
January 2021
Ellen Cantor | Presentation/Reception about Mimi and her Purses
On the walls of the Griffin Museum we are excited to have Ellen Cantor, and her series, Mimi and her Purses. Cantor will be in the Griffin Zoom Room for an online conversation about her creativity, influences and the background on how the series Mimi and her Purses was created. Join us on January 21st at 7pm EST for this evening presentation. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership levels. About Read More »
Find out more »Joe Wallace Reception/Artist Talk | Day After Yesterday : Portrait of Dementia
We are thrilled to invite you to join us for a poignant, beautiful look at and conversation with Joe Wallace and his series, Day After Yesterday now hanging in the Lafayette City Center Passageway in downtown Boston. Join us on Sunday January 24th at 4pm for a conversation with Joe about his series and the beautiful portraits of people he has framed with his lens. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership Read More »
Find out more »Joe Greene | Concealed Artist Talk/Reception
Join us for a conversation with Joe Greene about his exhibition hanging on the walls of the Griffin, Concealed. Happening Thursday night January 28th at 7pm EST, Joe will discuss his creative path and how this series went from idea to vision. About the series - Concealed © Joe Greene, Glass Gun Webster defines concealed as “to place out of sight, to conceal evidence, carrying a concealed weapon, to prevent disclosure or recognition or conceal the truth”. At one time Read More »
Find out more »John Brook – Return to Riverrun | Panel with Lou Jones, Gary Samson, Jessica Roscio and Thom Adams
Join us on January 31st at 4pm EST for a special panel discussion about the life and legacy of John Brook. As part of our current exhibition, Return to Riverrun we invite you to spend a Sunday afternoon with Thomas Adams, Lou Jones, Jessica Roscio and Gary Samson. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership levels. John Brook in Context In a 1973 interview, Steven Trefonides, a Boston painter and photographer, described John Read More »
Find out more »February 2021
Artist Talk: Sama Alshaibi and Rania Matar
Rania Matar and Sama Alshaibi’s talk features the two artists discussing common and diverging themes in their respective photographic practices. Drawing on the duality of their own identities, both hailing from the Middle East and now living in the United States, their photographs intimately engage the complexity of Arab women’s representations through images. Their work explores the lives and experiences of women, through various layers of identity, social and political codes. Featured images: Gamer, Albumen print, 21 h x Read More »
Find out more »Artists Book Talk: Fran Forman – “The Rest Between Two Notes”
In this presentation, Fran Forman will describe the thinking behind her second major photobook, The Rest Between Two Notes, including the processes and the ups and downs of such a massive undertaking. This unique book was published by Unicorn in 2020. At 224 pages with 110 plates, several essays and writings and an introduction by Paula Tognarelli, it is exquisitely produced by Artron, which specializes in high-quality art books. By integrating her contemporary photography with historical periods and various settings from Read More »
Find out more »Master Class with Fran Forman: Challenging Reality with a Photo Montage (3 online sessions)
Sorry, this course is sold out. Please email sue@griffinmuseum.orgcreate new email if you'd like to be put on a waiting list or notified of future classes. The Griffin Museum offers an interactive online course (via Zoom) on creating photo montage with photographer Fran Forman. Wednesdays February 10, 17, and 24 2021 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm EST © Fran Forman - Day 23 Master Class with Fran Forman: Challenging Reality with a Photo Montage Just as a photograph can record fragments of Read More »
Find out more »John Brook | Return to Riverrun – Panel with Thomas Adams, Szari Lewis Bourque, Jean Gibran, David Herwaldt and Pat Nelson
Join us on February 14th at 4pm EST for a special panel discussion about the life and legacy of John Brook. As part of our current exhibition, Return to Riverrun we invite you to spend a Sunday afternoon with Thomas Adams, Szari Lewis Bourque, Jean Gibran, David Herwaldt and Pat Nelson. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership levels. JOHN BROOK: AN ARTIST WITH A MESSAGE At the age of 5, Read More »
Find out more »Portfolio Development and Marketing Your Work with Karen Davis (Feb/Mar 2021 – Online)
The Griffin Museum offers an interactive online class (via Zoom) regarding portfolio development and marketing your work with former Atelier instructor and gallerist Karen Davis. February - March 2021 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 Read More »
Find out more »February Photo Chat Chat | Elizabeth Libert, Xuan-Hui Ng, George Nobechi and Andy Richter
It’s time to Photo Chat Chat! Join us February 18 at 7pm Eastern in the Griffin Zoom Room for a great conversation with four very different stories. We are bringing together the talents of Elizabeth Libert, Xuan Hui Ng, George Nobechi and Andy Richter. Our Photo Chat Chat is a monthly conversation bringing together four members of the Griffin community to share their work, ideas and creativity with a broader audience. We are thrilled to bring together these artists who Read More »
Find out more »Artist Talk: Laura McPhee
In this talk, you are invited to spend an hour in conversation with Laura McPhee looking through large format landscape photographs made over the last decade or so in the American west. Laura’s photographs provoke questions about our attitudes and beliefs about the earth we inhabit, questions sometimes environmental, sometimes cultural or geographical. Made with film and a large-format view camera, the photographs envelop time, both geologic and human. A serpentine river cuts a deep meander in the land. A Read More »
