Anne Havinga, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is at the reins of this eminent institution’s newly independent Department of Photography, directing a full range of exhibitions, acquisitions, programs, and activities. As a nearly 30-year veteran...
Francine Weiss is well-known and loved by the Boston photography community. In her new position as Senior Curator at the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island, she is expanding the role of photography as she reshapes the museum’s mission in one of the most popular tourist destinations in New England....
Hamidah is in the house! The juror for Griffin Museum of Photography’s 23rd Juried Show – on view through September 1st, 2017 – is Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director and Curator at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado since 2009. I thought this would be the perfect...
I first encountered Kristen Gresh, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston when she burst onto the Boston curatorial scene with her blockbuster exhibit “She Who Tells A Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World” in 2013. Since then, she has mounted...
This weekend, Karen Haas will be honored with the 2016 New England Beacon FOCUS Award from the Griffin Museum of Photography. “Given to a local individual whose work brings prominence to the local photographic scene”, Karen’s keen curiosity, intellectual rigor and sparkling enthusiasm...
Every other year, Danforth Art proclaims its commitment to contemporary photography when the Framingham, MA museum hosts its highly anticipated, guest juried New England Photography Biennial. Happily, it is upon us again from September 9 – December 6, 2015. Jessica Roscio, recently promoted to Head...
In her nine years as Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography on the outskirts of Boston, Paula Tognarelli has changed the face of photography. She has helped launch so many careers that she is rightly regarded as a Patron Saint of this burgeoning field. As yet another...
For the past two years, I’ve attended the Filter Photo Festival in Chicago each September. For such a substantial and lively photography community, I have found Chicago’s festival and portfolio reviews to be remarkably warm and welcoming. Obviously, others feel the same way because it has had an amazing...
Jason Landry, owner of Panopticon Gallery in Boston’s Kenmore Square, is surrounded by students. In some ways, you could say he never left school. With a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art & Design, MFA from neighboring Lesley University College of Art & Design, and post-graduate training...
It takes a combination of vision and guts to open an art gallery, but Susan Nalband has both in spades. Just about a year ago, she inaugurated 555 Gallery, Boston’s newest photography venue, in the blossoming arts district of South Boston. Educated in art and art history, Nalband received her undergraduate...
