What we have done with the 22nd Juried Show: Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition… Elizabeth Avedon juried an exhibition for the Griffin Museum’s main gallery to run through the end of August. She also assigned $4,300 in awards to different artists. Also part of the Juried Show process was to choose 4 photographers to be exhibited… [Read More]
Griffin News
The Griffin Museum is supporting Autism Awareness Month in April 2016
The Griffin is supporting national Autism Awareness Month in April 2016. In Winchester people are wearing blue, lighting their homes blue and learning about autism. This effort is sponsored by Winchester Disability Access Commission, Brio Integrated Theatre and the Winchester Multicultural Network. There is a lighting ceremony on Winchester Town Common on April 26th at… [Read More]
Photographer Erin Malone Channeling Arthur Griffin
At a recent portfolio review I met photographer Erin Malone. Her website is http://www.erinmalone.com where you can see more of her work. She showed me her portfolio “Seeking Terra Firma.” When I came to the image “Foggy Walk,” I did a double take. “You’ve been channeling Arthur Griffin,” I told her. Erin gave me a new idea of… [Read More]
Arthur Griffin’s Singular Vision at Lafayette City Center Passageway
The Griffin maintains a gallery at the Lafayette City Center Passageway in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. Arthur Griffin’s Singular Vision is on view there. Recently, as part of Art Week, the curators of the exhibit, John Lawler and Peter Griffin, did a gallery tour of the exhibit. Here is a link ( image-3096 ) to a short video… [Read More]
Arthur Griffin and the Griffin Museum in Black and White Magazine
Recently, David Best called me for an article in Black and White Magazine. We had an enjoyable conversation and the result is here. – Paula Tognarelli
Ted Williams and Arthur Griffin
Ted Williams and Arthur Griffin met in 1939; Ted was about to seize the role of Rookie of the Year, and Eastman Kodak wanted Griffin to test its new color film. Griffin was at Fenway Park with his usual assortment of equipment, working on a story, in black and white, for the Boston Globe. He… [Read More]
Arthur Griffin’s Quincy Quarry, 1938
In photography, we often refer back to Henri Cartier Bresson’s introduction of capturing the “Decisive Moment.” What constitutes this perfect moment in time…is it purely aesthetic or is it defined by the emotional impact of the image? Arthur Griffin’s Quincy Quarry taken in 1938 was featured on the cover of LIFE Magazine in August of that year…. [Read More]
Arthur Griffin’s image of Ignacy Paderewski makes an IMPRINT.
In his introduction to Arthur Griffin’s book “New England in Focus”, writer John Updike referred to his friend Arthur’s “friendly fury” that “rendered him ageless…” Here to me is an image by Arthur Griffin that really speaks to this energy that Updike makes reference. Taken on May 11, 1939 at the Boston Opera House, this image… [Read More]
Welcome to IMPRINT the Griffin Museum’s brand new monthly online communication.
Welcome to IMPRINT the Griffin Museum’s brand new monthly online communication. Here, we invite you to join us as we celebrate pioneers in photography who without question shape the way we observe and document life with our cameras. In this space through words and images our goal is to be both informative and efficient… [Read More]
