About:
Frances Jakubek is an image-maker, independent curator, and consultant for artists. She is the co-founder of A Yellow Rose Project, past Director of the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York City, and past Associate Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts.
Recent curatorial appointments include Critical Mass, Potential Space: A Serious Look at Child’s Play featuring works by Nancy Richards Farese, Filter Photo, The Griffin Museum of Photography, British Journal of Photography, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Save Art Space, and Photo District News.
Jakubek’s photographs explore the boundaries of private and personal space and the emotions that bind them. Private Publicity looks at images paired with text that investigate the demanding language of our social outlets. The Sensual Subway embraces the New York City transit system and all it has to offer in its intimacy and delusion. Archive of the Ego is an ongoing series of self-portraits that have evolved and changed over the past 20 years.
Jakubek has been a panelist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Photography fellowships, speaker for SPE National and Colorado Photographic Arts Center, and lecturer for the School of Visual Arts, Boston University, University of New Mexico, and Washington and Lee University. She has taught workshops for The Southeast Center for Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Maine Media, and the University of Iowa.
Watch Frances on Projections.live speak about her personal photography practice.
Upcoming EVENTS & Workshops:
WORKSHOPS & PORTFOLIO REVIEWS:
A Yellow Rose Revisited with Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths
(In-Person Learning – Three Sessions)
March 13 - 15, 2026
This immersive three-day, in-person workshop invites photographers to explore identity, legacy, and social dialogue through still life photography, inspired by A Yellow Rose Project. Guided by project founders Frances Jakubek and Meg Griffiths, participants will engage in hands-on image-making, group discussion, and critical reflection—culminating in a collaborative visual response rooted in personal and collective narratives.
Crafting an Exhibition Proposal
Maine Media Workshops: December 6 + 7, 2025, 11am-2pm ET
sec4p: October 21 + 22, 2025, 4-6 pm ET (SOLD OUT)
LACP Portfolio Reviews
October 15-19, 2025 (online)
ON VIEW:
Perennial Impressions
through November 30, 2025
Photographs by Meg Griffiths & Frances Jakubek
Griffin Museum at WinCAM, 32 Swanton St.
A Yellow Rose Project
October 2 - November 30, 2025
Griffin Museum of Photography
So much great programming here.
CONTACT:
francesjakubek@me.com
@franciepants