Find out more »Motion Still | Boston Camera Club Virtual Artist Reception
Join us Saturday afternoon February 27th at 4pm for a celebration of the selected artists of the online exhibition Motion Still. The 68 photographs in this exhibition Motion/Still are culled from a selection of over 300 photographs submitted by 66 photographers of the Boston Camera Club (BCC). The photographers included in this exhibition are: Ron Abramov, Nancy Ahmadifar, Richard Avis, Paul Baron, Bruce Barry, Kathy Barry, Erik Beck, Cliff Berger, Julie Berson, Hannah Cai, Susan Clare, Eldad Cohen, Matt Conti, Christopher de Souza, Alison Doherty, Thea Dougenik, Yair Egozy, Cindy Esposito, Ed Esposito, Laura Ferraguto, Fern Fisher, Marc Fogel, Erik Gehring, Murielle Gerard, Marc Goldring, Anna Read More »
Find out more »March 2021
Deepening Your Photographic Practice with Emily Belz
Sorry, this class is sold out. Do you find yourself questioning: How do I continue to grow as an artist? How can I make photographs that are more intentional? How do I learn to identify and better articulate the ideas and concepts underlying my work? Is a long-term project the right fit for me? If so, this 10-week course taught by Emily Belz and her assistant, Dennis Geller, may be for you! Through photographic assignments, readings, and a few writing assignments, participants in Read More »
Find out more »Photography Atelier 34 with Molly Lamb (Online) Tuesday PM
The Photography Atelier 34 evening class is held on Tuesday evenings from 6 pm – 9 pm EST for 12 classes. See dates below. Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project building course for emerging to advanced photographers taught by Molly Lamb. Participants engage in supportive critical discussions of each other’s work and leave with a better understanding of the fine art industry and with an ability to edit, talk about and sequence their own work. The Atelier was conceived Read More »
Find out more »Photography Atelier 34 with Molly Lamb- Thursday AM (Online)
The Photography Atelier 34 morning class is held on Thursday mornings from 10 am – 1 pm EST for 12 classes. See dates below. Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project building course for emerging to advanced photographers taught by Molly Lamb. Participants engage in supportive critical discussions of each other’s work and leave with a better understanding of the fine art industry and with an ability to edit, talk about and sequence their own work. The Atelier was conceived Read More »
Find out more »Marc Goldring | At the Edge of the Pond Virtual Artist Reception
We are pleased to be showcasing the work of Marc Goldring at our satellite gallery Griffin @ WinCam. At the Edge of the Pond is in Winchester's WinCam gallery 13 February thru 16 April, 2021. Join us on Thursday March 4th at 7pm EST for an evening reception and artist talk. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership levels. About At the Edge of the Pond - I’ve been walking around Read More »
Find out more »Jason Tannen | Weegee’s Naked City
Please join Jason Tannen for this in–depth talk that delves into Weegee’s life and time and presents his incredible archive of pictures. In today’s world, with a plethora of cameras, cellphones, laptops, and tablets, it’s remarkable if any activity, noteworthy or not, fails to be recorded and posted on social media. In the 1930s and 40s however, this ability to capture the highs and lows of human existence was distilled into one notable character: Weegee. Weegee was the alias for Read More »
Find out more »Andy Mattern | Average Subject Medium Distance – Virtual Artist Talk/Reception
We are pleased to have Andy Mattern in the Griffin Zoom Room on Friday March 12th for a conversation about his creative path, and his project Average Subject / Medium Distance on the walls of the Griffin Gallery from 20 February - 26 March, 2021. Join us Friday night March 12th at 7pm for this engaging talk about creativity and photography. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership levels. About Average Read More »
Find out more »Envisioning the American Landscape – Spring 2021 – 9 sessions 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 »Camera and Vision: Begin to Create Photographs – 8 session course with Linda Haas (Spring 2021 online)
March 16 - May 11, 2021 online 8 Weekly Sessions, Tuesday Evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Eastern time) Meeting dates: March 16, 23, 30, Apr 6, 13, 27, May 4, 11 Learn the techniques you need to communicate with your camera and how to take strong, effective photographs in this beginner course. Different cameras (digital and traditional) will be addressed, and several practical demonstrations will be given during class time. Technical considerations will share time with explorations of Read More »
Find out more »March Photo Chat Chat | Vikesh Kapoor, Fazilat Soukhakian, Tokie Taylor and Victor Yanez-Lazcano
It's time again for our monthly conversation with four photographers, the Photo Chat Chat! We bring together four members of the Griffin community to share their work, ideas and creativity with a broader audience. We are thrilled to bring together these artists who have unique perspectives on creativity and the world they inhabit. Join us on March 18th at 7pm EST for a visual treat and discussion of creativity. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get Read More »
Find out more »Patricia A. Bender | Euclidean Dreams Virtual Artist Talk/Reception
Patricia Bender's Euclidean Dreams are on the walls of the Griffin's Atelier Gallery in Winchester from 20 February thru 26 March, 2021 and we are thrilled to have her in the Griffin Zoom Room on Tuesday March 23rd at 7pm EST for a special evening conversation about the exhibition and her creative journey. This event is FREE to Griffin Members. Not a Member? Get more information about our Membership levels. About Euclidean Dreams From the first day I began Read More »
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