Positive Exposure Photography Exhibition Opens October 2
Major retrospective of Alvin Langdon Coburn to open at George Eastman House on September 19
Exhibition Tour
Docent-led gallery tour of current exhibitions.
Sweet Creations 2015
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Sweet Creations—the exquisite display of dozens of cleverly designed and deliciously decorated gingerbread houses and objects located throughout the museum.
Wreath Display & Auction 2015
Wreaths designed by local florists and garden clubs are on view in the Colonnade and available for purchase in a silent auction.
Tabletop Tree Display & Auction 2015
Pre-lit trees decorated by local businesses are on display throughout the historic house and available for purchase in a silent auction.
Focus 45: Kathy Connor, Holidays at the Eastman Museum
Kathy Connor, curator of the legacy collection, will discuss how George Eastman celebrated the holidays and how that has influenced the way the museum decorates for this special season.
Holiday Homecoming 2015
Festive displays, live music, refreshments, family activities, and a visit with Santa. Bring your cameras!
Focus 45: Virginia Dodier, Alvin Langdon Coburn: Opening the Doors of Perception
Associate Librarian Virginia Dodier explores why this internationally acclaimed photographer left his career to explore mysticism and the occult.
Steve Kelly, Aeolian pipe organ
Steve Kelly will perform a selection of music on the Aeolian pipe organ.
Performance Plus: Duo Vela (flute, guitar)
Eastman School of Music students in the group Duo Vela (flute, guitar) will perform works by Piazzolla, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Houghton.
Clarinet Collection
Clarinet Collection will perform a selection of music in the historic mansion.
Free to members; included w/ museum admission.
Soyeon An, piano
Soyeon An from Eastman School of Music will perform a selection of music on piano in the historic mansion.
Free to members; included w/ museum admission.
Biography
Aeolian Pipe Organ and Bell Choir
Joe Blackburn will perform holiday music selections on the Aeolian pipe organ, accompanied by the bell choir from Honeoye Falls United Methodist Church.
Free to members; included w/ museum admission.
Sight Reading: Photography and the Legible World
As its name declares, photography is a means of “writing with light.” Photographs both show and tell, and they speak an extraordinary range of dialects. The exhibition Sight Reading: Photography and the Legible World, co-organized by the Morgan Library and Museum, New York, and the George Eastman Museum, explores the history of the medium as a lucid, literate—but not always literal—tool of persuasion.
Over the past 175 years, photography has been employed in countless fields of endeavor, from art to zoology and from fashion to warfare. Sight Reading features a broad range of material...
A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age
With the convenience and ubiquity of computers and smartphones, the majority of photographic images are being recorded digitally rather than on film. As this transformation has broadened access to photographic images—both in making and in viewing—in many contexts it has also obviated the need for photographic prints. Snapshooters, photojournalists, and commercial photographers rarely produce material objects as the final step in their process. As a consequence, photographs in the form of image-bearing sheets of paper are scarce outside of the art world.
Because personal and collective...
In Focus: Film Preservation Services
