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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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Join us for a fabulous panel featuring the artists of Nuclear Family. Meet us online in the Griffin Zoom Room on Thursday, February 27, at 6:30 p.m. for a conversation about challenging societal norms and celebrating the diversity of love and family structures with Mengwen Cao, Jess T. Dugan, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Matthew Leifheit, Laurence Philomene, Anne Vetter, Matthew Finley and Kevin Bennett Moore.

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating the art of handmade photobooks. Join us from 7 to 8:30pm to hear from artists Suzi Grossman, Paula McCartney, Lester Picker, Lisa McCarty, Nancy Farese, Megan Sinclair, and Laura Blacklow.

Applying for grants to fund your personal project requires preparation and insights into a prospective funder's priorities. Learns the essential components of a successful grant proposal, and how to write a project description that stands out to jurors. This session will also provide advice on researching foundations, residencies and other funding sources that align with your short and long-term goals. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, February 13, 2025 Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold an academic membership

Michelle's conversation on publishing will address photobooks historically, and how they are often functioning as artist books today. She will speak to the importance of a team in creating books that consider both author and audience, and some of the joys and challenges in making books today. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7pm-8:30pm Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold an academic membership. Lecture Series (includes all six lectures): Members, $140.00 / Non-Members, $195. Individuals who

It's every artists dream to be represented by a gallery. But how does that happen? In this course I will talk about the best practices for approaching galleries, and how relationships between artist and gallerists are formed. I will go deeper into the dos and don'ts and give insight from my own experiences over my career. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 7pm -8:30pm, ET Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold an academic membership. Lecture Series (includes all six lectures): Members, $140.00 / Non

This lecture is directed towards emerging artists who are looking to apply for artist residencies. Priya Kambli will provide important information, using examples, about how to find suitable residency programs, how to research them, and how to put together an application that best highlights your work. She will also discuss how participating in various residencies has enabled her to further her own artistic practice. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7pm - 8:30pm, ET Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who

In this final session (six) of the Griffin Museum's Professional Development Series, Kareen Black will discuss promotional strategies, social media tactics, and other marketing approaches to help lens-based artists and professional photographers further their career. There is not one way to be an artist or professional photographer, and there is not one way to promote yourself to clients, organizations or become a brand. However, Mr. Black will share a tips and do's and don'ts that have worked for him throughout his successful 25-year long career. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, May 15, 2025

From hand-crafted, to print-on-demand, to a high-end monograph of your work, a printed piece showcasing your photographs can play an important role in moving your career forward.In this richly illustrated lecture, Mary Virginia Swanson will help artists consider the most appropriate path to bring their work to book form and into the hands of their target audience.Whether you are seeking a versatile promotional piece, dream of a catalogue to memorialize completion of a body of work, or strive to achieve a well-designed publication that amplifies the intention of the work, having clarity of both

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