Join us April 5 – 7, 2024 online for portfolio reviews with curators, gallerists, museum, book and editorial professionals in the field of photography. The Griffin Museum of Photography and the Photographic Resource Center (PRC) are once again teaming up to bring you two days of portfolio reviews this spring.

Since 2009 NEPR has been co-produced by the Griffin Museum and the PRC with the mission of bringing reviewers and photographers together from New England and beyond for two days of discussion, networking, and gaining fresh perspective on one’s work. NEPR serves photographers who are just embarking on their careers, and more established photographers, all hoping to reach new audiences and gain fresh perspective on their work. The online format allows for an expansion of participants in volume and in location including reviewers such as gallerists, book publishers, museum professionals, critics, educators and advisors from all over the world who provide guidance and potential opportunities to grow artist practices.

The April 5th Keynote Speaker is Accra Shepp, photographer and writer, based in New York where he teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Shepp’s images have been exhibited worldwide in galleries and museums such as the African American Museum, Philadelphia, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Whitney Museum and the Brooklyn Museum just to name a few. His work is the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and other institutions, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times and the New York Review of Books.

Each participant will have five (5) 20 minute reviews in either a morning session (9.00am to 12pm) or the two afternoon sessions 12pm – 3pm or 3pm – 6pm (Eastern Time Zone)

NEPR 2024 REGISTRATION INFORMATION HERE

There will be a waiting list. If you miss the open registration you can be contacted if a slot opens up.

If you are looking to tune up your portfolio, we have a weekend workshop with Executive Director Crista Dix happening March 2-3, 2024 more details and registration here.

Morning Session  |  9.00 am  to 12pm    

Afternoon Session |  12pm – 3.00 pm / 3pm – 6pm (Eastern Time Zone)

Below is the list of reviewers. This is subject to change.

Museum Professionals, Curators and Non Profit Spaces

David DeMelim, Founder and Managing Director, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI

Muema Lombe & Frank Yamrus, Exhibition Committee, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

Shana Lopes, Assistant Curator of Photography, SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA

Ben McBride, Assistant Curator, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX

Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL

C. Meier, Exhibitions Manager, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR

Michael Pannier, Founder & Director SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC

Carolyn Russo, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC

Gallerists

Mia Dalglish, Curator, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN

Arlette Kayafas, Owner, Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA

Paul Kopeikin, Owner, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Geoffrey Koslov, Koslov Larsen Gallery, Houston, TX

Susan Spiritus, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Irvine, CA

Lisa Woodward, Curator, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN

Independent Consultants

Elizabeth Avedon, Designer, Curator & Writer, New York, NY

Alyssa Ortega Coppelman, Independent Photo Editor & Photobook Consultant, Austin, TX

Sarah Leen, Co-founder, Visual Thinking Collective, East Boothbay, ME

Mary Virginia Swanson, Independent Author, Educator, & Advisor, Tucson, AZ

Independent Curators

Steven Duede, Aspect Initiative, Boston, MA

Joanne Yang, Independent Curator, Seoul, Korea

Publishing 

Caleb Cain Marcus, Design Director, Luminosity Lab, Brooklyn, NY

Magazine Publishing

Gail Fletcher, Photo Editor, The Guardian, New York, NY

Daniel George, Lenscratch Submissions and Content Editor, LENSCRATCH, Los Angeles, CA

Michael Kirchoff, Analog Forever Magazine, Los Angeles, CA

Bree Lamb, Managing Editor, Fraction Magazine, Albuquerque, NM

Lia J. Latty, Founder, Black Is Magazine, Baltimore, MD

Laura Sackett, Art Director, LensCulture, Netherlands

Elin Spring, What Will You Remember, Boston, MA

Dana Stirling, Co-founder and Editor, Float Magazine, Queens, NY

Artists & Educators

Erin Carey, Educator, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, MA

Cathy Cone, Cone Editions, East Topsham, VT

Donna Garcia, Artist & Director of Education and Programs, Griffin Museum and Atlanta, GA

Andrew Mroczek, Director of Exhibitions, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA

We want to thank our generous sponsor, Digital Silver Imaging, for their continued support of our community of artists.