The Griffin Museum of Photography
July 2020
Portfolio Review Strategy and Simulation Workshop with Paula Tognarelli (Online) July 11-12
A 2-day workshop via Zoom. July 11, 2020, 10:00am - 5:00pm July 12, 2020 10:00am - 4:00pm Portfolio Reviews can be frightening if you have never participated in a review. Our aim at the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR) is to take away the fears and provide the tools and confidence to navigate any review session with any reviewer. This two-day workshop is designed to help you prepare and practice for your portfolio sessions. Through practice sessions of actually engaging Read More »
Find out more »Photo Chat Chat – July 2020 (Online)
It’s the July installment of our series of photographers on photography, Photo Chat Chat! Join our moderator Julie Williams-Krishnan and our photographers as they discuss their creativity across a broad spectrum of photographic styles and ideas. We are thrilled to present four photographers from our Annual Juried Show. © Yorgos Efthymiadis, "Rusty Door" Yorgos Efthymiadis presenting work from his series The Place I Want to Take You. © Leslie Jean-Bart, "The Prayer" Leslie Jean-Bart, our Arthur Griffin Legacy Award Read More »
Find out more »Reception (online) -26th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition
26th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition Juried Photographers July 18 – August 30, 2020 Join us for an online reception for the 26th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition! Please register in advance below. The sixty photographers that will participate in the 26th Juried Exhibition are: Terry Barczak, Ken Beckles, Anne Berry, Jen Bilodeau, Christa Blackwood, Sally Bousquet, Cody Bratt, Judy Brown, Annette Burke, Jo Ann Chaus, Sarah Christianson, Richard Cohen, Cathy Cone, Margo Cooper, Benjamin Dimmitt, Yvette Marie Dostani, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Madge Evers, Nicholas Fedak II, Fehmida Chipty, Dennis Geller, Carol Glauber, Kylie Harrigan, Bootsy Holler, Leslie Jean-Bart, Rachel Jessen, Paul Johnson, Loli Kantor, BK Kelley, Lee Kilpatrick, Sandra Klein, David Kulik, Eric Read More »
Find out more »Workshop: Text + Image: Shifting Perceptions with Alexa Dilworth and Aline Smithson (Online)
The Griffin Museum of Photography is delighted to offer this workshop with two photography powerhouses, Alexa Dilworth and Aline Smithson, as part of our programming to accompany the 26th Annual Juried Members Exhibition. Text + Image: Shifting Perceptions examines the relationships between images and texts in a photobook or as part of a photographic project. Words create another layer of description, sometimes as a respite from images and sometimes as a way of elevating and complicating photographs. The skillful combination of Read More »
Find out more »Online: Portfolio Development and Marketing Your Work With Karen Davis (Summer 2020)
The Griffin Museum offers an interactive online class regarding portfolio development and marketing your work with former Atelier instructor and gallerist Karen Davis. July-August 2020 Portfolio Development and Marketing Your Work With Karen Davis This interactive online course will provide you with guidance in a supportive environment as you develop your fine art photography portfolio and create essential documents and materials to prepare you to market and exhibit your work. Presentations, exercises and instructor-led, group critiques will help you refine Read More »
Find out more »Curators’ Talk: Alexa Dilworth and Paula Tognarelli Discuss the 26th Annual Juried Members Exhibition (Online)
We invite you to join us for a special online walkthrough and conversation between creative forces showcasing our 26th Annual Members Juried Exhibition. Our Executive Director, Paula Tognarelli, and the Curator of our 26th Member's Exhibition, Alexa Dilworth discuss the concepts and creativity behind the choices Ms. Dilworth made to create this beautiful show. Spanning the United States, the selected artists live from coast to coast and everywhere in between. Many will be joining us from their home, and be Read More »
Find out more »Reception (Online): From Single Image to Sequence
This online exhibition features the photographs of ten artists who have spent the last 15 weeks together as part of the Griffin Museum’s workshop From Single Image to Sequence taught by Emily Belz with assistance from Dennis Geller. As the state of Massachusetts shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, these artists met online to share and critique their images, pictures that explored topics ranging from family history and ancestry, to self portraits and still lifes, to the empty streets of Read More »
Find out more »Portfolio Review Strategy and Simulation Workshop with Paula Tognarelli (Online)
A 2-day workshop via Zoom. July 25, 2020, 10:00am - 5:00pm July 26, 2020 10:00am - 4:00pm Portfolio Reviews can be frightening if you have never participated in a review. Our aim at the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR) is to take away the fears and provide the tools and confidence to navigate any review session with any reviewer. This two-day workshop is designed to help you prepare and practice for your portfolio sessions. Through practice sessions of actually engaging Read More »
Find out more »August 2020
2020 Member’s Exhibition | Christa Blackwood, Cody Bratt & Eleonora Ronconi in conversation
We are thrilled to present three artists from our 26th Annual Members Exhibition, curated by Alexa Dilworth. Join us for a great conversation between three talented artists, Christa Blackwood, Cody Bratt & Eleonora Ronconi. Each artist will be talking about their creative path, and discuss the image that Alexa selected for inclusion in our summer exhibition. Each of these artists received an Honorable Mention for their creativity. © Christa Blackwoord, "Boy Play, Blake with Roses" Christa Blackwood Read More »
Find out more »August (Online) Photo Chat Chat | Members Exhibition Edition
It is Photo Chat Chat time! This is our 26th Member's Juried Exhibition Edition, showcasing four of our Honorable Award winners. These images captured the eye of the our juror, Alexa Dilworth. Ken Beckles, Dennis Geller, Rachel Jessen and Jerry Takigawa are the featured artists in this edition of the chat. Each artist has a 10 minute presentation then a q&a follows the presentations. © Ken Beckles, "Blue Green" Ken Beckles © Dennis Geller, "Mists of Time" Dennis Read More »
