Education

In Conversation with Sangyon Joo: The Vision Behind Datz Press

Datz PressFounded in 2010, Datz Press is an art book publisher based in Seoul, Korea, specializing in creating, publishing, and exhibiting photography-centered books. Datz Press publications preserve and share artists' work by carefully adapting each book to best represent the artist's vision. They also serve as an alternative exhibition space for artists, fostering artistic exchange that enriches life through photography and books. Over the past fifteen years, Datz Press has published more than 90 titles, which are included in numerous private and public collections. Datz Press also operates

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In Lieu of Flowers, artist talk with Caleb Cole (Online)

The Griffin Museum is excited to offer this amazing artist talk with Boston-based artist Caleb Cole. In Lieu of Flowers is an ongoing series of memorial portraits of the trans people murdered in the United States and Puerto Rico due to transphobia, state violence, and institutional neglect. Part mourning ritual and part photograph, Cole use the roses from his garden and portraits primarily made by the subjects themselves to create a series of anthotypes, images created using photosensitive material from plants and the sun that cannot be fixed, therefore will eventually fade. This process is

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July | Coffee and Conversation - Member Networking Event

Join us for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network and get critical feedback about a body of work either in process or complete. Spend your Saturday morning with Crista Dix, Executive Director to have a conversation answering your questions about your creativity, working with institutions or other issues or ideas around photography and creativity.

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Join us Sunday July 13th from 9.30am-12pm for our round table peer-run portfolio critique group. Engage with 8 other Griffin members to network

June | Coffee and Conversation - Member Networking Event

Join us for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network and get critical feedback about a body of work either in process or complete. Spend your Saturday morning with Crista Dix, Executive Director to have a conversation answering your questions about your creativity, working with institutions or other issues or ideas around photography and creativity. © Sasha Fino© Fern NessonJoin us Saturday June 21st from 9.30am-12pm for our round table peer-run portfolio critique group. Engage with 8 other Griffin members to network

Lightroom Classic Workflow with Sue Anne Hodges (Online)

After you've made an image and it is in your computer what happens next? This is one of the most important steps in your work. Lightroom Classic Workflow 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. Over eight weeks we will be importing images with the first emphasis being on the Library Module for sorting, ranking, and

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Nuclear Family | Online Artist Panel

Join us for a fabulous panel featuring the artists of Nuclear Family. Meet us online in the Griffin Zoom Room on Thursday, February 27, at 6:30 p.m. for a conversation about challenging societal norms and celebrating the diversity of love and family structures with Mengwen Cao, Jess T. Dugan, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Matthew Leifheit, Laurence Philomene, Anne Vetter, Matthew Finley and Kevin Bennett Moore.

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papa & dada. Film Screening

An award-winning documentary about families and love. Written and Directed by Daniela Ambrosoli.

The modern idea of family is fundamentally changing. More and more same-sex couples are fulfilling their dreams of having children. This heartwarming documentary shows what it’s like raising kids with two male parents. Papa & dada was shot over a period of seven years in Italy, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Four couples discuss their desires for family, while sharing moments of their everyday lives. These families experience joys and challenges like any family might. The

Paris Photo | Crista Dix & Judith Pishnery

Paris Photo Grand PalaisParis Photo is shaping up to be the best fair yet in 2024, and the Griffin Museum is offering an exclusive guided tour. Join us in November and gain fresh perspective into what's trending in contemporary lens-based art with the Griffin Museum of Photography at Paris Photo. This exclusive trip is an incredible way to experience the vibrant, creative, photographic culture of Paris, and gain insight into the current trends in collecting and creating fine art photography. Join Executive Director Crista Dix and photographer and educator Judith Pishnery on a week long