New Technologies, in the amount of $48,254 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Museums for America Program. George Eastman House is one of 186 museums across the nation to be awarded the IMLS grant out of 707 that applied for funding.
Curator's Gallery Talk
Curatorial Assistant William Green will lead a gallery tour of his selections for the current History of Photography rotation.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
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Curator's Gallery Talk
Associate Curator Jamie Allen will lead a gallery tour of her selections for the current History of Photography rotation.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
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George Eastman House Unveils New Photographic Process Video Series
Rochester, N.Y., December 12, 2014—
George Eastman House announced today the official launch of its completed Photographic Process Videos project. The video series was funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America Program. The complete series can be found on the museum's YouTube channel.
Curator's Gallery Talk
Associate Curator Jamie Allen will lead a gallery tour of her selections for the current History of Photography rotation.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
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George Eastman House receives grant from the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
Rochester, N.Y., November 05, 2014—
George Eastman House has received a $32,000 grant for its History Through the Lens of Photography educational program from the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation—“Engaging the Next Generation” initiative.
George Eastman House receives grant from Rochester Area Community Foundation to support Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project exhibition
Rochester, N.Y., November 04, 2014—
George Eastman House has received a grant from the Rochester Area Community Foundation in the amount of $40,000 to support the exhibition Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project, which opened on Saturday, November 1 and will run through January 25, 2015.
George Eastman House Launches
Rochester, N.Y., October 27, 2014—
George Eastman House announced today the launch of The Nitrate Picture Show, the world’s first archival festival of film conservation, showcasing vintage 35mm nitrate film prints made from the beginnings of cinema to the early 1950s. The inaugural edition of The Nitrate Picture Show: A Festival of Film Conservation will be held May 1–3, 2015 at the Dryden Theatre, George Eastman House’s historic venue for film exhibition in Rochester, NY. The Dryden Theatre—one of only a few archival venues in the world that can project nitrate film—is home to the museum’s ongoing program of past and present
Photographer David Pace and Filmmaker Siegfried Kühn Visit George Eastman House on Thursday, October 23
Rochester, N.Y., October 21, 2014—
George Eastman House welcomes two visiting artists on Thursday, October 23—photographer David Pace and filmmaker Siegfried Kühn. Pace will be speaking as part of the museum’s Wish You Were Here lecture series at 6 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre. In a separate event, at 8 p.m., Kühn will be introducing his film Childhood before its screening in the Dryden, followed by a discussion with Eastman School of Music professor, Reinhild Steingröver.
Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project Opens at George Eastman House on November 1
Rochester, N.Y., October 14, 2014—
Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project—organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art—makes its debut at George Eastman House on November 1. Chicago-based photographer Dawoud Bey’s The Birmingham Project is a reflection on the September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This event resulted in the deaths of six African American adolescents, some of the youngest victims of the Civil Rights Movement: Addie Mae Collins (14), Denise McNair (11), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14), who were in the church at the time of the bombing, and Virgil Ware (13)
George Eastman House opens second installation in History of Photography gallery on Saturday
Rochester, N.Y., October 01, 2014—
George Eastman House has dedicated its new History of Photography Gallery to rotating installations that trace photography’s historical path to the present through photographs and cameras from the museum’s collection. The gallery opened in May and the second rotation of photographs from its collection will be on display beginning Saturday, October 4. This installation of photographs was curated but Joe Struble, collection manager in the Department of Photography at George Eastman House.