The Griffin Museum is thrilled to partner with renowned lens-based artist Sal Taylor Kydd for an inspiring new workshop designed for photographers who are passionate about their craft and eager to elevate their skills with expert guidance. Over the course of six enriching weeks, you'll embark on a transformative journey to enhance your photographic storytelling... [Read More]
The Griffin Museum is thrilled to welcome creative artist Jill Enfield’s Glasshouse of New Americans to our grounds this summer. We are also pleased to present a special online conversation with the artist. Join us online on September 5th at 6:30 PM for this engaging presentation. Titled “The New Americans,” this physical display explores heritage,... [Read More]
We are pleased to host the talented lens based artist and bookmaker Laila Nahar online in the Griffin Zoom Room on Tuesday September 9th at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific for a conversation about creativity and book making. Nahar's stunning hand crafted books are in the collection of the Griffin Museum library. She will discuss... [Read More]
The Griffin is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating artists in the Photography Atelier 39 exhibition. Artists in this section are Margaret Rizzuto, Judy Katz, Francine Sherman, Georgia McGuire, Linda Bryan, Stacey Ewald, Julia Buteux, Benita Mayo, Irene Matteucci. Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project-building course for emerging to advanced photographers taught... [Read More]
The Griffin is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating artists in the Photography Atelier 39 exhibition. Artists in this section are Julie Berson, Jaina Cipriano, Janet Smith, Megan Riley, L. Jorj Lark, Donna Gordon, Craig Childs, William Feiring, Jennifer Erbe, Paul Baskett Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project-building course for emerging to... [Read More]
The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating the art of photobook making in conversation with our 15th Annual Photobook Exhibition. Join us in the Griffin Zoom Room from 7 to 8:30pm to hear from artists Diane Hemingway, Fern Nesson, Leah Abrahams and Ruth Broyde Sharone, William Harting, Greg DeLory, Mary... [Read More]
Please join us for an in person conversation with Darlene DeVita and Sarah Putnam, the creators of the People of Chelsea project. As part of our Vision(ary) program, the exhibition, People of Chelsea is now on view at the Griffin@Lafayette City Center Place. We are thrilled to have both artists in Winchester to have a... [Read More]
The Griffin Museum is proud to continue its tradition of fostering creative growth with Photography Atelier II, an advanced, project-driven course led by photographer and educator Traer Scott. This online class is designed for students who have completed Photography Atelier I and are ready to take their photographic practice to the next level. Atelier II... [Read More]
The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to present a series of artist panels celebrating artists of this year's Vision(ary). Artists featured in the third panel are Betty Young Kim, Lisa Tang Liu + James Tabor, Shaoyi Zhang, Zuya Yang, JP Terlizzi, Ngoc-Tran Vu, Joshua Holz, Stephan Jahanshahi, Adam Friedberg, Jordan Tovin, Donna Bassin. If... [Read More]
It is an honor to host Annu Palakunnathu Matthew as our keynote speaker for the 2025 New England Portfolio Review (NEPR). Her immersive approach to storytelling through still and moving images creates a visual experience that fully engages the viewer. Join us online in the Griffin Zoom Room Friday night September 26th at 7pm for... [Read More]
Join us online for a weekend on connection, creativity and education September 27th / 28th, 2025 at the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR) for portfolio reviews with curators, gallerists, museum, book and editorial professionals in the field of photography. The Griffin Museum of Photography is bringing you two days of portfolio reviews this fall.Since 2009... [Read More]
Why write about your photography? Aren’t your pictures supposed to say it all? Ideally, but written cues can offer viewers helpful entry points into your work. If you exhibit your work, preparing artist statements, project statements and biographies are necessities. If you are applying for an artist residency, a grant, or a call for entry,... [Read More]
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At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.
This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.
Artistic Purpose/Intent
Artistic Purpose/Intent
Tricia Gahagan
Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and
connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the
mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain
sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths
about the world and about one’s self.
John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;
it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship
as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can
explore the human condition.
Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as
a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established
and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative
experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan
for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the
generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the
hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing
this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something