Find out more »Artist Talk: John Willis – Combining Social Documentary Photography and Community Engagement (Online)
Historically there are many easily arguable reasons photographers should choose to make work of their own lives rather than tell stories of others. During divisive times, I struggle to find means of acknowledging my place and respecting others. At the same time, I want to learn while broadening my horizons and collaborating with others to build bridges between communities, while still respecting ethical processes and storytelling. This talk will attempt to share my thinking while showing some of the project work I have produced, Read More »
Find out more »Envisioning The American Landscape – 9-Session Course (online)
Envisioning The American Landscape is a 9-session program designed for photographers who are interested in initiating, or currently working on, a body of work related to our relationship with the land - rural, urban, or suburban. The topic is intentionally broad to include diverse voices within a common theme. The American Landscape has been considered variously as a providential gift, a mythic wilderness, a spiritual embodiment, or a spiritless object to be tamed and exploited. It has been worshipped, built Read More »
Find out more »2020 Member’s Exhibition | McCarthy, Nichols & Niles in Conversation
This is our second in a series of conversations we have with the talented artists from our Members Exhibition on the walls until the end of August. We are thrilled to present three artists from our 26th Annual Members Exhibition curated by Alexa Dilworth. Join us for a great conversation between three talented artists, Margaret McCarthy, Nancy Nichols and Dale Niles. Each artist will be talking about their creative path, and discuss the image that Alexa selected for inclusion in our Read More »
Find out more »September 2020
Lightroom Classic Workflow – 8 session course with Sue Anne Hodges (Fall 2020) – Online (Morning)
After you’ve made the image, what happens once the image is in your computer is one of the most important steps in your work. Adobe Lightroom will help you get the most out of your images and create an organized workflow. The first class will start with planning your workflow including a discussion of best procedures, guidelines for folder structure, creating a back up system, and the initial set up of preferences and settings for your Lightroom catalog. In the Read More »
Find out more »Lightroom Classic Workflow – 8 session course with Sue Anne Hodges (Fall 2020) – Online (Evening)
We have 4 spaces available for this class! Contact us at the museum for more information and to purchase a spot. We added a daytime class from 10 am - 1 pm ET on the same dates! After you’ve made the image, what happens once the image is in your computer is one of the most important steps in your work. Adobe Lightroom will help you get the most out of your images and create an organized workflow. The first Read More »
Find out more »Advanced Photography Critique with Emily Belz (Fall 2020)
“It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it’s where their work comes from, although its arrival signals the beginning of the long disciplined process of making it their own”—Rebecca Solnit This class is designed for advanced photographers who have taken the Atelier at the Griffin multiple times (or its equivalent). Meeting approximately every other week, this critique-based class is for students who want to deepen their practice and are working on Read More »
Find out more »Atelier 33 – Tuesday Evening Class (Online)
The Atelier class is held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Eastern (online) or Thursday mornings from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Eastern (at the Griffin Museum if allowed, or online if Covid-19 restrictions still apply) for 12 classes each. See dates below. Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project building course for emerging to advanced photographers taught by Meg Birnbaum and her Teaching Assistant. Participants engage in supportive critical discussions of each other’s work and leave with Read More »
Find out more »Atelier 33 – Thursday Morning Class (In-Person if possible, Online otherwise )
The Atelier class is held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Eastern (online) or Thursday mornings from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Eastern (at the Griffin Museum if allowed, or online if Covid-19 restrictions still apply) for 12 classes each. See dates below. Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project building course for emerging to advanced photographers taught by Meg Birnbaum and her Teaching Assistant. Participants engage in supportive critical discussions of each other’s work and leave with Read More »
Find out more »Photoville FENCE in Winchester
The Photoville FENCE is coming to Winchester from June 20, 2020 until September 27, 2020. Coming to see the Fence? Print out the map and artist locations before you come. This 8th edition of The Photoville FENCE in Winchester is unlike any past exhibition of this year-round public photography project, including the exhibitions we and others have presented on the fences of SoWA and around Boston over the years. This exhibition will take the form of Photo-Xs with a 10-foot diameter, Read More »
Find out more »October 2020
Monthly Mentoring and Critique Program with Vaughn Sills (October 2020-May 2021)
This mentoring and critique program is for photographers deeply engaged in their work and looking for a place to discuss their images and ideas in depth and define their goals and how to reach them. Participants will get to know each other and their colleagues’ work, critique new work at each meeting, and help each other make the most of their strengths in photography. The group will be led by Vaughn Sills, who has taught photographers at all levels to Read More »
Find out more »All sales are final on products purchased through the Griffin Museum. Participant cancellation of a program/lecture/class will result in a full refund only if notice of cancellation is given at least 2 weeks before the date of the event.
