“The Griffin Museum celebrates the craft of photography in all of its forms, as well as highlighting visual artists at the beginning of their creative journey. Over the past thirty years, showcasing luminaries of photography, we have had the pleasure of working with many emerging talents. Perceiving Pathways is a series of interviews, conducted by Tori Currier, looking at some of the artists who have hung on our walls. In conversations with them about their creative paths, often beginning with their first exhibition with us, we share these conversations about the many ways art practices can evolve, and spotlight the various decisions and influences that come together to create the artworks you see.

Jerry Takigawa is an independent photographer, designer, and writer. Joining us for Perceiving Pathways, we discussed his creative path beginning with his 2015 Griffin Exhibition, False Food, which spoke to environmental advocacy and issues of plastic pollution, to recent series including Balancing Cultures, which gives voice to his family’s experiences with WWII American Concentration camps. In conversations about his artwork and workshops, as well as artmaking in the age of Zoom, Jerry illuminates the significance of connection, vulnerability, and embracing the personal in art and life.”