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Invoking the Infinite Possibility of Tiny Planets with Matt Hill (Online)

Are you ready to fit the whole world into a single photo?

Spherical Panoramas (a.k.a tiny planets or photospheres) are part of our everyday life, including street view in Google Maps, online realty listings and most recently the advent of Apple's Vision Pro virtual reality computer headset. Yet one application of this practice has proven to be especially attractive to artistic photographers around the world, the 2D stereographic projection commonly known as Tiny Planets.

When applied as an art form the 360º x 180º view of a location becomes a 2D square, circular or rectangular frame

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Jonathan Zittrain & Judith Donath - AI, Ethics and Social Media

We are honored to host a panel at the museum in Winchester on the controversial topic of Artificial Intelligence and how it intersects with creativity, critical thinking and navigating truth in visual imaging. As part of he programs supporting our exhibition Artificial Intelligence, we want to have a conversation on critical thinking in this time of widespread mis and disinformation. Join us at the museum on Thursday October 23rd at 6.30pm. We are working to secure the broadcast along with the in person event. We will provide more information as it becomes available. About our distinguished

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Maine Media Workshops present a conversation with Camille Farrah Lenain

The Griffin Museum is pleased to partner with Maine Media in presenting the 2024 Recipient of the Arnold Newman Prize Camille Farrah Lenain in an online conversation about her winning series, Made of Smokeless Fire. This work will be featured in an exhibition in Winchester at the Griffin opening December 13, 2024 running through January 8, 2025. © Camille Farrah Lenain

© Camille Farrah LenainBouchta, Marseille, 2022

© Camille Farrah LenainJoin photographer Camille Farrah Lenain, recipient of the 2024 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture, online for an engaging

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Photobook Exhibition Artist Talk III

Join us for the final of three conversations with the winners of our 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition.

Juried by Karen Davis, Curator and Co-owner of Davis Orton Gallery, and Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum, the 14th Annual Photobook exhibition will showcase 48 books in our Griffin Gallery during the summer of 2024.

The Griffin Team is pleased to host the winners for a conversation discussing their books on Zoom. Join us August 14th, 7-8:30pm Eastern in the Griffin Zoom Room. Participants to be announced.

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Photography Atelier 38 | Artist Talk - Students of Emily Belz

Join the students of Emily Belz to discuss their end-of-year projects for the Photography Atelier class. The students here were part of our year long portfolio development program from Fall of 2023 to Spring 2024 and we are thrilled to see their work in the main gallery at Winchester.

The students will each give a brief presentation of their work on Zoom, and we will hold a brief audience Q&A at the end. Come hear about all they've accomplished!

Students of Emily Belz:

Ann Boese | Michael Burka | Julia Cluett | CoCo McCabe | Linda Hammett Ory | Lisa Redburn | Betty Stone | Hope

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Photography Atelier 38 | Artist Talk - Students of Jennifer McClure

Join the students of Jennifer McClure to discuss their end-of-year projects for the Photography Atelier class. The students here were part of our year long portfolio development program from Fall of 2023 to Spring 2024 and we are thrilled to see their work in the main gallery at Winchester.

The students will each give a brief presentation of their work on Zoom, and we will hold a brief audience Q&A at the end. Come hear about all they've accomplished!

Students of Jennifer McClure:

Donna Delone | Kym Ghee | Kay McCabe | Corinne Cobabe | Victor Rosansky | Becca Screnock | Li Shen |

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Photography Atelier 39 with Jennifer McClure (23 sessions) Tuesday Evenings ONLINE

The Griffin Museum is pleased to continue its legacy of fostering creative growth with the Photography Atelier, now in its 39th session. This portfolio and project building course will inspire students to take new approaches to their photography practice and help guide students in finding concepts and approaches they would like to develop into a longer-term project. Supportive dialog between the instructor and student is the basis of honing the work. We are excited to meet the needs of the next generation of photographic artists with this 9-month intensive program offered once a year, and

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Photography Atelier II with Traer Scott (Online)

The Griffin Museum is pleased to continue its legacy of fostering creative growth by offering, for the first time, Photography Atelier II with Traer Scott (Online). This portfolio and project building course will inspire students who have already completed Photography Atelier I to continue to pursue new approaches in their photographic practice, and help guide them in elevating/extending concept building, and explore new methods for continuing an existing series, or creating a new project, carrying over the knowledge and experience gained in Photography Atelier I. Students will participate in

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Photoshop II with Sue Anne Hodges (Online)

Sharpen your technical skills this Fall with Photoshop II taught by Sue Anne Hodges. Photoshop II will build on the tools and techniques learned in Photoshop I. This course includes advanced masking and compositing. Post production and creative techniques will be covered, including, smart objects, channels and luminosity masking, technical selections using the pen tool, frequency separation, and custom brush techniques. Each week the first half of class will begin with a review by looking at work done by the students, with a question and answer session focused on problem solving and how to

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Professional Development Series (PDS) 1: How to create and maintain a dynamic website for lens-based artists with Stella Kramer

Everyone has a website. It's the landing spot for showcasding your photography and giving youraudience (and potential clients) a more indepth understanding of who you are as an artist.In this course I will talk about the most important aspects of having an inviting and engagingwebsite focused on getting people to spend time looking at your work. I will touch on whatmakes a great website both in design and clarity of purpose. Level: All Day & Time: Thursday, January 16, 2025 Event Type: Online Lecture with Q&A Academic Members: Free to enrolled students and educators in organizations who hold

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