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In Conversation: Kris Graves and Jon Henry | Stranger Fruit

As a part of Photobook Month, join us in the Griffin Zoom Room for an evening with Kris Graves and Jon Henry as they discuss their collaboration, Stranger Fruit. Learn about their collaboration and their own photographic ventures since. Reserve your spot below.

Stranger Fruit has been released as a monograph through Monolith Editions/Kris Graves Projects. The first edition has sold out but the preorder for the second edition can be found here.

Stranger Fruit was created in response to the senseless murders of black men across the nation by police violence. Even with smart

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Invoking the Infinite Possibility of Tiny Planets with Matt Hill (Online)

Are you ready to fit the whole world into a single photo?

Spherical Panoramas (a.k.a tiny planets or photospheres) are part of our everyday life, including street view in Google Maps, online realty listings and most recently the advent of Apple's Vision Pro virtual reality computer headset. Yet one application of this practice has proven to be especially attractive to artistic photographers around the world, the 2D stereographic projection commonly known as Tiny Planets.

When applied as an art form the 360º x 180º view of a location becomes a 2D square, circular or rectangular frame

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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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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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Photobook Exhibition Artist Talk I

Join us for the first 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.

In honor of Photobook Month in May, the Griffin Team is pleased to host the winners for a conversation discussing their books on Zoom. Join us June 25th, 7-8:30pm Eastern in the Griffin Zoom Room. Participants for this talk to be announced.

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Photobook Exhibition Artist Talk III

Join us for the final 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 on Zoom. Join us August 14th, 7-8:30pm Eastern in the Griffin Zoom Room. Participants to be announced.

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Photography Atelier 38 | Artist Talk - Students of Emily Belz

Join the students of Emily Belz to discuss their end-of-year projects for the Photography Atelier class. The students here were part of our year long portfolio development program from Fall of 2023 to Spring 2024 and we are thrilled to see their work in the main gallery at Winchester.

The students will each give a brief presentation of their work on Zoom, and we will hold a brief audience Q&A at the end. Come hear about all they've accomplished!

Students of Emily Belz:

Ann Boese | Michael Burka | Julia Cluett | CoCo McCabe | Linda Hammett Ory | Lisa Redburn | Betty Stone | Hope

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Photography Atelier 38 | Artist Talk - Students of Jennifer McClure

Join the students of Jennifer McClure to discuss their end-of-year projects for the Photography Atelier class. The students here were part of our year long portfolio development program from Fall of 2023 to Spring 2024 and we are thrilled to see their work in the main gallery at Winchester.

The students will each give a brief presentation of their work on Zoom, and we will hold a brief audience Q&A at the end. Come hear about all they've accomplished!

Students of Jennifer McClure:

Donna Delone | Kym Ghee | Kay McCabe | Corinne Cobabe | Victor Rosansky | Becca Screnock | Li Shen |

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Photography Atelier 39 with Jennifer McClure (23 sessions) Tuesday Evenings ONLINE

The Griffin Museum is pleased to continue its legacy of fostering creative growth with the Photography Atelier, now in its 39th session. This portfolio and project building course will inspire students to take new approaches to their photography practice and help guide students in finding concepts and approaches they would like to develop into a longer-term project. Supportive dialog between the instructor and student is the basis of honing the work. We are excited to meet the needs of the next generation of photographic artists with this 9-month intensive program offered once a year, and

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Photography Atelier II with Traer Scott (Online)

The Griffin Museum is pleased to continue its legacy of fostering creative growth by offering, for the first time, Photography Atelier II with Traer Scott (Online). This portfolio and project building course will inspire students who have already completed Photography Atelier I to continue to pursue new approaches in their photographic practice, and help guide them in elevating/extending concept building, and explore new methods for continuing an existing series, or creating a new project, carrying over the knowledge and experience gained in Photography Atelier I. Students will participate in

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