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Championing photographic arts, artists and educators since 1992 through exhibitions, scholarships, residencies and workshops.
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Welcome to the Griffin Museum of Photography, a nonprofit organization dedicated solely to the art of photography. Through our many exhibitions, programs and lectures, we strive to encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of the visual, emotional and social impact of photographic art. At the Griffin Museum, you will find exhibitions from well-known photographers to those emerging on the scene that explore important themes and thought-provoking ideas. All of our exhibitions and programs are designed to encourage the passionate exploration of the art of photography.

10/15/2026

Upcoming Workshop! Starting soon with Karen Klinedinst

Learn how to get the most out of your iPhone’s camera by exploring the iPhone native camera app’s more advanced image capture capabilities.

Through demos and weekly class assignments, you’ll be introduced to photo editing techniques with the Apple Photos app and Snapseed; how to organize your photos; and experiment with several creative post-processing apps.

This workshop is ideal for the photographer interested in exploring the creative capabilities of the iPhone’s camera and photo editing apps.

🔗 Enroll at www.griffinmuseum.org

10/13/2026

New Exhibition: 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢 | Group Exhibition at the Griffin’s Jenks Center Gallery

🗓️ Join us for an artist reception on November 4th, 2 - 4 PM

The ocean has always pulled at us. Our connection to the sea is woven into memory: summers at the beach, winter walks in the sand, storm waves crashing against the shore.

Stories about what lies beneath the tidal line have filled our imaginations for generations, with monsters, demons, and sirens lurking just past what we can see. We still feel that pull today, whether we’re standing at the shoreline, walking along a pier, or simply watching the tide come in.

This exhibition, To the Sea, is an invitation to capture that connection. We’re looking for photographs of water in all its moods — a wave breaking, the horizon at sunset, fog rolling over the harbor, a quiet cove, a storm rolling in.

Every photograph is a small piece of a much older story, the one about our pull toward the sea, and why, no matter how far we wander, we always find our way back to its edge.

Congratulations to the selected artists!

🗓️ On view from October 13 – January 1, 2027

🔗 Preview the exhibition at www.griffinmuseum.org

10/12/2026

The Photograph as Haiku | Upcoming Workshop with M.H. Rubin (M.H. Rubin)

The Griffin Museum is pleased to present this four-session online workshop reimagining composition and storytelling through the lens of haiku.

Using examples from photographic masters such as Ansel Adams, George Tice, Harry Callahan, André Kertész, Elliott Erwitt, Edward Weston, and others, Rubin shows how great photographs inexplicably work through the same qualities that make haiku powerful.

The workshop also draws supporting lessons from related Japanese and Zen-influenced arts, including ikebana, ensō, kintsugi, and bonsai. These traditions offer useful ways to think about balance, imperfection, and attention.

Applied to photography, they can help students see familiar subjects anew and find new delight and challenge in their photographs.

🔗 Enroll at www.griffinmuseum.org

10/12/2026

This four-session online workshop with M.H. Ruben (M.H. Rubin) reimagines composition and storytelling through the lens of haiku.

Using examples from photographic masters such as Ansel Adams, George Tice, Harry Callahan, André Kertész, Elliott Erwitt, Edward Weston, and others, Rubin shows how great photographs inexplicably work through the same qualities that make haiku powerful.

The workshop also draws supporting lessons from related Japanese and Zen-influenced arts, including ikebana, ensō, kintsugi, and bonsai. These traditions offer useful ways to think about balance, imperfection, and attention. Applied to photography, they can help students see familiar subjects anew and find new delight and challenge in their photographs.

🔗 Enroll at the link in bio.

10/04/2026

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 | 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 & 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦

Every year, The Griffin Museum of Photography opens its annual Scholarships & Awards Cycle to support photographers at different stages of their careers; and to help meaningful photographic work find the resources, visibility, and space it deserves.

This year, $8,000 in funding will be awarded across three opportunities, each offering financial support, exhibition opportunities, professional development, and a platform to further develop your practice.

Learn about them below ⬇️

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲

A $4,000 scholarship + Solo Museum Exhibition supporting mid-career photographers producing work that is creative and original.

𝘋𝘳. 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮, independent scholar, writer and curator, Boston is our esteemed juror for the 2026/27 cycle.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

A $3,000 Award + Museum Exhibition recognizing photographers with the potential to create a body of work and sustain solo exhibitions.

