The Art of Dining on Rails: Presented by Jay W. Christopher & Anne Lapinski

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube The Christopher Transportation Museum is home to Jay Christopher’s personal collection of airline, shipline, railroad, and airship artifacts that preserve the history of transportation dining starting in the late 1800s. The dining artifacts along with the accompanying collections tell a […]

Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy, with Mel Patrick and John Ryan

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Mel Patrick and John Ryan, authors of Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy, have teamed up to present on one of the most legendary pairings in American railroad photography. Patrick and Ryan will present a more in depth view […]

Celestials, film premiere and discussion, hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA)

Saturday, May 8, 2021 3:00 - 6:00 PM US Central Time View Panel Discussion The Center for Railroad Photography & Art invites our members to participate in a special premiere of the film Celestials, hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America on Saturday, May 8th, 2021 via Zoom. During the late 19th century, the term ‘celestial’ was a pejorative […]

Of Light, Landscape and the Echo of Trains, presented by Todd Halamka

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, May 24 at 4:30 PM (CT) Now Available on YouTube A selection of railroad photography by Todd Halamka comprised of his image making Process, Natural Landscapes, and Urban Landscapes.   Todd Halamka, is a practicing architect and founder of Todd Halamka + […]

Hoosier Lifelines: Social and Environmental Change Along the Monon, 1847-2020

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, June 7 at 4:30 PM (CT) Now Available on YouTube The curators, historians, and artists behind the Hoosier Lifelines exhibition will discuss their interdisciplinary efforts integrating art and history in an exploration of Indiana’s changing environment along the remains of the historic Monon […]

The Sun Always Sets in the East and West, Yoichi Uzeki

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7:00 – 8:00 PM (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, July 12 at 4:30 PM (CT) Now Available on YouTube Yoichi Uzeki returns to the Center for Railroad Photography & Art’s summer programming series following his acclaimed presentation at Virtual Conversations 2021, our most recent online conference. Yoichi will […]

Amtrak’s Evolving Image

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Tuesday, August 24 at 4:30 p.m. (CT) Now Available on YouTube Amtrak Brand Communications Manager Matt Donnelly joins the Center for Railroad Photography & Art to discuss the development of Amtrak’s brand over the last 50 years. Donnelly will discuss Amtrak’s […]

The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology, panel discussion

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Tuesday, September 14 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT) Now Available on YouTube The Center for Railroad Photography and Art’s upcoming publication, The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology, was made possible by the collaborative efforts of a team of thirty contemporary and historical photographers, […]

Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography, presented by Bon French

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, October 4 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT) Now Available on YouTube Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography, demonstrates that the railroad industry—like ethnic, religious, and neighborhood enclaves—fostered its own communities and networks. Through the stories of the lives of the men and […]

Above, Aboard, and Beyond: Unique Perspectives by Rail

Saturday, November 13, 2021, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (U.S. Central Time) Join the CRP&A for an upcoming weekend event on Zoom featuring three fantastic photographers exploring unique perspectives by rail. Download the program HERE Jennifer Al-Beik Finding My Track: Rail Photography as a Creative Outlet Jennifer Al-Beik shares perspectives as a newcomer to the […]

David P. Morgan’s Milwaukee, presented by Kevin P. Keefe

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, December 6 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT) Now Available on YouTube In a program centered around the late 1940s through the early 1960s, we take a tour of the Milwaukee area as famed Trains Magazine Editor David P. Morgan might have experienced it, from the early […]

Postcards from my Seventy-Two Year Vacation – A Conversation with Mitch Markovitz

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, February 7 at 4:30 p.m. (CDT) Now Available on YouTube Painter Mitch Markovitz will discuss his lifelong love of railroad art from his earliest memories of visiting the Illinois Central’s Grand Crossing station with his mother to running trains by the same […]