Events

© Larry Smukler, participant 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. As part of our Griffin birthday celebration - join us Saturday September 14th from 9.30am-12pm for our

As part of our Photobook Month series of events, we are thrilled to have an online conversation between Skylark Edition's Kelli Connell and Melissa Ann Pinney talking about their collaboration on the book, In Their Own Light.

In Their Own Light: Photographs from Chicago Public Schools relates the story of Melissa Ann Pinney's five-year artist residency in Chicago Public Schools, from a largely White elementary school to several mostly Black and Latinx high schools. When Pinney began this work in 2018, she had no idea of what was to come. Here, we see how the project evolved and shifted as

The Griffin Museum is thrilled to announce our Summer Artist / Mentor in Residence for 2024 is Eddie Soloway. Eddie will be at the Griffin Museum (in-person) July 14th and 15th for one day dedicated to a MasterClass, and one day for individual, one-on-one mentoring sessions.

Day 1 - Eyes Wide Open: The Joy of Nature Photography (In-Person MasterClass)

Give yourself a day--one day full of photographic sessions, from 10am to 4pm--to honor your creative self. Bring back the joy and wonder of being in nature, and holding a camera in your hand. Learn how to make pictures that soar past

Discover how to create and compose meaningful images, and tell a compelling story through your photos. Learn the fundamentals of lighting, how lighting impacts composition and the approach to creating strong frames for your photographs. Explore art direction with colors, props and locations to infuse story, self and symbolism into your work. The use of any camera that reflects your voice is encouraged -- equipment may include SLR's, DSLR's, point & shoot cameras, instant film or phones.

INSTRUCTOR: Meghan Ireland

DATE & TIME: Six week course, Mondays, July 23- August 27, 2024, 3pm-5pm

The Griffin Museum is pleased to present an evening with photographer Susan Weiss, the creative artist behind her new monograph, The Orchard.

Join us on Thursday November 7th, starting at 6.30pm at the museum in Winchester for a presentation by Weiss, with a book signing following the talk. Books will be on hand for purchase at this event. THE ORCHARD is the photographic study, created in an abstract manner, of an apple orchard in Vermont. Photographed over a two year period, 2020-2022, through all seasons, the images reveal seasonal changes as well as evoke emotional states of the

Join us Saturday July 20th at 2pm in the Griffin Museum for a special conversation with featured artist Suzanne Theodora White. Her exhibition, Dry Stone, No Sound of Water, is on the walls of our Atelier Gallery through August 28th. She will be discussing the ideas behind the work, and her technique in how the work is produced. Suzanne will also be available to sign her catalog, available in the museum shop.

A catalog of works has been produced and is now available in the Griffin Museum shop in Winchester and online.

This event is FREE and open to the public

About Suzanne

This two day, 9-hour weekend workshop starts with a Friday afternoon Zoom session todiscuss concepts and strategy for a fun-filled evening of advanced night landscape imagecreation. Content includes the basics of astro-landscape photography and light painting.Under the creative and technical direction of the instructor, students will then meet onlocation and spend that Friday evening creating astro-landscape photos with star points, MilkyWay, star trails, cloud streaks and a crescent moon set, supported by light painting in a dark,natural location. The class will reconvene on Sunday morning at

Join us for an in-person artist talk with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb! We will begin the evening with a lecture, followed by a book signing and reception. The Webbs, who've published more than 20 books between them, will show a selection of work from both their individual and collaborative projects. Alex will present work from La Calle, a book of 30 years of his photographs from Mexico, and Rebecca will show work from her third book, My Dakota, and her new hybrid poetry book, A Difficulty Is a Light, punctuated by 15 of her photographs (Chose Commune, Fall 2024). They will also present

Urban night photography is a popular way of expanding a skyline portfolio and a person's skill set. Photographing the world at night portraits our surroundings quite literally in a very different light and usually mundane places like bridges, buildings and streets become colorful displays. Time and motion recorded in long exposures add intrigue and a dimension not usually seen in still photography. Urban night photos require a balance of highlights from a multitude of sources and deep shadows, which becomes a rewarding challenge needing different approaches compared to naturally moonlit scenes

Join us on Saturday afternoon for a walk around the Vision(ary) exhibition with the creative artists and storytellers and celebrate with a reception following the walk through Winchester. Meet the talented photographers whose stories fill the downtown area.

© Sandy HIll

© Susan Lapides

© Cheryl Clegg

Vision(ary) fills the streets with vibrant photography telling stories of the community and environment that surrounds them and in turn now we can be part of a global society.

Artists featured in Vision(ary) - Tracy Barbutes, Tianqiutao Chen, Jaina Cipriano, Cheryl Clegg