FREE

We bring this beautiful exhibition to you, and celebrate this meaningful series with an online artist talk with Melanie Walker in the Griffin Zoom Room. Join us on August 25th at 7pm Eastern Time to hear Melanie Walker discuss her work, creativity and this beautiful memento honoring her father.

August 27, 2020
7 - 9 PM Eastern Time

FREE
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 summer exhibition. Each of these artists received an Honorable Mention for their creativity.


Images top to Bottom:
© Margaret McCarthy, 2020 Women’s March
© Nancy Nichols, Self Portrait in Hospital Gown
© Dale Niles, Aunt Willies Nursing Cap
The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship seeks to recognize, encourage and reward photographers with the potential to create a body of work and sustain solo exhibitions. Awarded annually, the Scholarship provides recipients with a monetary award of $3,000, exhibition of their work at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from John’s personal library of photography books.


Image above of John Chervinsky
© L. Barry Hetherington


Submission Portal Opens
September 1, 2020
through October 4, 2020
No Entry Fee
The Scholarship seeks to provide a watershed moment in the professional lives of emerging photographers, providing them with the support and encouragement necessary to develop, articulate and grow their own vision for photography.

Jurors
Join us for a special evening with four members of the Griffin Community, showcasing a variety of styles and ideas.

Once a month we bring together four photographers to talk about their work, and inspire us all creatively. It promises to be a great conversation.

photo © Benjamin Dimmitt

September 9, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

FREE






Anne Berry, Benjamin DimmittNeelakantan Sunder and Diane Yudelson all included in the 26th Annual Members Exhibition.








© Miren Etcheverry (top)
© Nancy Baron (middle)
© Rick Ashley (bottom)


4:00 - 6:00 PM (Eastern Time)

FREE

9.5.2020 - 9.27.2020

Photography Atelier is a
12-session portfolio and project building course for emerging to advanced photographers offered through the Griffin Museum of Photography. Now in its 23rd year, the Atelier class 32 was led by photographer Meg Birnbaum with assistance from photographer Susan Green.

Kevin Belanger, Adrien Bisson, Simone Brogini, Lawrence Bruns, Julia Cluett, Edie Clifford, Miren Etcheverry, Michael Fager, Sarah Forbes, Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson, Conrad Gees, Matthew R. Kaufman, Michael King, Shelby Meyerhoff, Maria Verrier and Jeanne Widmer




Nancy Baron
9.5.2020 - 10.23.2020

In good times and bad, our best friends are there for support, therapy, and unconditional love. Especially now–where would we be without our dogs? 




Rick Ashley
9.5.2020 - 10.23.2020

The ever present dogs in Rome have always found their way into my photographs, but in the last few years the dogs have become principle actors.





© Miren Etcheverry (top)
© Nancy Baron (middle)
© Rick Ashley (bottom)

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 in the classroom. Technical considerations will share time with explorations of photographic aesthetics.
with Linda Haas (On-line)

September 22, 2020 to
November 10, 2020

8 Weekly Sessions

Tuesday Afternoon
from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST




The emphasis of this course is color photography, though black and white concerns will also be discussed. Students will need to have a camera with manual controls.
October has gone to the dogs! We are so excited to see exhibitions from Nancy Baron & Rick Ashley on the walls of the Griffin Museum.

On the walls of the Griffin Gallery is Nancy Baron’s Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home, with Rick Ashley showing his series Cani di Roma in our Atelier Gallery.

Join us online for a special event, two photographers discussing their work celebrating the fabulous fur friends that surround us and give us joy.

Sunday, October 4, 2020
7 PM Eastern Time

FREE
Saturday, 10/24/2020 
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)

Sunday, 10/25/2020 
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)


Why write about photography? Just as an image frames a visual viewpoint, analytic writing offers context and perspective, influencing how we see. Learn to view and write about

2 Sessions (online)

October 24
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM






photography more critically in this online workshop with “What Will You Remember” editors Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy.

© Cecelia Paredes, "Both Worlds"
We are thrilled to have storied Chicago gallerist Martha Schneider with us for an online conversation featuring her survey of Latin American Photography and creative photography.

With over 30 years of experience, Martha Schneider has been dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary photography, representing artists from around the world,
featuring photographers from: Argentina, Guatemala, Africa, China, Germany, and among others.

Martha Schneider was born and raised in Entre Rios, Argentina, 1941. She attended Universidad de Buenos Aires, School of Liberal Arts where she majored in Journalism and minored in Art History. Martha moved to Chicago in 1964 with her husband, Jorge Schneider, where she later created Schneider Gallery in 1985. The Gallery, originally located in Highland Park, specialized in ceramics and jewelry.


