Education

The Griffin Museum is pleased to offer a mentoring and critique program (ONLINE) for conscientious and self-motivated photographers seeking to broaden how they create and think about photography. Participants will get to know one another through critiques and brainstorming sessions. These ideas and suggestions will help hone strengths and elicit a deeply intentional artistic voice. In addition to supporting photographic projects, participants will work on all the elements that surround their images: the articulation, presentation, and installation. The group will be led by Aline Smithson, a

Unlock the future of photography with AI and Photography: Mastering MidJourney and Photoshop, a comprehensive 10-week online course taught by renowned AI artist and photographer, John Huet. With over 40 years of professional photography experience and 2.5 years of pioneering AI art, John Huet brings a wealth of knowledge and creativity to guide you through the transformative world of AI-enhanced photography. Course Overview:In this dynamic course, you will explore the seamless integration of traditional photography and cutting-edge AI techniques to create stunning, innovative images. Whether

Come enjoy a wonderful two-day summer workshop learning how to make Anthotypes, Lumen Prints and Phytograms, against the backdrop of historic Sanborn House.

Anthotypes, Lumen prints, and Phytograms are cameraless photographic processes. The innate light sensitivity of plants can be harnessed to produce photographic images that do not require any chemical development or a traditional darkroom, and the chemical compounds in plants can be used to create a working photographic developer.

Anthotype is very romantic and delicately nuanced nineteenth century process, and images may be

Photography enthusiasts are currently enjoying a photobook boom; the photobook has never been more popular and accessible than it is today! Do you have a body of work that may be ready to be published? How should your book be sequenced and designed to shape the meaning of the work? What projects or collections of photographs make for compelling and collectible photobooks? After collaborating on their award-winning book Berlin (Kerber Verlag, 2022), photographer Jason Langer and designer Matthew Papa offer an eight-week course developed to help photographers explore meaning and narrative in

If there is one thing that can hold people back in their creative process, it is the fear of failing. We all want to be perceived as successful, knowledgeable, and competent, but as any scientist can tell you, there is no discovery without forming a hypothesis and testing it, and some of those are bound to fail. The bottom line is that it is impossible to discover something new without exploring the possibilities, and those experiments are not foregone conclusions. Sometimes the right mistake is what takes you in a fantastic new direction or leads to the exact bit of new knowledge needed to

This online course will be a three-week intensive to explore the camera-less process, and inventive variations of creating Cyanotypes.

WEEK ONE: CYANOTYPE BASICS AND NEGATIVE MAKING

Week one will provide an introduction to best practices for cyanotype printing with objects, and we will learn how to make a good contact negative.

WEEK TWO: BOTANICAL TONING OF CYANOTYPES

Week two we will learn how to tone blueprints naturally, using plants and gentle mineral baths, for light bleaching and nontoxic toning.

WEEK THREE: CYANOLUMENS

Week three we will explore cyanolumens, a

Making the transition from seeing an image on the screen to seeing it in print can be a challenge. To make a successful print takes more than knowing what buttons to push. After the initial instruction in basic color management and printer settings, students will explore how various controls affect the outcome and esthetic of the print. Training your eye to see and evaluate color through a series of technical exercises will be an important part of this class. Additional exercises will explore edge contrast and sharpness, and custom black and white printing. Students should be comfortable using

This online workshop is designed to help students develop a long term photography project within a supportive, and productive group learning environment. Participants will share their work as it evolves over the six sessions (twelve weeks), meeting every other week, to allow time to create in between critiques. Working on a long-term project is a powerful tool for exploring and understanding contemporary culture and personal issues, that are important to us. It is a very gratifying creative experience as we each work from our own intimate visual, and personal perspective. Participating in the

Offered as an extension to Storytelling Through Photography, this course will aim to help students delve deeper into developing a body of work, and understanding how to curate a photo series. Students will learn and discuss how to craft and compose meaningful images, and tell a compelling story through their photos. Please note that Storytelling Through Photography is not a pre-requisite course.The use of any camera that reflects your voice is encouraged -- equipment may include SLR's, DSLR's, point & shoot cameras, instant film or phones. DATE & TIME: Tuesdays, Oct 15, 22 and Monday, October

Do you know where you're going next with your photography -- or where it's taking you? This intensive, IN PERSON, weekend workshop will help photographers begin to understand their own distinct way of seeing the world. It will also help photographers figure out their next step photographically--from deepening their own unique vision to the process of discovering and making a long-term project that they're passionate about. This workshop is for passionate amateurs and professionals, for documentary photographers and fine art photographers, for photography students and seasoned photographers