Wreath Display & Auction 2017
Wreaths designed by local florists and garden clubs are on view in the Colonnade and available for purchase in a silent auction that benefits the museum.
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Make Music Rochester
Make Music Rochester is a free live music celebration on June 21, the longest day of the year, with concerts in a variety of spaces throughout the city. The performance at the Eastman Museum will take place on the front lawn of the historic mansion, near East Avenue.
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Focus 45: Jamie Allen, A History of Photography
Jamie M. Allen will discuss the latest installation in the museum’s History of Photography Gallery.
Free to members; included with museum admission.
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Focus 45: Mark Osterman, The Making of Motion Picture Film
Eastman Museum Process Historian Mark Osterman will give an illustrated lecture with rare images of the beginnings of the motion picture industry highlighting how early film was made—from mixing the emulsion to projection of the positive print.
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George Eastman House hires Virginia Dodier as associate librarian
Rochester, N.Y., June 02, 2014—
George Eastman House announced today that Virginia Dodier has joined the museum as associate librarian for its Richard and Ronay Menschel Library. A specialist in libraries, archives and museums (LAM), she will maintain the research library and rare books collection of George Eastman House; serve as chief cataloger of the library’s collections and acquisitions; contribute to exhibitions, publications, and public programs developed by museum curatorial staff; and collaborate with other staff to provide an integrated approach to technology and other museum initiatives.
George Eastman House kicks off summer with Garden Vibes concert series on June 4
Rochester, N.Y., May 20, 2014—
The Garden Vibes summer concert series at George Eastman House is back for its 21st year. The outdoor concerts will take place on Wednesday evenings, once a month from June through August. Bring a picnic, relax with friends, and enjoy family activities in George Eastman’s historic Townson Terrace Garden and the surrounding grounds. Concerts are 6 to 8 p.m.
Inaugural “A History of Photography” exhibition now open at George Eastman House
Rochester, N.Y., May 19, 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 photographs in the gallery will change approximately three times a year and the cameras once a year, continually refreshing the experience of visiting George Eastman House and offering regular opportunities to view the museum’s treasures.
“Mickalene Thomas: Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman” to open at George Eastman House on June 20
Rochester, N.Y., April 30, 2014—
George Eastman House will feature the work of artist Mickalene Thomas in a new exhibition opening on June 20, Mickalene Thomas: Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman. In this exhibition, Thomas demonstrates her ongoing engagement with portraiture as a key to personal and cultural identity. Using her mother as her muse for the past decade, Thomas creates images that layer personal history with art history, revealing in the process the complex role of the mother-daughter bond for each woman’s sense of self. The exhibition will be on view in the museum’s Entrance Gallery through October 19.
Photography exhibitions by Robert Weingarten and Pavel Wolberg to open at George Eastman House on February 22
Rochester, N.Y., February 11, 2014—
George Eastman House will open two exhibitions on February 22 that will be on view through May 25, 2014: Another America: A Testimonial to the Amish by Robert Weingarten and A World Apart: Photographs of Hasidic Communities in Israel by Pavel Wolberg. Another America is the culmination of four years, from 2000 to 2004, Robert Weingarten spent photographing Amish communities in Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. On view at the same time, A World Apart is a selection of eighteen contemporary photographs by Pavel Wolberg.
Eastman House celebrates 20 years of Dutch Connection
Rochester, N.Y., February 04, 2014—
George Eastman House presents virtual springtime, with the 20th-annual exhibition Dutch Connection, on view Friday, Feb. 14 through Saturday, March 2. This colorful, interpretive exhibition will feature thousands of flowering bulbs, re-creating Eastman's 1914 display of flowers from Holland—ordered from the same Dutch company Eastman used.
George Eastman House receives Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Rochester, N.Y., January 31, 2014—
George Eastman House has received a grant for its Expanding the Teaching Museum: Photographic Process Videos project in the amount of $25,800 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.
