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The Story Behind the Dryden Theatre Renovation (Members Only)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre.
Caroline Yeager, assistant curator of motion pictures, will discuss her role in the recent Dryden Theatre renovation, together with a full review of the upgrades and enhancements to this beloved cinema space.
Wish You Were Here – François Deschamps (Free to Members)
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre.
Part of the Wish You Were Here series.
Deschamps will share images and stories from his series Photo-Rapide, created in Mali in 2010/11.
Upstairs/Downstairs Tour (Members Only)
Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. at George Eastman House.
Wondering what’s upstairs or below the house? Find out at this tour of the third floor, fourth-floor attic, and basement. Tour includes walking, standing, and stair-climbing.
In Person: Ben Shapiro
Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre.
Director Ben Shapiro will introduce his 2012 documentary Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters about photographer Crewdson and his ambitious project Beneath the Roses.
Tintype Excursion on the Erie Canal
June 3, 2013 through June 7, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
For the first time since the golden age of collodion, we are offering a truly unique experience to relive the wet plate canal excursions of the 1870s.
The Gender Show
June 8, 2013 through September 29, 2013 at George Eastman House.
The Gender Show explores ways gender has been presented in photographs, ranging from archetypal to non-traditional to subversive representations, with a special emphasis on the performances that photography can encourage or capture.
The exhibition will feature more than 130 photographs from the George Eastman House collection, spanning from the 19th century to the present, by a wide range of artists including Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen, Nicholas Muray, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Andy Warhol, Barbara Norfleet, Mary Ellen Mark, Cindy Sherman and Chuck Samuels.
ANTHONY HITTING ON GISELLE, VIVIEN WAITING,
LORIMER STREET, WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
Vincent Cianni
ca. 1996 Gelatin silver print © George Eastman House collection
Works from our collection will be supplemented with a set of photographs and videos by several contemporary artists, including Janine Antoni, Kalup Lindsay, Martha Rosler, and Gillian Wearing.
Members’ Garden Tours with Amy Kinsey, Landscape Curator (Members Only)
Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. at George Eastman House.
The Eastman House Landscape department staff discuss what’s in bloom and learn about the latest garden happenings.
Reservations required: (585) 271-3361 ext. 434.
Garden Vibes Featuring The Campbell Brothers
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Garden Vibes 2013 series.
This popular Garden Vibes act is back! The Campbell Brothers present a rich variety from their African-American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a difference...
Focus45: Focus 45 Lunch Series with Tanenbaum Fellow, Emily McKibbon (Free to Members)
Thursday, June 13, 2013 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Curtis Theatre.
Part of the Focus 45 Lunch Series series.
American Post-Mortem and Memorial Photographs
Emily McKibbon will share her research on the museum’s Walter Johnson collection, the largest publicly held post-mortem collection in North America.
Members’ Garden Tours with Amy Kinsey, Landscape Curator (Members Only)
Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at George Eastman House.
The Eastman House Landscape department staff discuss what’s in bloom and learn about the latest garden happenings.
Reservations required: (585) 271-3361 ext. 434.
Wish You Were Here – Mark Klett (Free to Members)
Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre.
Part of the Wish You Were Here series.
Many of Klett’s projects use historic photographs of landscapes and events, including photographs from the Eastman House collection, as starting points for making new images.
35mm Daguerreotypes
July 8, 2013 through July 10, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Learn to make real daguerreotypes with your own 35mm camera without expensive processing equipment or dangerous chemicals.
Garden Vibes Featuring NRBQ
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Garden Vibes 2013 series.
Expect the unexpected from one of the most endearing and enduring rock & roll bands of all-time.
NEW: Dry Collodion Negatives in New England
July 22, 2013 through July 26, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PhotoSynthesis.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Join us for a week-long collodion negative shoot in the New England mill town of Manchester, CT.
NEW: Tintype Making: the Basics
August 5, 2013 through August 6, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Make your own tintype portrait and still-life image in this special two-day workshop for beginners. Learn the basics of the 1850s wet collodion process used for making real tintypes.
NEW: History of the Tintype
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
In response to many requests, this is a special one-day lecture class for those who wish to learn more about the tintype through lectures on the evolution of the Melainotype and Ferrotype (also known as the tintype), a demonstration of the process, and viewing original images and tintype-era equipment from the extensive collection of the George Eastman House.
NEW: Tintype Making: the Basics
August 8, 2013 through August 9, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Make your own tintype portrait and still-life image in this special two-day workshop for beginners. Learn the basics of the 1850s wet collodion process used for making real tintypes.
Garden Vibes Featuring The Ifs
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Garden Vibes 2013 series.
The Ifs incorporate the looks and sounds of the early British Invasion, with a few twists—rich four-part harmonies, slashing guitars, and playful drums.
NEW: Ambrotypes & Tintypes
August 19, 2013 through August 23, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Ambrotypes and tintypes are the hottest alternative processes used in fine art photography today. In this intensive five-day workshop, participants will be guided through the basics of making these unique positive wet-collodion images by Mark Osterman, internationally recognized as a modern master of the collodion process.
Collodion Negatives: Wet & Dry
September 16, 2013 through September 20, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Sold Out! Waiting list only This five-day, intensive, hands-on negative workshop is for the experienced collodion ambrotypist or tintypist who wants to get to the next level. Taught by Mark Osterman, participants will learn the theory that sets the collodion negative apart from ambrotypes and tintypes. The rare dry collodion process will also be taught, allowing the photographer to shoot negatives in the field without the need for a darkroom or silver bath on location.
NEW: Spirit Photography
October 21, 2013 through October 24, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Make your own ghost images in our first ever Spirit Photography Workshop. You’ll begin by learning the basics of making wet collodion tintypes by process historian Mark Osterman in the famous Scully & Osterman Skylight Studio. Then you’ll be shown the 19th-century secrets of making ghost imagery in a workshop that promises to be a great experience for everyone.
Carbon Transfer Printing
November 4, 2013 through November 6, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Unlike silver prints, the carbon print image is formed with the same pigments used for centuries in artists’ oil colors. The key to making carbon prints is a sheet of pigmented gelatin called a “tissue.” These can be purchased, but are expensive and limited to only a handful of colors. In this workshop, you’ll get hands-on experience in how to make carbon prints in any color using watercolors available at your local art store.
NEW: Opaltypes & Orotones
November 18, 2013 through November 22, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
The opaltype, or milk glass positive, is an image on a white glass plate. Used primarily for portraits from the late 1860s to the 1930s, originals are difficult to find. Orotones, popularized by Edward Curtis, are images on clear glass with highlights of gold-colored powder. Learn both of these rare processes in the same workshop.
NEW: Framing Alternative Photographs
December 9, 2013 through December 11, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at George Eastman House.
Part of the Photography Workshops series.
Making a beautiful image with historic or alternative processes requires a lot of hard work, careful craftsmanship and a strong commitment to an aesthetic. The same amount of attention should go toward framing your images. In this workshop, participants will learn how to mat and frame photographs from Rheytchul Kimmel in the Museum’s Creative Services Department.