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The Griffin Museum is pleased to host and artist talk and reception for Preston Gannaway's exhibition Remember Me, on view July 31 - September 6, 2026. Please join us in-person to hear from the artist, followed by a reception to celebrate the exhibition.

In Remember Me, Preston Gannaway photographs a New Hampshire boy, EJ, for over 20 years, following the death of his mother at the age of 4. The interplay of everyday details, landscapes and portraits work together to create an intimate longitudinal essay on time, loss and mortality.

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The Griffin Museum is pleased to host and artist talk and reception for Lua Kobayashi's exhibition The Persistence of Memories, on view September 11 - October 25, 2026. Please join for a special conversation with Lua, Cummings Resident, about her new installation.

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

The Griffin Museum is pleased to announce a speaker series in partnership with Photographic Resource Center (PRC). Join us for a talk with artist Toni Pepe on March 5th 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.

Toni Pepe creates prints and three-dimensional assemblages from discarded newspaper images, family snapshots, and obsolete photographic equipment, investigating how photography shapes our understanding of time, space, and self. Her

The Griffin Museum is pleased to present an online artist talk celebrating the talented students of this year's Atelier 2: Tony Attardo, Judith Donath, Dena Eber, Kay McCabe, Victor Rosansky, Gordon Saperia, Lillian Shen.

Under the guidance of instructor Traer Scott, this year-long course focused on portfolio development, critique, and conversations with professional mentors, book designers, gallerists, and editors.

Join us as the artists share their projects and creative journeys!

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Join us online on August 4 at 6:30 pm ET to meet our new instructor, Mary Beth Meehan, learn more about the newly redesigned Photography Atelier II program, and ask any questions you may have!

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The Griffin Museum and Mary Beth Meehan are pleased to offer this advanced project development program for artists seeking to bring an existing body of work to the next level.

This advanced Atelier II is designed for intermediate to advanced photographers who already have a project in motion--an idea and passion they have begun to photograph--but who

Join us for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network and get critical feedback about a body of work either in process or complete. Spend your Sunday morning with Crista Dix, Griffin Museum's Executive Director to have a conversation answering your questions about your creativity, working with institutions or other issues or ideas around photography and creativity.

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Join us Sunday August 16th from 9.30am-12.30pm for our round table peer-run portfolio critique group

Join us ONLINE for a morning event of conversation and critique. We are excited to provide our members an opportunity to network and get critical feedback about a body of work either in process or complete. Spend your Sunday morning with Crista Dix, Griffin Museum's Executive Director to have a conversation answering your questions about your creativity, working with institutions or other issues or ideas around photography and creativity.

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Join us Sunday August 9th from 11.30am-1.30pm for our round table peer-run portfolio

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 Irene Reti, Natalia Drachinskaya, Leah Abrahams and Ruth Broyde Sharone, Brad Hamilton, Lucia Ravens, Steve Goldband and Ellen Konar, Nancy Farese, Ellen Feldman, and Regina Anzenberger.

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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

Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester.

Celebrate pride through beautiful, empowering, first-hand accounts of trans, nonbinary, and gender-fluid experiences. From Massachusetts-based Family Diversity Projects, this exhibit uses stunning photography and rich stories to challenge damaging myths and stereotypes about trans and nonbinary people, educate people about these communities, and help make the world a safer, more connected, and more empathetic place.

Authentic Selves is on view at Ripley Chapel (21 Church St, Winchester, MA), weekdays

Meet and talk to all the presenters. Get books and more signed by your favorite authors and illustrators. The Frozen Hoagies truck will be there with treats for sale.