Events

January Member Networking Event

© Patricia Scialo, Lady of the Forest No. 1, previous attendee of Member Networking DayJoin us for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network, grow, ask questions 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. Join us Saturday January 18th from 9.30am-12pm for our roundtable peer

Jonathan Zittrain & Judith Donath - AI, Ethics and Social Media

We are honored to host a panel at the museum in Winchester on the controversial topic of Artificial Intelligence and how it intersects with creativity, critical thinking and navigating truth in visual imaging. As part of he programs supporting our exhibition Artificial Intelligence, we want to have a conversation on critical thinking in this time of widespread mis and disinformation. Join us at the museum on Thursday October 23rd at 6.30pm. We are working to secure the broadcast along with the in person event. We will provide more information as it becomes available. About our distinguished

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Katherine French Presents - Jo Sandman & A Life in Art

It is a pleasure to welcome Katherine French, Curator of the Sandman Legacy Project, to the Griffin Museum for an afternoon presentation on the works of Jo Sandman. Ms. French will speak about the decades long career and innovative creativity of Sandman, and the works on display in the exhibition, A Life in Art. Upon retirement as Director Emerita from the Danforth Art Museum in Framingham, MA, Katherine French moved to northern Vermont and is now curator for the Sandman Legacy Project helping to place work by the artist Jo Sandman in the permanent collection of museums across the country

Maine Media Workshops present a conversation with Camille Farrah Lenain

The Griffin Museum is pleased to partner with Maine Media in presenting the 2024 Recipient of the Arnold Newman Prize Camille Farrah Lenain in an online conversation about her winning series, Made of Smokeless Fire. This work will be featured in an exhibition in Winchester at the Griffin opening December 13, 2024 running through January 8, 2025. © Camille Farrah Lenain

© Camille Farrah LenainBouchta, Marseille, 2022

© Camille Farrah LenainJoin photographer Camille Farrah Lenain, recipient of the 2024 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, online for an engaging

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November Member Networking Event

© Bill Chapman, previous attendee of Member Networking day. Join us for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network, grow, ask questions 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. Join us Saturday November 16th from 9.30am-12pm for our roundtable peer-run portfolio critique

Nuclear Family | Artist Reception

Please join us for a reception on Thursday, January 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the work of Mengwen Cao, Jess T. Dugan, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Matthew Leifheit, Laurence Philomene, Anne Vetter, Matthew Finley and Kevin Bennett Moore. What makes a family? How do we define community? These fundamental questions are explored in the exhibition Nuclear Family, which re-imagines the concept of family, expanding our vision beyond traditional norms through the lens of LGBTQIA+ artists. The term traditional family often evokes a specific image: two heterosexual parents and their children. However

Our Town Photowalk & Reception

We are thrilled to invite the community of Winchester to celebrate the artists of the exhibition Our Town, highlighted through its people and place with the creativity and sense of home as seen by its residents. Join us on the Griffin Rotary Terrace on Sunday September 15th at 4pm for a conversation with the photographers of this summertime celebration of our community. This event is FREE and open to the public. © Lisa Spencer

© Manoj Sharma

© Joyce WestnerPhotographers included in this years edition are (in alphabetical order) Andi Daneliia, Mary Beth Dixon, Juliette Eno, Trish Gannon

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

Photobook Exhibition Artist Talk II

Join us for the second of three conversations with the winners of our 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition.

Juried by Karen Davis, Curator and Co-owner of Davis Orton Gallery, and Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum, the 14th Annual Photobook exhibition will showcase 48 books in our Griffin Gallery during the summer of 2024.

The Griffin Team is pleased to host the winners for a conversation discussing their books. Join us July 17th, 7-8:30pm Eastern at the Griffin Museum of Photography. Participants to be announced. Light refreshments served.

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