Cultural

Performances, exhibitions, recitals, and other cultural activities or those by supporters of the arts

Artist Reception: Gathering Place | A Family Album

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host a reception celebrating the artists featured in the exhibition Gathering Place | A Family Album. Join us in person at Jenks Center to celebrate the talented artists!

On view at the Jenks Center from October 1 to January 3, 2026, the exhibition brings together photographic works that celebrate the intimate spaces and shared traditions that define family--chosen or inherited--through still-lifes, portraits, domestic scenes, or elsewhere.

© Shea Baasch© Talya Arbisser© Isaac Glimka

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Artist Talk | Francisco Gonzalez Camacho

The Griffin Museum is pleased to have Francisco Gonzalez Camacho present an online artist talk on the work in his solo exhibition, Reverting.

Join us in the Griffin Zoom Room on for this special conversation celebrating the artist and the exhibition!

Reverting reflects upon the profound material connection between the landscape and image-making, exploring environmental issues and the objectification of nature in Iceland.

Developed in Reykjavík with the SIM artist-in-residence program, this project merges photography and printmaking through material experimentation, seeking

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Artist Talk | Fruma Markowitz and Marky Kauffmann

The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to present an online artist talk with Fruma Markowitz and Marky Kauffmann, the winners of the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award and the Griffin Lens Award, as part of our 31st Annual Juried Members Exhibition juried by Ann M. Jastrab.

© Fruma Markowitz

The Arthur Griffin Legacy Award Winner - Fruma Markowitz, Hilloulah to the East andto the West

© Marky Kauffmann

The Griffin Lens Award - Marky Kauffmann, Red Cloud Dress

About the juror -

Ann M. Jastrab is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel

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Atelier 2 Online Artist Talk

The Griffin Museum is pleased to present an online artist talk celebrating the talented students of this year's Atelier 2: Tony Attardo, Judith Donath, Dena Eber, Kay McCabe, Victor Rosansky, Gordon Saperia, Lillian Shen.

Under the guidance of instructor Traer Scott, this year-long course focused on portfolio development, critique, and conversations with professional mentors, book designers, gallerists, and editors.

Join us as the artists share their projects and creative journeys!

© Dena Eber© Gordon Saperia© Tony Attardo© Kay McCabe© Judith Donath© Lillian Shen© Tira Khan©

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August Online Artist Talk | 15th Annual Photobook Exhibition

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating the art of photobook making. Join us from 7 to 8:30pm to hear from artists Irene Reti, Natalia Drachinskaya, Leah Abrahams and Ruth Broyde Sharone, Brad Hamilton, Lucia Ravens, Steve Goldband and Ellen Konar, Nancy Farese, Ellen Feldman, and Regina Anzenberger.

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The Griffin Museum recognizes the importance of photobooks. Distinct from the gallery aesthetic, photobooks offer their own visual language, often conducive to more narrative qualities and seriality than the standard on-the-wall format. We

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Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and their Families June 1 – 9, 2024

Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester.

Celebrate pride through beautiful, empowering, first-hand accounts of trans, nonbinary, and gender-fluid experiences. From Massachusetts-based Family Diversity Projects, this exhibit uses stunning photography and rich stories to challenge damaging myths and stereotypes about trans and nonbinary people, educate people about these communities, and help make the world a safer, more connected, and more empathetic place.

Authentic Selves is on view at Ripley Chapel (21 Church St, Winchester, MA), weekdays

Author Talk with Caleb Gayle

Join award-winning journalist and author Caleb Gayle for a discussion of his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, which tells the remarkable story of Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a Black state within the United States.

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