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Making the transition from screen to print can be challenging. Creating a successful print requires more than knowing which buttons to push, it requires understanding how technical choices shape the final image. After an introduction to basic color management and printer settings, students will explore how various controls affect both the outcome and aesthetic of the print.

Through a series of technical exercises, students will train their eye to see and evaluate color, as well as explore edge contrast, sharpness, and custom black-and-white printing. Students should be comfortable using

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The Griffin Museum and Lisa Kessler are pleased to present an online class designed to help photographers develop a long-term project within a supportive and productive learning environment.

Documentary storytelling draws on the compositional awareness of street photography, the intimacy of family and personal work, and the depth that emerges through sustained observation. Whether participants are working with strangers, within their own communities, or on subjects of personal concern, this class encourages thoughtful approaches to photographing people and places

The Griffin Museum of Photography is proud to host artists Bryan Whitney, Brett Windham and Cynthia Katz for an online artist talk in celebration of their participation in the exhibition Elemental Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes. The show, featuring six artists exploring the creative possibilities of cyanotype, is on view at our Lafayette City Center Satellite Gallery through June 30. Join us ONLINE in the Griffin Zoom Room on Wednesday May 28th at 7pm. This event is FREE to our Griffin members, and $10 for General Admission. © Bryan Whitney

One of the greatest obstacles in any creative practice is the fear of failure. We all strive to be perceived as skilled and competent, yet as any scientist knows, discovery depends on experimentation, and not every experiment succeeds. The creative process is no different. Sometimes the wrong path leads to an unexpected direction or reveals precisely what is needed to move forward. Often, the most egregious mistakes become the most valuable breakthroughs.

This course invites participants to fail up. Through readings, discussions, and experimental exercises, we will explore how to reframe

Join us online on February 18, 2026, at 6:00 pm EST for an exciting conversation with Ron Rosenstock as he shares details about this upcoming adventure. RSVP below!

The Griffin Museum is thrilled to partner with photographer Ron Rosenstock and Strabo Tours on a new photo tour of Morocco. Ron and Strabo have been working for decades taking photographers all over the world, and Ron is working with the Griffin Museum for a special tour and his last time heading to this magical country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

You will be traveling with Ron Rosenstock on his last photo tour

The Griffin is pleased to have Jason Gardner online in the Griffin Zoom Room for a conversation about his series and newly published photobook - We the Spirits.

We the Spirits (GOST Books, UK, 2024), is selected from Jason's vast archive showing the ritual and festival of traditional Carnival for over 15 years, throughout 15 countries.Seeking out villages where festivals were at their most folkloric or least visited by outsiders, Jason collaborated with ethnographers and local experts to engage with each festival. Collectively, his images dispel stereotypes of Carnival and

The Griffin Museum is thrilled to welcome creative artist Jill Enfield's Glasshouse of New Americans to our grounds this summer. We are also pleased to present a special online conversation with the artist.

Join us online on September 5th at 6:30 PM for this engaging presentation.

Titled The New Americans, this physical display explores heritage, genealogy, and homeland. Jill's personal connection to immigration, her paternal relatives fleeing Frankfurt, Germany, in 1939, inspired a project honoring immigrants' integral role in society and acknowledging the challenges they

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk celebrating the art of photobook making. Join us from 7 to 8:30pm to hear from artists Lisa Tang Liu & J. David Tabor, James Collins, Tsai Wei Tseng, Courtney Johnson, Robert Kalman, Shari Diamond, Thomas Winter, and Sean Perry.

The Griffin Museum recognizes the importance of photobooks. Distinct from the gallery aesthetic, photobooks offer their own visual language, often conducive to more narrative qualities and seriality than the standard on-the-wall format. We celebrate this form of artistry and want to see the photobooks

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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The Griffin Museum is thrilled to partner with renowned lens-based artist Sal Taylor Kydd for an inspiring new workshop designed for photographers who are passionate about their craft and eager to elevate their skills with expert guidance.

Over the course of six enriching weeks, you'll embark on a transformative journey to enhance your photographic storytelling abilities and develop your work within a cohesive series. This class is designed to help facilitate growth, not only as a photographic artist, but also as a visual storyteller, developing a deeper understanding of how to