Brenton's new 2020 monograph: A Blue Idyll, was just released in September by Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam.
Join Brenton Hamilton for an evening presentation surveying Brenton’s 25 years in photography.

October 18, 2020, 7PM EST
© Cecelia Paredes, "Both Worlds"
We are thrilled to have storied Chicago gallerist Martha Schneider with us for an online conversation featuring her survey of Latin American Photography and creative photography.

October 22, 2020
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
WE ARE OPENED.
CALL THE MUSEUM FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
781-729-1158
NO WALK-INS PLEASE.
WE KEEP US ALL SAFE THIS WAY.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY.
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Ryan Zoghlin

Founder's Gallery
through October 23, 2020
image © Jon Henry
Jon Henry, Awardee

Finalists
Michael Darough
Ruben Salgado Escudero
Priya Kambli

through October 23, 2020

Griffin Gallery
through October 23, 2020
Rick Ashley

through October 23, 2020
Shelby Meyerhoff

through November 5, 2020
Joe Wallace


The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Passageway
Through January 25, 2021
images left:
© Todd Bradley from War Stories I Never Heard
© William Betcher from War Games
© Binh Danh from Military Camouflage
© D. Clarke Evans from Before They Are Gone: Portraits and Stories of World War II Veterans

Images right:
© Suzanne Opton from Many Wars
© Allison Stewart from Bug Out Bag: The Commodification of American Fear
© David Pace and Stephen Wirtz
from WIREPHOTO
© Binh Danh from One Week's Dead

November 6, 2020
through January 12, 2021

Reception/ Talk
November 17, 2020. 7 PM
SPECIAL EVENTS
Focus Awards 11.13.2020
Programming 11.14.2020
Live Auction 11.15.2020
It’s a collector’s weekend! 
Starting on Friday Evening on November 13, 2020 at 7 PM, we celebrate the Griffin's 14th Focus Awards by honoring Boston photography gallerist
Robert Klein with the Lifetime Achievement Award and gallerist Arnika Dawkins of Atlanta, Georgia with the Rising Star Award.

Stan Trecker, Dean Emeritus of Lesley University will present the award to Robert Klein.

Deborah Willis, photographer, curator, author and educator will present the award to Arnika Dawkins.
 
Saturday November 14th will be filled with virtual artist events.

Some examples are:

Contemporary photographers Jennifer McClure, Chehalis Deane Hegner, Raymond Thompson Jr and JP Terlizzi, featured in our auction, will discuss, in a facilitated conversation by photographer Caleb Cole, "what floats their boat" and "what keeps them up at night" in photography in the year 2020. The program takes place on November 14, 2020 at 1 PM EST. 

W.M. Hunt, the great champion of photography as a collector, curator and consultant, will talk about how to collect photography, what to collect in photography and what he collects and our auction. The program is at 3 PM on November 14, 2020.
 
Barbara Hitchcock, former Director of Cultural Affairs for the Polaroid Corporation and former curator of the Polaroid Collection will have a one-on-one discussion with Arno Rafael Minkkinen, who is featured in our auction. The program is at 7 PM on November 14, 2020.

Image © Arno Rafael Minkkinen











image © Nicole Buchanan, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas


Drew Epstein will host a question and answer program called “Ask Me a Copyright Question.” Here’s your opportunity to get your gnawing copyright questions answered by a copyright expert.

Drew is the president of the Griffin Museum of Photography’s board of directors and a copyright attorney. He advises and represents many industry photographers. His program is on November 15, 2020 at 1 PM EST.

Live auction
11.15.2020 at 3 PM
Auction items viewable 2 weeks prior.

Over 70 prints spanning a wide spectrum of photographic genres will be available. Original photographs will be available from established photographic luminaries such as John Paul Caponigro, Barbara Crane, Elsa Dorfman, Jim Dow, Harold Feinstein, John Goodman, Cig Harvey, David Hilliard, Lou Jones, David Levinthal, Rania Matar, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Olivia Parker, Vaughn Sills, Joyce Tenneson, George Tice, Bradford Washburn, William Wegman, Ernest Withers and so many more.

Also available is a coveted and highly collectable complete set of “baseball” trading cards by Mike Mandel. A number of these cards are in major museum collections.

We are also pleased to introduce you to works from the next generation of creative artists, Nicole Buchanan, Susan Goldstein, Chehalis Deane Hegner, Keiko Hiromi, Marky Kauffmann, Jennifer McClure, Maggie Meiners, Aline Smithson, Tavon Taylor, JP Terlizzi, Raymond Thompson, Jr. and Sal Taylor Kydd among others.


Image © JP Terlizzi

November 8, 2020
2PM EST

"Our lives are much about time and how we fill it. Personal History examines the lives of my two sons, Ben and Sam—a span covering 30 years. I used a 1950’s Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera for this work, which I tried by chance, and discovered I related to the soft colors...."

Anna Mikuskova

Critic's Pick Gallery
through Oct 27, 2020
Mary Daniel Hobson

through October 27, 2020
As promised, coming in December is our Winter Solstice 2020, a Griffin Museum Members' Open Exhibition which will be on our walls. Reception info here.

The Chervinsky Scholarship submissions close November 1, 2020.

We may charge for some of our virtual programs although a high amount of our programs are free. We have low yearly membership rates and low entry fee to our yearly juried show. We have distance memberships, photo educator discounts, senior discounts, 1 member-open exhibition a year (that we promise to bring you every year), free member reviews with the executive director 1 time a year and NARM reciprocal benefits for those who join at the Friend rate and above.

The Griffin Museum of Photography is proud to also participate in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s EBT Card to Culture program, a collaboration between the Mass Cultural Council and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services’ Department of Transitional Assistance. We offer free general admission to our exhibitions (does not include programming) with a valid EBT and/or WIC card for up to four additional family members with card holder.

The Griffin Museum of Photography is also a Blue Star Museum. As a Blue Star Museum in 2020, we provide free access to our institution for active-duty military, Reserve personnel, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as members of the National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members from May 18, 2020 through September 2, 2020.  Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance. Free entrance is for admission to our exhibitions only and does not include programming.

We also accept passes from all library passes belonging to the Minuteman Library Network.

With a valid New England Museum Association Institutional Card, we now welcome your admission to the Griffin Museum of Photography. We are also a member of the American Alliance of Museums.

For the month of August the Griffin Museum offers free general admission to our exhibitions to Winchester residents (with proof of residency) in honor of Art in August, a collaboration of the Winchester Cultural Council and the Winchester Artist Network. This benefit does not apply to our programming.
We are opened. Appointments are necessary. No walk ins.