Education

This class is currently sold out. Please email donna@griffinmuseum.org to be placed on our Waitlist. The Griffin Museum is pleased to continue its legacy of fostering creative growth by offering, for the first time, Photography Atelier II with Traer Scott (Online). This portfolio and project building course will inspire students who have already completed Photography Atelier I to continue to pursue new approaches in their photographic practice, and help guide them in elevating/extending concept building, and explore new methods for continuing an existing series, or creating a new project

Sharpen your technical skills this Fall with Photoshop II taught by Sue Anne Hodges. Photoshop II will build on the tools and techniques learned in Photoshop I. This course includes advanced masking and compositing. Post production and creative techniques will be covered, including, smart objects, channels and luminosity masking, technical selections using the pen tool, frequency separation, and custom brush techniques. Each week the first half of class will begin with a review by looking at work done by the students, with a question and answer session focused on problem solving and how to

Everyone has a website. It's the landing spot for showcasding your photography and giving youraudience (and potential clients) a more indepth understanding of who you are as an artist.In this course I will talk about the most important aspects of having an inviting and engagingwebsite focused on getting people to spend time looking at your work. I will touch on whatmakes a great website both in design and clarity of purpose. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, January 30, 2025 Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold

The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to offer a monthly series of lectures highlighting the tools of the trade and conversations with industry professionals who are invested in furthering the art and careers of photographic artists with our esteemed host Stella Kramer. We have gathered a group of artists, curators and creatives to discuss how they find their way in the creative space, with best practices, ideas for growth and future artist and business development. Join us each month, between January 16, 2025 - May 15, 2025 (exact dates TBD) as we talk about new paths in creativity

In this six-session online workshop, you will be guided through your photobook's conception, creation, and completion via a print-on-demand (POD) self-publishing platform. In preparation, you should have an idea or subject for your photobook and gather a selection of jpg images you envision including. To begin, we will examine a book's structure and examples of classic and contemporary photobooks. Through weekly presentations, discussion of each project, and assignments, you will work to refine your idea (the why, what, and who); edit and sequence images; identify/compose text; and make

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 photography more critically in this online workshop with What Will You Remember editors Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy. Before Session I, participants will be given a few short samples of writing about photography which will be integrated into a two-hour, didactic slide presentation and discussion. Following this in-depth guide to clear and creative writing practices that apply to art reviews, artist statements and grant

Why write about your photography? Aren't your pictures supposed to say it all? Ideally, but written cues can offer viewers helpful entry points into your work. If you exhibit your work, artist statements, project statements and biographies are necessities. If you are applying for an artist residency, a grant or a call for entry, writing eloquently will illuminate the intention and process that sparked your imagery. The bottom line is, effective communication elevates your work. In our first session of the course, we explain best practices for starting and maintaining successful writing habits

Join us at the Griffin Museum for a presentation and walk through with photographer Yorgos Efthymiadis, discussing his series The Lighthouse Keepers, part of the exhibition Nuclear Family. © Yorgos EfthymiadisWhenever I travel back to my country, it feels like I come across a shoebox in the back of my childhood bedroom closet, full of memorabilia I didn't know were there. As soon as I open the box, an inner whisper says I will remind you of everything. There is an instant rush of fond memories of the house I grew up in by the sea and of the maze-like city I moved to when I got older. But