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Once you've learned the basics of Photoshop, the creative possibilities become endless. This workshop is designed to help you explore your interests with the goal of discovering and developing your personal vision. Whether you're still searching for your own style or already working toward a portfolio, the class exercises and group feedback will support you in taking your work to the next level.

By applying your Photoshop skills to both structured assignments and your own project, you'll gain technical confidence and deepen your creative approach. Class time will

In this workshop, we will go beyond the basics of the Adobe Lightroom Classic workflow. We will begin with a brief review of the Library and Develop Modules, along with key settings that impact performance and organization. From there, we will dive into problem-solving common challenges such as replacing or adding hard drives, moving files without losing links, and maximizing the use of Collections. We will also explore new tools for sorting and organizing, creating export presets, and more within the Library Module.

The Develop Module section will cover Lightroom Classic's newest features

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This invitational six-session Master Class is designed for photographers who have a deeply considered potential series or significant projects underway are encouraged to apply so that they can bring the work to fruition with focused intention. Research, writing, editing, sequencing, artist presentations and ideas for installation will all be discussed and class participation will be required.

SUBMIT YOUR INTEREST HEREDates: Six Monday Sessions on January 26, February 16, March 9, March 30, April 20, and

An Artist Exchange: Billie Mandle and Cassandra ZampiniAn in-person conversation with artists from A Yellow Rose Project.

The Griffin Museum and Boston University are delighted to present an in-person conversation featuring artists Billie Mandle and Cassandra Zampini from A Yellow Rose Project. This event will include an intimate, interview-style conversation between the two artists, offering insights into their creative practices and work. The discussion will be followed by an open dialogue with students, providing an opportunity for questions, engagement, and deeper exploration of the

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

It is an honor to host Annu Palakunnathu Matthew as our keynote speaker for the 2025 New England Portfolio Review (NEPR). Her immersive approach to storytelling through still and moving images creates a visual experience that fully engages the viewer.

Join us online in the Griffin Zoom Room Friday night September 26th at 7pm for Ms. Matthew's presentation, about her work, creativity and vision.

ANNU PALAKUNNATHU MATTHEW's (b. United Kingdom; lives in Rhode Island, USA) photo-based work draws on old photographs to re-examine historical narratives in the

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

Crush & Pull with Flare, 2019. Courtesy Ellen Carey Collection, Jayne H. Baum Gallery (NYC, NY) and Galerie Miranda (Paris, FR)

The Griffin Museum is pleased to host an online artist talk with Ellen Carey -- an acclaimed lens-based artist, photographer, educator, independent scholar, and guest curator, as well as a participating artist in A Yellow Rose Project.

In this talk, Carey will explore photography as a visual art form at the forefront of the avant-garde, highlighting its capacity for disruption, experimentation, and transformation. With a career spanning over four decades, Carey

Street life offers boundless opportunities to create vital, compelling photographs. Street photography remains one of the most dynamic and accessible forms of contemporary image-making, where chance encounters and observation reveal stories hidden in plain sight.

Join Harvey Stein and the Griffin Museum of Photography for a dynamic, small-cohort online intensive. With more than 50 years of experience photographing public life, and decades of teaching street photography, Stein brings a mentorship-driven approach rooted in curiosity, craft, and personal expression.

The workshop includes

Join artist and educator Anne Eder for a captivating two-day summer workshop at the Griffin Museum, where art and nature converge. You'll learn to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind photographic images using 19th-century and contemporary cameraless techniques: anthotypes, lumen prints, and phytograms.

The Griffin Museum, in collaboration with Fran Forman, is excited to present this online workshop, which introduces a process for creating new imagery through a combination of photography, Photoshop, and AI programs.

If you're interested in creating imaginative, constructed images using both photographic sources and AI tools, this class is for you. We won't be aiming for realism, nor will we call these works photographs in the traditional sense. Instead, we'll explore image-making as a collaboration between your camera, your imagination, Photoshop, and AI platforms such as MidJourney