John Chervinsky Award Winner | Justin Michael Emmanuel Artist Talk

We are thrilled to have the 2021 John Chervinsky Scholarship Award Winner Justin Michael Emmanuel in the Griffin Zoom Room on Thursday November 10th, at 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific for a conversation about his series Facefull of Mangoes.

This event is FREE to Griffin Museum members. $10 for Non Members. Interested in Membership and its benefits? See more about what the Griffin offers here.

The Griffin Museum of Photography announces the 2021 John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship, Justin Michael Emmanuel.

His series A Facefull of Mangos captivated this years jury to earn him a monetary award, exhibition and artist talk at the Griffin Museum as well as a volume from the collection of photographer John Chervinsky.

Now in its sixth year, over 171 photographers submitted applications to be considered for the scholarship. The jurors, Tricia Capello, Bruce Myren and Connie and Jerry Rosenthal have selected Justin Michael Emmanuel as the 2021 recipient of the John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship.

About Justin Michael Emmanuel –

Born in Hartford, CT, in 1995, Justin-Michael Emmanuel is a mixed media artist that primarily uses photography and the written word to explore ideas of family, love, and blackness. Justin was first exposed to photography in 2015 during his time at Hampshire College where he received both the David E. Smith and Elaine Mayes fellowship awards for his photographic work on Afrofuturism. He then completed a master of fine arts degree at the University of Hartford Art School in 2021 where he also won the Stanley Fellman Award for his graduate thesis work A Facefull of Mangos. Photographs from that series have been included in group exhibitions at the Chrysler Museum of Art, The Center for Photographers of Color, and the Joseloff Gallery. Justin currently resides in Quincy, MA, where he continues to make photographs that critically engage with his community. By using the camera to show our human aptitude to love, Justin hopes that his photographs will help give people the tools they need to shape the world around them.