Events

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

Laila Nahar | A Creative Journey

We are pleased to host the talented lens based artist and bookmaker Laila Nahar online in the Griffin Zoom Room on Tuesday September 9th at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific for a conversation about creativity and book making. Nahar's stunning hand crafted books are in the collection of the Griffin Museum library. She will discuss her path as a photographer, and as a bookmaker and how her background shaped her artistic journey. Nahar will talk about her book-making process featuring a selection of books.

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Light, Legacy & the Lumen: A Workshop with A Yellow Rose Project

A Yellow Rose Project founders and participants invite you to join us for a one-day, in-person workshop at the Griffin Museum, where you will harness light and material to create unique photographic prints using the lumen print technique and the 19th Amendment as inspiration for subject matter.

Two weeks prior to the workshop participants will receive an invitation email with warm up writing prompts as well as directives to thoughtfully gather personal objects to make one of a kind prints.

On the day, you will be given a short lecture on A Yellow Rose Project and we will talk about

Miles, Music & Memories: An Evening with Henry Horenstein -- Artist Talk, Book Signings & Film Screening

The Griffin Museum is thrilled to welcome celebrated photographer Henry Horenstein for an unforgettable in-person evening of stories, images, and film.

Program Highlights:

- Artist Talk & Book Presentation -- Celebrate the launch of Miles and Miles of Texas and the 20th anniversary reprint of Honky Tonk.- Film Screening -- Enjoy Spoke, a 20-minute short capturing the spirit of the open road and the communities Henry has encountered.

Miles and Miles of Texas is a personal nod to Lone Star culture, history, landscape, and most of all, the people I met along the way--'some of the

More than a Blueprint: A Hands-On Cyanotype Workshop with Edie Bresler

A special program led by A Yellow Rose Project artist Edie Bresler

A Yellow Rose Project participant, Edie Bresler, invites you to join us for a two-day, in-person workshop at the Griffin Museum, where you'll step into the luminous, blue-toned world of cyanotype printing. Whether you're a photographer, printmaker, or curious creative, this hands-on experience offers a unique opportunity to explore one of photography's oldest and most enchanting alternative processes.

Traditionally a lensless technique, cyanotypes use only chemistry, sunlight, and time. You'll learn how to coat paper

NEPR | Preparing for Portfolio Reviews with Crista Dix

20 minutes for an introduction to you and your work goes by quickly. We'd like to see you put your best foot forward. This is a weekend workshop to support your strategy for success. As part of our New England Portfolio Reviews held in the fall, we offer this weekend workshop to help ease the pressure of the reviews. Whether you are a seasoned attendee, or if this is your first review, this workshop filled with information including the value of research, conversational practice and the confidence of your preperation will help you navigate the portfolio review world.

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New England Portfolio Reviews | NEPR

Join us online for a weekend on connection, creativity and education September 27th / 28th, 2025 at the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR) for portfolio reviews with curators, gallerists, museum, book and editorial professionals in the field of photography. The Griffin Museum of Photography is bringing you two days of portfolio reviews this fall.Since 2009 NEPR has been produced by the Griffin Museum with the mission of bringing reviewers and photographers together from New England and beyond for two days of discussion, networking, and gaining fresh perspective on one's work. NEPR serves

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Nick Ortoleva Artist Recption

Join us at the Griffin @ WinCam on Thursday June 5th for a special reception for Nick Ortoleva, showcasing his series, to you from seoul, on the walls of WinCam through June 28, 2025 Nick Ortoleva (b. Seoul, Korea) grew up in Central Massachusetts and currently resides in Boston. He received a BFA in Photography from MassArt (24'). Ortoleva uses the camera to shape a fragmented narrative that often reflects on personal experiences and relationships with the communities where he has found kinship. He frequently revisits stories passed down through family, as he continues to write a memoir of

November Members' Mingle!

This evening is all about you, our members, whose passion and support make everything we do possible. Our Members Mingle is about connecting with fellow photography enthusiasts, sharing your inspiration, and participating in the vibrant energy that makes the Griffin Museum such a special place. And what better way to celebrate you than being with other members and seeing the work of the Yellow Rose Project exhibition! Eat, drink and be merry! Get ready for an evening of connection, inspiration, and of course, great photography.

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October | 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 Sunday morning with Crista Dix, Griffin Museum's Executive Director to have a conversation answering your questions about your creativity, working with institutions or other issues or ideas around photography and creativity.

© Lyn Swett Miller© Peg O'connell© Steve Genatossio

Join us Sunday October 12th from 9.30am-12pm for our round table peer-run portfolio critique group. Engage