Critical Conversations with Parrish Dobson

In art school, critiques are a frequent and important part of growth. But after school, artists often create in isolated environments and yearn for feedback on new work. The Griffin’s critical conversations are safe, honest, and constructive opportunities to share work-in-progress with other photographers.

Bring your work in process to share with facilitator Parrish Dobson and other attendees, your questions and enough photographs to provide information for discussion with the group. The number of photographs you bring will vary depending on where you are with your project. Some at the beginning of a new project may have only 5 photographs, but please bring no more than 10. This is not a traditional one-on-one portfolio review. Come prepared to state how you would like Parrish and the group to direct their focus.

About Parrish Dobson:

Parrish Dobson has been photographing for over thirty years.  She is a skilled leader of critique sessions which are both supportive and educative. She has been guest artist at Les Tapies Summer Program in the Arts;  at the TASIS School in London;  she attended the Photography Master Retreat in France in 2017; she was one of the founding members of New England Women in Photography where she led critique sessions on numerous occasions.   Both her color and black and white work have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States. Parrish recently retired from her 30-year teaching career as a photography teacher at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols school in Boston where she helped guide many talented students to the completion of sophisticated and meaningful photographic projects in every genre of the medium.  She has a studio in Somerville and participates every year in Somerville Open Studios.

To learn more about Parrish, see her website at www.parrishdobson.com.