October 22, 2020
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM












Several years later, Martha moved the Gallery to the River North Gallery District and shifted her focus to contemporary photography, specializing in Latin American photography. Schneider Gallery soon became one of the United States’ top photography galleries, and showcased international and national artists for over 30 years before closing in 2019.

Martha is currently operating from home as an art consultant, and continues to actively participate in the art scene as a juror, curator, lecturer, advisor, and portfolio reviewer.

WE ARE OPENED.
APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY.
NO WALK-INS PLEASE.
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Ryan Zoghlin
".....I’ve been sailing off the beaches of Lake Michigan. ... I’ve always loved the shore. As time has marched on, I’ve noticed the increase in plastics on the beach year after year."
Lauren Ceike
"I never knew that drug bags were drug bags. I see them on the ground everywhere I go.... I always thought they were for craft supplies, hardware, buttons, etc."
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Katalina Simon

The Griffin @ WinCAM

June 2 - September 27, 2020
"The Land Beyond the Forest is an ongoing series depicting a fading way of life in rural Transylvania. This mountainous and remote region of Eastern Europe is steeped in history and lore..."
Image © Leslie Jean-Bart

July 18 - August 30, 2020

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 Kunsman, Molly Lamb, Jeff Larason, JK Lavin, Rhonda Lopez, Margaret McCarthy, Lisa McCord, Yvette Meltzer, Nancy Nichols, Dale Niles, George Nobechi, Scott Offen, Karen Olson, David Oxton, Astrid Reischwitz, Eleonora Ronconi, Susan Rosenberg Jones, Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Sara J. Winston, Geralyn Shukwit, Aline Smithson, Neelakantan Sunder, Jerry Takigawa, JP Terlizzi, Sandra Chen Weinstein, Bruce Wilson, Caren Winnall and Dianne Yudelson.

Awards

$1,500 Arthur Griffin Legacy Award

  • Leslie Jean-Bart


$1000 Griffin Award

  • Astrid Reischwitz


$500 Richards Family Trust Award

  • Bruce Wilson

We awarded 1 Director’s prize that will result in a catalog and exhibition.
  • Sarah Schorr
We have produced a catalog


$100 Honorable Mentions (10)
  • Ken Beckles
  • Christa Blackwood
  • Cody Bratt
  • Dennis Geller
  • Rachel Jessen
  • Margaret McCarthy
  • Nancy Nichols
  • Dale Niles
  • Eleonora Ronconi
  • Jerry Takigawa


We awarded 4 solo exhibitions that will take place next June and July 2021.

  • Vicky Stromee and Stefanie Timmerman

  • Vaune Trachtman and Jacqueline Walters

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We produced an online exhibition from photographs not chosen by the juror and it will run on Instagram as well. It will also run on a computer in the gallery during the exhibition. 


© Scott Offen, Grace

Scott Offen's photograph was added to the Griffin Museum of Photography's Collection as part of the 26th Juried Exhibition.
"These images have been in the making for over 50 years, representing a posthumous collaboration with my father

Melanie Walker
July 18 - August 30, 2020
and an investigation of the materiality and impermanence of the photographic object. The film emulsion has been subjected to fluctuations in temperature and moisture now barely clinging to the base it’s transparent substrate."
- MW
The Buy a Brick Program is back at the Griffin due to popular demand by our audience.

Once we have accumulated enough orders we will process a bulk order of engraved bricks to be placed into the Griffin's walkway that leads to the Winchester Rotary Terrace. There's plenty of room and we welcome your tribute inscriptions. 

  • We have closed our gallery in SoWa as well as our gallery in Stoneham in order to focus on keeping our public safe.

  • The Photoville FENCE in Winchester is set to be deinstalled on August 25th. We are grateful for our supporting partners: Photoville, the Griffin Foundation, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, Winchester Cultural Council, Mary McKenna and Associates, Winchester High School, The John and Mary Educational Foundation and the Town of Winchester. There's time to still visit. Take time out of your day to see the install video!

  • Check out our varied photo offerings on our Blog on our website.

  • We are preparing for a photography auction that will happen in mid October. A few examples of the work that will be featured in the auction will be work by photographers Shelby Lee Adams, Edie Bressler, Elsa Dorfman, Jim Dow, Harold Feinstein, Fran Forman, David Hilliard, David Levinthal, Rania Matar, Olivia Parker, Victor Raphael, Aline Smithson, John Reuter, Vaughn Sills, Harvey Stein, Joyce Tenneson, George Tice, Ernest Withers, Bradford Washburn, Bill Wegman and more. Our sincere gratitude to the photographers and collectors who are supporting the Griffin Museum of photography through this auction. A full list of auction items will be available in the coming weeks.


We are opened. Appointments are necessary. No walk ins.