Cultural

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

Artist Reception | Manifest Destiny

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host a reception for the exhibition Manifest Destiny. Join us in-person on Saturday, January 24 to celebrate the artists Austin Bryant, Scott Connaroe, Craig Easton, Lisa Elmaleh, Rich Frishman, Drew Lewental, Vicky Sambunaris, and John Willis.

Manifest Destiny is part of a broader, year-long series of exhibitions titled State of Our Union. The four exhibitions presented in 2026 examine the United States as it celebrates its 250th anniversary--through its landscape, its culture, and its people.

© Vicky Sambunaris© Craig Easton
© Rich Frishman
© Drew

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Artist Reception | Richards Family Prize and Arnold Newman Prize

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an artist reception to celebrate the winners and finalists of the 2025 Richards Family Prize and Arnold Newman Prize, whose works are on view from December 5, 2025 to January 4, 2026.

Join us in person at the museum to celebrate artists Izabella Demavlys, C. Rose Smith, Debmalya Choudhuri, and Nzingah Oyo.

This event if FREE and open to the public.

© C. Rose Smith© Debmalya Choudhuri© Nzingah Oyo© Izabella Demavlys

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Artist Reception | Winter Solstice Exhibition 2025

Join us in person on Saturday, December 6 as The Griffin Museum is excited to host a reception celebrating the artists in our show Winter Solstice 2025. This reception offers a chance to meet the our member artists, hear their stories, and connect with our photo community.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

© Susan Collins© Michael Lynch© Suzanne Williamson© Frau Edixa© Guanhua Yao

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Artist Reception: Cheryl Clegg

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an artist reception for the exhibition Cheryl Clegg: The Endangered Lobstermen, on view at our satellite gallery in WinCam (Winchester Community Access and Media). Join us on Thursday, March 26 at WinCam to celebrate the exhibition and meet the artist!

© Cheryl Clegg© Cheryl Clegg© Cheryl Clegg© Cheryl Clegg

About the artist

Cheryl Clegg grew up in NJ, attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, receiving a BFA in Photographic Illustration and moved to Boston to start her commercial photography career. Fast forward over 30 years

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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 Reception: Landscapes of Wonder: National Parks

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an artist reception at Jenks Center to celebrate the exhibition Landscapes of Wonder: National Parks.

Landscape of Wonder offers a view into the wilderness and the vast expanse of the American landscape. The exhibition celebrates the land through the eyes of thirty-six photographers, each offering a distinct perspective on our shared environment. Together, their works form a visual conversation about scale, permanence and change, solitude and connection. The photographs ask us not only to look, but to pause--to consider our relationship with the earth

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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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