Past Chervinsky scholars 𝘛𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 (2021) and 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯 (2024) are our esteemed jurors.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

A $1,000 annual scholarship supporting emerging photo-based artists. The award includes an exhibition at the museum in the Fall, as well as a spot in our year long project and portfolio development program, Photography Atelier.

We are pleased to announce 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘻 and 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘤𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 and as our estemeed jurors.

𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

🗓️ Submission period: 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟱 through 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲, 11:59 PM CTS | 𝗡𝗢 late entries accepted.

🔗 Learn more about each scholarship at www.griffinmuseum.org/calls-for-entry

Image: cassidy thurber

📥 Submit via CaFÉat www.callforentry.org

09/30/2026

Upcoming Talk | From Idea to Publication: Steve Edson, Bizarroland
🗓️Wednesday, October 7 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
📍Main Gallery, Wi******er, MA

Steve Edson (Steven Edson | Documentary Photographer), a local documentary and fine art photographer will discuss his 30 plus year project, Bizarroland which resulted in his first published book and published by 89books in Palermo, Italy. Steve will show images from this book and new work that he has already begun on a follow-up book as well as discuss the process of hiring a book designer, finding a publisher and negotiating his book deal. Signed copies of Mr. Edson’s book will be available for sale at the Griffin Museum as well.

RSVP at the link in bio.

09/29/2026

The Griffin Museum of Photography is honored to present the work of 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯’s (Henry Horenstein) in our upcoming end-of-year exhibition, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦: 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

Since the 1970s, Horenstein has photographed across the country’s musical vernaculars, from country and blues to rockabilly and beyond, attentive to the people, rituals, and identities that surround the music. His ongoing H***y Tonk Revisited: 1975—in progress extends this sustained engagement across five decades, expanding the idea of the h***y tonk beyond genre to encompass a broader American state of mind.
Within 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦, his work underscores the exhibition’s central proposition: that music is inseparable from the places, histories, and everyday lives through which it takes form.
🔗Join us for an incredible exhibition opening on October 30, and an unforgettable Gala and Benefit on November 19th!
RSVP at the link in bio.

09/25/2026

New Exhibition: In collaboration with The Griffin Museum of Photography, Brockton Arts (Brockton Arts), and East Bank, Enso Gallery (theensogallery) proudly presents “Absurdity,” a new exhibition set to debut on October 6, 2026 and on view through January 22, 2027.

Curated by the Griffin's Exhibition Design Director, Sophie Adams (Sophie Adams), this group exhibition features photographers and mixed media artists working in some capacity within the medium of photography.

The talented, q***r, femme and gender nonconforming artists featured are; Alissa Wyle (Alissa Wyle), Ally Schmaling (Ally Schmaling), Amanda Macchia (Amanda Macchia | Boston Wedding Photographer), and Meg Walker (Light & Lark Photography).

Please join us for a reception: on Saturday, October 24, 2026, 6.00 — 9.00pm at Enso Gallery

Studio portraiture photography is a community endeavor — thank you to all the artists whose work went into creating these images: set designers, costume designers, models, performers, drag kings & queens, framers, printers, gaffers, partners in ideation and beyond.

09/24/2026

The Griffin Museum and Elizabeth Avedon (Elizabeth Avedon) are pleased to offer this two-weekend online program on October 10-11 & 17-18, from 12 to 3 PM.

Learn the essential principles of designing a successful photography book. Drawing on over 30 years of industry experience, Elizabeth Avedon will guide you through the foundations of great book design. You will learn how to sequence, edit, select typography, design covers, and build a compelling book dummy. Together, we will explore the fine line between good and bad design, giving you a solid framework for your personal project.

The final session features an invaluable, one-on-one review with Elizabeth. She will personally critique the sample layout pages you create during the course using BookWright, InDesign, Lightroom, or your preferred software.

Register at the link in bio.

09/24/2026

The Griffin Museum and Elizabeth Avedon (Elizabeth Avedon) are pleased to offer this two-weekend online program.

Learn the essential principles of designing a successful photography book. Drawing on over 30 years of industry experience, Elizabeth Avedon will guide you through the foundations of great book design. You will learn how to sequence, edit, select typography, design covers, and build a compelling book dummy. Together, we will explore the fine line between good and bad design, giving you a solid framework for your personal project.

The final session features an invaluable, one-on-one review with Elizabeth. She will personally critique the sample layout pages you create during the course using BookWright, InDesign, Lightroom, or your preferred software.

Register at the link in bio.

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