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We Got the Grant!!

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THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY is thrilled to announce the award of a $60,000 Cummings Foundation Grant!

The Cummings Foundation Artist Residency

Winchester, MA – The Griffin Museum of Photography is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a generous grant from the Cummings Foundation to support artist residencies over the next three years. This funding will enable the museum to provide exceptional opportunities for emerging and established photographers of diverse backgrounds to pursue their creative endeavors and engage with the local community in Winchester.

The Griffin Museum is one of 150 local nonprofits that will share in $30 million through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The Winchester based organization was selected from a total of 630 applicants during a competitive review process. It will receive $60,000 over the next three years.

The Cummings Foundation, renowned for its commitment to supporting local organizations, has once again demonstrated its unwavering dedication to the arts. Their belief in the transformative power of photography and their commitment to fostering artistic growth align perfectly with the Griffin Museum’s mission to cultivate an appreciation and understanding of the art of photography.

The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program primarily supports Massachusetts nonprofits that are based in and serve Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties.

The majority of the grant decisions were made by about 90 volunteers. They worked across a variety of committees to review and discuss the proposals and then, together, determine which requests would be funded. Among these community volunteers were business and nonprofit leaders, mayors, college presidents, and experts in areas such as finance and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion).

“It would not be possible for the Foundation to hire the diversity and depth of expertise and insights that our volunteers bring to the process,” said Vyriotes. “We so appreciate the substantial time and thought they dedicated toward ensuring that our democratized version of philanthropy results in equitable outcomes that will really move the needle on important issues in local communities.”

The Foundation and volunteers first identified 150 organizations to receive three-year grants of up to $225,000 each. The winners included first-time recipients as well as nonprofits that had previously received Cummings grants. Twenty-five of this latter group of repeat recipients were then selected by a volunteer panel to have their grants elevated to 10-year awards ranging from $300,000 to $1 million each.

This year’s grant recipients represent a wide variety of causes, including housing and food insecurity, workforce development, immigrant services, social justice, education, and mental health services. The nonprofits are spread across 46 different cities and towns.

Cummings Foundation has now awarded $480 million to greater Boston nonprofits. The complete list of this year’s 150 grant winners, plus nearly 1,500 previous recipients, is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.

Through this grant, the Griffin Museum of Photography will be able to invite artists of typically underrepresented identities to reside within our organization for a designated period. These artist residencies will provide photographers with a unique platform to experiment with innovative ideas, and explore pertinent issues in the contemporary world.

The financial support from the Cummings Foundation will ensure that the Griffin Museum can provide these artists with essential resources and tools during their residencies. From access to equipment, competitive honoraria, and per diems, the artists will have everything they need to realize their artistic visions.

“We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Cummings Foundation for their extraordinary generosity and commitment to the arts,” said Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography. “This grant will empower us to nurture the talents of photographers, connecting them with the Winchester community, through education and visual literacy programs. We are currently in the midst of making artist selections, and are thrilled to hear from new voices and amplify them by way of our amazing museum’s platform.”

The Griffin Museum of Photography is eager to embark on this exciting journey made possible by the Cummings Foundation’s support. The residencies will not only enrich the artistic practices of the participating photographers but will also contribute to the cultural landscape of our local community and beyond.

About the Cummings Foundation

Woburn-based Cummings Foundation, Inc. was established in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings of Winchester, MA and has grown to be one of the largest private foundations in New England. The Foundation directly operates its own charitable subsidiaries, including New Horizons retirement communities, in Marlborough and Woburn, and Cummings Health Sciences, LLC. Additional information is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.

Collaborations | Caleb Cole & Jesseca Ferguson

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Collaborations, our special print program features creative photographic artists partnering to imagine and produce a one of a kind print to support the Griffin Museum of Photography. We started the program last year, bringing artists together, combining their talents and creativity, to create unique prints, with the funds raised from your purchase benefitting the museum, its education, programs and exhibitions.