George Eastman House hires William Green, Ross Knapper, and Rachel Pikus
Rochester, N.Y., January 02, 2014—
George Eastman House has hired William Green as a curatorial assistant and Ross Knapper as an assistant archivist in the Department of Photography. Rachel Pikus has been hired as manager of online engagement in the communications and engagement department.
Eastman Young Professionals Circle to host networking breakfast with City of Rochester Councilmember Elaine Spaull
Rochester, N.Y., January 17, 2014—
The Eastman Young Professionals (EYP) Circle will host its first networking breakfast of 2014 with City of Rochester Councilmember, Dr. Elaine Spaull. This free event will be held on January 31, 2014, at the George Eastman House Café and is open to all Rochester area young professionals.
George Eastman House promotes Rheytchul Kimmel and Nick Marshall
Rochester, N.Y., February 17, 2014—
George Eastman House has announced the promotion of two staff members. Rheytchul Kimmel has been promoted to chief object preparator and preservation framer in the object preparation area of the Kay R. Whitmore Conservation Center. Nick Marshall has been promoted to manager of exhibitions and programs in the communications and engagement department.
George Eastman House announces special Wish You Were Here lecture on January 9 with NASA astronaut Donald Pettit
Rochester, N.Y., December 31, 2013—
George Eastman House has announced that it will be extending its Wish You Were Here lecture series into the new year with chemical engineer, NASA astronaut, and photographer Donald Pettit, PhD. Pettit will present his lecture, An Astronaut’s Guide to Photography in Space, on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at 6 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre.
The University of Rochester and George Eastman House Announce Joint Master's Degree Program in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management
Rochester, N.Y., December 04, 2014—
The University of Rochester and George Eastman House will jointly offer a new master’s degree in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management (PPCM) beginning in the fall of 2014. The program will be the only one in the United States dedicated to the study of the photograph as an object (the care and handling of photographs) as well as the related academic study of images (theoretical and historical context). Enrollment begins this month, with the first students beginning their courses in fall 2014.
George Eastman House announces Dr. Lisa Hostetler as Curator-in-Charge of its Department of Photography
Rochester, N.Y., November 08, 2013—
George Eastman House announced today the appointment of Lisa Hostetler, PhD, as Curator-in-Charge of its Department of Photography. She will assume this role prior to year-end. Hostetler brings almost 20 years of academic and museum experience to her new position with George Eastman House. She is currently the McEvoy Family Curator for Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Hostetler was previously curator of photographs at the Milwaukee Art Museum for seven years. Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America, her final exhibition and book project in
Roger Corman to receive George Eastman Award
Rochester, N.Y., June 27, 2013—
George Eastman House will honor Academy Award®-winner Roger Corman with the George Eastman Award, the museum’s highest honor in motion pictures, on Saturday, November 2. The award recognizes Corman’s distinguished contribution to the art of film. In accepting the honor, Corman joins the company of such film legends as Charles Chaplin, Cecil B. DeMille, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Kim Novak, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, and Richard Gere. The George Eastman Award was established in 1955 as the first retrospective film award to honor artistic work of enduring value
George Eastman House to host U.S. premiere of rediscovered film directed by Orson Welles on October 16 in Rochester, N.Y.
Rochester, N.Y., September 06, 2013—
George Eastman House, located in Rochester, NY, will host the exclusive U.S. premiere of the newly discovered Too Much Johnson (1938), a Mercury Theatre film directed by Orson Welles, on Wednesday, October 16, 2013.
History of Space Photography and Astro-Visions Open at George Eastman House on October 26
Rochester, N.Y., October 23, 2013—
George Eastman House will open two exhibitions on October 26 that will be on view through January 12, 2014: The History of Space Photography and Astro-Visions. The History of Space Photography showcases a variety of astronomical photographs that have been created since the development of photography in the early 19th century, and will feature a number of the most important scientific photographs ever created. To complement The History of Space Photography, Eastman House has organized Astro-Visions, which draws from its rich collections to explore how scientists, photographers, and filmmakers