Education

Join us online for a weekend on connection, creativity and education September 27th / 28th, 2025 at the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR) for portfolio reviews with curators, gallerists, museum, book and editorial professionals in the field of photography. The Griffin Museum of Photography is bringing you two days of portfolio reviews this fall.Since 2009 NEPR has been produced by the Griffin Museum with the mission of bringing reviewers and photographers together from New England and beyond for two days of discussion, networking, and gaining fresh perspective on one's work. NEPR serves

Join us ONLINE in the Griffin Zoom Room for an 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 Saturday 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.

© Bill Chapman© Sasha Knittel© Jeff Larason© Silke Hase

Join us Saturday October 11th from 11.00am - 2pm for our round table peer

From hand-crafted, to print-on-demand, to a high-end monograph of your work, a printed piece showcasing your photographs can play an important role in moving your career forward.In this richly illustrated lecture, Mary Virginia Swanson will help artists consider the most appropriate path to bring their work to book form and into the hands of their target audience.Whether you are seeking a versatile promotional piece, dream of a catalogue to memorialize completion of a body of work, or strive to achieve a well-designed publication that amplifies the intention of the work, having clarity of both

We are pleased to announce the opening of registration for our special 40th Anniversary Atelier session and are excited to share more details with you.

The in-person class will be taught by Emily Belz and will take place on Thursday evenings from 4:30-7:30 PM at the Griffin Museum of Photography, located at 67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA 01890. The program will begin on September 18 and run through the end of May.

The online class will be taught by Jennifer McClure and held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00-9:00 PM (ET) via Zoom. It will begin on September 16 and run through the end of May

The Griffin Museum, Emily Belz, and Jennifer McClure are pleased to host an online Open House dedicated to the Photography Atelier.

Join us on Zoom to learn more about the program, ask questions, and meet the instructors. Emily and Jennifer will lead a mock critique, offering a preview of what it's like to be in the classroom. Alumni of the program will also join us to share their experiences and insights.

© Kay McCabe© Margaret Lampert© Carrie Usmar© Gordon Saperia© Jaina Cipriano

About the Photography Atelier

The Photography Atelier is a portfolio and project-building course for

The Griffin Museum is proud to continue its tradition of fostering creative growth with Photography Atelier II, an advanced, project-driven course led by photographer and educator Traer Scott. This online class is designed for students who have completed Photography Atelier I and are ready to take their photographic practice to the next level.

Atelier II challenges participants to deepen their conceptual thinking, refine their visual storytelling, and expand on an existing body of work -- or launch a new one -- building on the skills and insight gained in Atelier I. Receive insightful

We invite you to a special evening of creativity, community, and support for photography and the Griffin Museum.

This year, our museum faces unprecedented challenges, and we need your support more than ever. Arts institutions worldwide are facing a critical financial crisis, and we are not immune. Your generous contribution is crucial to our survival, and it will allow us to continue to explore and showcase the ever-changing world of photography for years to come.

We have set a goal of raising $25,000 to support our exhibitions, education, programs and operations.

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During this in person workshop you will learn how to make one of the most beautiful and expensive processes, platinum and pallaidum prints, which was brought into the public eye by the Pictorialist photographers. Platinum prints can range from a cool gray-black while Palladium prints usually range from warm black to very warm brown. Many people mix the two metals to cut the cost and change the tonal range to personal taste. This is a contact print process and you will need negatives the size you would like your final image to be. You will need to either bring negatives or materials for

Pre(Occupied) Landscapes aims to challenge conventional representations of the landscape in photography. Rather than treating landscapes as passive backdrops, this workshop explores them as active, layered sites where natural systems, social histories, and political forces intersect. Through lectures, discussions, a guided field exercise, and peer critiques, participants will engage with the landscape not just as a visual subject, but as a living archive of occupation, transformation, and resistance.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

-- Understand

Twenty minutes to introduce yourself and your work passes quickly, so it's essential to put your best foot forward. This two-session workshop is designed to support your strategy for success. Whether you are preparing for FotoFest, New England Portfolio Reviews, or the SDN Online Documentary Portfolio Reviews, this weekend workshop is designed to help ease the pressure of the review process. Whether you are a seasoned participant or attending your first review, this information-packed workshop -- covering the value of research, conversational practice, and confident preparation -- will help