Benefits of Membership - Griffin Museum of Photography Skip to primary navigation Skip to footer Thank you for being a member of our Griffin creative community! As a member, you are part of a worldwide community of artists, hobbyists, patrons and art lovers all engaged in the craft of photography. Our exhibitions, events and educational programs immerse us all in the photographic arts, in person and online, through our connection to each other, and to the artists leading the way in using photography as their primary medium. Through our exhibitions, programs and lectures, we encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of the visual, emotional and social impact of photography. As an institution, we are committed to insuring that our mindset, practice, outreach, programming and exhibitions build programs and exhibitions that consider diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion through our mission that is centered around the photograph. images shown – 31st Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Featured artists – Diana Bloomfield, Leanne Trivett, Janet Smith, Steve Goldband & Ellen Konar, and Michael Young. Alina Saranti, the recipient of the Director’s Prize in 2024 also featured. As a creative member of the Griffin you have access to a network of artists, educators and exhibitions to further your practice. Membership includes events like our Members Mingle , a member only evening event, and group critiques once a month, our Coffee and Conversation with Executive Director, Crista Dix. If you are a member in good standing you have a FREE once a year portfolio review available to you. With two members exhibitions a year, our Juried Members and Winter Solstice , along with our calls for entry including exhibitions, residencies and scholarships, there are a number of ways to be involved. To accomplish this goal we appreciate and rely upon the generosity of our members. Your donations and membership dues enable us to showcase new exhibitions, fund educational programs and meet our yearly operating costs. Your membership donation is tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Goods or services received for membership are not included in the tax deduction. The Griffin Museum of Photography is a nonprofit organization (501(c)3) All Memberships include – Free admission to all exhibits Special invitation to opening night exhibition receptions. Portfolio reviews (one per year) by Executive Director. 10% discount in the museum gift shop. Free or reduced admission to lectures and programs. Discounts on scanning, printing and framing from our sponsor Digital Silver Imaging. Jump to: Individual Sustaining Gift Academic Memberships Members at the Family level and above are entitled to the North American Reciprocal Museum Association NARM membership benefits. Individual Memberships Individual The price for membership is $70.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Free admission to all exhibits Special invitation to opening night exhibition receptions. Portfolio reviews (one per year) by Executive Director. 10% discount in the museum gift shop. Free or reduced admission to lectures and programs. Discounts on scanning, printing and framing from our sponsor Digital Silver Imaging. Students & Educators The price for membership is $35.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Free admission to all exhibits Special invitation to opening night exhibition receptions. Portfolio reviews (one per year) by Executive Director. 10% discount in the museum gift shop. Free or reduced admission to lectures and programs. Discounts on scanning, printing and framing from our sponsor Digital Silver Imaging. Distance Member The price for membership is $50.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Requires residence OUTSIDE of the New England States (ME, NH, MA, CT, – RI and VT.) Senior The price for membership is $50.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Individual Membership for seniors, ages 65+. Family The price for membership is $100.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Individual Membership for two members. Members at the Family level and above are entitled to the North American Reciprocal Museum Associati on NARM membership benefits. Supporter The price for membership is $150.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Family membership. Your choice of a Griffin Museum exhibition catalog complimentary with membership. Contact the museum if you wish to receive your catalog. Special Invitation to private events, artist talks and programs. Reduced Rates for Griffin Museum Event Rentals Friend The price for membership is $250.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Supporter membership. Priority booking and discounted rates for Griffin Museum event rentals Patron The price for membership is $500.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Friend membership. Free admission for three guests. Invitation to special events, including artist talks and programs, lectures and field trips Priority booking and discounted rates for Griffin Museum event rentals Directors Circle The price for membership is $1,000.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Patron membership level Your choice of a Griffin Museum exhibition catalog complimentary with membership. Contact the museum if you wish to receive your catalog. Your choice of a Limited Edition Collectible print. These photographic prints are unique to the Griffin Museum. Invitation to special events, including artist talks and programs, lectures and field trips Free Museum Event Rental for a small gathering (20 guests or less) once a year. Priority booking and discounted rates for Griffin Museum event rentals Private exhibition tours with the Director. Named support in exhibition and program materials. Sustaining Memberships Sustaining -$10 monthly The price for membership is $10.00 per Month Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Family Membership for two members. Members at this level are entitled to the North American Reciprocal Museum Association NARM membership benefits. Sustaining -$25 monthly The price for membership is $25.00 per Month Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Friend membership. Invitation to special events, including artist talks and programs, lectures and field trips Priority booking and discounted rates for Griffin Museum event rentals Sustaining - $50 monthly The price for membership is $50.00 per Month Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Patron membership. Free admission for FOUR guests. Members of the North American Reciprocal Museum Association NARM membership benefits. Invitation to special events, including artist talks and programs, lectures and field trips Priority booking and discounted rates for Griffin Museum event rentals Sustaining - $100 monthly The price for membership is $100.00 per Month Join! Membership never expires. Benefits of Directors Circle membership level Admission for TWO plus FOUR guests Your choice of a Griffin Museum exhibition catalog complimentary with membership. Contact the museum if you wish to receive your catalog. Your choice of a Limited Edition Collectible print. These photographic prints are unique to the Griffin Museum. Invitation to special events, including artist talks and programs, lectures and field trips Free Museum Event Rental for a small gathering (20 guests or less) once a year. Priority booking and discounted rates for Griffin Museum event rentals Private exhibition tours with the Director. Named in exhibition and program materials. Gift Memberships Individual Gift Membership The price for membership is $70.00 now. Join! Membership never expires. The Gift Memberships are everything at the gift level purchased Student and Educator Gift Membership The price for membership is $35.00 now. Join! Membership never expires. The Gift Memberships are everything at the gift level purchased Family Gift Membership The price for membership is $100.00 now. Join! Membership never expires. The Gift Memberships are everything at the gift level purchased Senior Gift Membership The price for membership is $50.00 now. Join! Membership never expires. The Gift Memberships are everything at the gift level purchased Academic Memberships Academic Institution The price for membership is $500.00 per Year Join! Membership never expires. The Academic membership is a one-year membership that renews annually giving educational institutions access to all Griffin Museum programming. Everyone at your institution, students, faculty and staff, receive all the Griffin Museum member benefits. Access to lectures, workshops, educational and special members-only events free or at reduced rates. Free entry for our juried and non juried exhibitions; One annual portfolio review with our Executive Director. Discounted rates for our annual New England Portfolio Review. The Griffin also creates an online showcase for student works annually in the spring. 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Fill in your Artist Statement, Bio and upload up to 10 images. NOTE Sharing your contact information is in your hands. You can select to make your phone and email public or keep it private. Once you have updated your information, it sends a ping to museum staff to approve the images and text, and your page will then be listed on the public website. The museum reserves the right to refuse content that is offensive, harmful, or divisive. Images that include graphic, explicit, or politically divisive content will not be approved. Please ensure all submitted images and text are appropriate for a public audience. Member Directory Form for adding and editing members to the member directory Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place. This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest. Artistic Purpose/Intent Artistic Purpose/Intent Tricia Gahagan Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths about the world and about one’s self. John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers; it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can explore the human condition. Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something greater to share with the world. Fran Forman RSVP