Cultural

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an artist reception at Jenks Center to celebrate the exhibition Landscapes of Wonder: National Parks.

Landscape of Wonder offers a view into the wilderness and the vast expanse of the American landscape. The exhibition celebrates the land through the eyes of thirty-six photographers, each offering a distinct perspective on our shared environment. Together, their works form a visual conversation about scale, permanence and change, solitude and connection. The photographs ask us not only to look, but to pause--to consider our relationship with the earth

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an in-person reception for the exhibition Rotan Switch by Lisa McCord. Please join us to celebrate the artist and the exhibition, on view in our Griffin Library Gallery July 31 - September 6, 2026.

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In Rotan Switch, Lisa McCord documents life on her grandparents' cotton farm in the Arkansas Delta community of Rotan. It takes its name from the community's central landmark - the railroad switch where farmers loaded their cotton bales onto trains headed out of the Delta. Although it has not been used in

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an in-person reception for the exhibition The Persistence of Memories by Lua Kobayashi. Please join us to celebrate the artist and the exhibition, on view in our Griffin Library Gallery September 11 - October 25, 2026.

The Persistence of Memories comes from Lua's conversations with Japanese-Americans of the greater Boston area, during which she was entrusted with memorabilia of a shared historical heritage and gifts for the future generation. These personal and significant objects currently inhabit the museum's Griffin Gallery in the form of projections

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an artist reception for the exhibition TLC. Please join us in-person to celebrate the artists and the exhibition curated by Delphine Sims, assistant Curator in the Department of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Family Portrait, © Star MontanaPaula, Martha with Daughter(s), © Star MontanaLittle Paula and Sisters 1940s© Star MontanaLarge East LA Landscape, © Charles LeeSo You Wanna Be a Bull Rider?, © Charles LeeUntitled, © Charles LeeUntitled, © Charles LeeCreole Cowboy, © Charles LeeElm Street, © Harlan BozemanBridge Towards

The Winchester Library hosts a reception celebrating a month-long exhibition by "Nature's Artistry Interpreted" artist Trish Gannon. The exhibition, or original pastel art and acrylic mono-prints, will be on view from Sept. 3 to Sept. 30, 2024.

The Griffin Museum is pleased to have Francisco Gonzalez Camacho present an online artist talk on the work in his solo exhibition, Reverting.

Join us in the Griffin Zoom Room on for this special conversation celebrating the artist and the exhibition!

Reverting reflects upon the profound material connection between the landscape and image-making, exploring environmental issues and the objectification of nature in Iceland.

Developed in Reykjavík with the SIM artist-in-residence program, this project merges photography and printmaking through material experimentation, seeking

The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to present an online artist talk with Fruma Markowitz and Marky Kauffmann, the winners of the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award and the Griffin Lens Award, as part of our 31st Annual Juried Members Exhibition juried by Ann M. Jastrab.

© Fruma Markowitz

The Arthur Griffin Legacy Award Winner - Fruma Markowitz, Hilloulah to the East andto the West

© Marky Kauffmann

The Griffin Lens Award - Marky Kauffmann, Red Cloud Dress

About the juror -

Ann M. Jastrab is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel

The Griffin Museum is pleased to announce a speaker series in partnership with Photographic Resource Center (PRC). Join us for a talk with artist Amani Willett on April 9th at 6pm, online or in-person at Lesley University Hall. Following the talk, we invite you to continue the conversation at the PRC gallery from 7-8 PM for a casual social hour with the artist and book signing.

© Amani Willett

© Amani Willett

Link to in-person tickets for Amani Willett:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982073262484?aff=oddtdtcreator

Link to online tickets for Amani Willett:https://www

Please join us in-person for an artist talk and book signing with Lisa McCord for her exhibition Rotan Switch, on view in our Griffin Library Gallery July 31 - September 6, 2026.

In Rotan Switch, Lisa McCord documents life on her grandparents' cotton farm in the Arkansas Delta community of Rotan. It takes its name from the community's central landmark - the railroad switch where farmers loaded their cotton bales onto trains headed out of the Delta. Although it has not been used in years, it remains a potent symbol of the complex intersections of industry and agriculture, of racism and

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host and artist talk and reception for Matilde Simas's exhibition From Shadows to Light: A Global Journey Through the Aftermath of Trafficking, on view July 1 - September 27, 2026.

Please join us in-person on Saturday July 18th in downtown Boston at the Griffin @ Lafayette City Center to hear from the artist, followed by a reception to celebrate the exhibition.

The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Passageway is located at 2 Ave de Lafayette in Downtown Crossing, Boston. The passageway connects Macy's, the Lafayette Tower offices and the Hyatt Regency