We are honored to see the next available print in the program from Boston based artists Caleb Cole and Jesseca Ferguson.

man on the moon
Contemplating the Moon, 2023
Caleb Cole and Jesseca Ferguson

Contemplating the Moon, 2023

Caleb Cole and Jesseca Ferguson

Digital collage from found photograph and handmade cyanotype artist book

Archival Pigment Print

7.2×9 inch image on 8.5×11 inch paper

edition of 20 with 2 AP’s $250

Purchase the print here, or contact the museum to reserve your edition.

Caleb Cole is a Midwest-born, Boston-based artist whose work addresses the opportunities and difficulties of queer belonging, as well as aims to be a link in the creation of that tradition, no matter how fragile or ephemeral or impossible its connections. They were an inaugural resident at Surf Point Residency and have received an Artadia Finalist Award, Hearst 8×10 Biennial Award, 3 Magenta Flash Forward Foundation Fellowships, and 2 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 awards, among other distinctions. Caleb exhibits regularly at a variety of national venues and has held solo shows in Boston, New York, Chicago, and St. Louis, among others. Their work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Newport Art Museum, Davis Art Museum, Brown University Art Museum, and Leslie Lohman Museum of Art. Caleb is represented by Gallery Kayafas, Boston.

Jesseca Ferguson works at the intersection of 19th century handmade photographic processes, collage, and artist books. Her work is held in over twenty public collections in the US and abroad. US collections include the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA; Columbia University Libraries, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York, NY; and New Mexico History Museum, Pinhole Resource Collection, Santa Fe, NM. International collections include Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, France; Museum of the History of Photography, Kraków, Poland; and The Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, England. Her artistic and curatorial projects have been supported by Art Matters, Inc., the Trust for Mutual Understanding (twice), and MacDowell, among others. Her images and photo-objects have been published in numerous books, catalogues, and articles on handmade photography in the US and abroad.
Jesseca lives and works in a co-operative live-work artist building located in the Fort Point area of Boston, MA. She holds undergraduate degrees from Harvard University and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She received her MFA from Tufts University (in conjunction with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). An artist who has had a career as an educator, she has taught courses/workshops and been a visiting artist at Boston-area art schools including Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, Clark University, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA@Tufts).

Picturing the Future 2021

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Picturing the Future 2021

The Griffin Museum presents the 2021 Picturing the Future benefit print sale happening October 15 through October 31st. Preview begins October 6th.

The Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts, along with photography creatives from across the United States invite you to add new photographic works to your collection. The Picturing the Future Benefit Auction brings together forty prints from emerging and established artists with sales benefiting the Griffin’s educational programs, exhibitions and operations.

We are thrilled to be part of a community of photographic artists who are supporting the Griffin by donating their time and creative work to help sustain the Museum. This special event will be a silent auction via the auction platform GiveSmart and will be available for viewing all over the world. There will be images that will excite both seasoned photography collectors, as well as those just starting to collect. Prints will be affordable and the proceeds will help support the Griffin and enhance our programming. Participation in the auction is free, and the auction items will be on view for one week prior to bidding.

Preview of the works opens on October 6th – October 15th, with bidding available starting October 16th – October 31st.

To preview and bid on the works in Picturing the Future the link is here PTF2021.givesmart.com

The Griffin Museum of Photography is a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the art of photography. Through our many exhibitions, programs and lectures, we strive to encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of the visual, emotional and social impact of photography.

Forty prints spanning a wide spectrum of photographic genres will be available. Original photographs will be available from established photographic luminaries such as John Paul Caponigro, Harold Feinstein, Fran Forman, David Hilliard, Lou Jones, David Levinthal, Vaughn Sills, Joyce Tenneson, Bradford Washburn, Ernest Withers and so many more.

We are also pleased to introduce you to works from the next generation of creative artists, Granville Carroll, Raymond Thompson Jr, JP Terlizzi, Sal Taylor Kydd among others.

For additional information about how you can participate in this incredible auction of photographic works, please contact the Griffin Museum at 781.729.1158 or by email contact Crista Dix, Associate Director at crista@griffinmuseum.org.

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