Details
Discover the stories held within family photographs and personal media in this hands-on workshop led by Arabeth Balasko, Curator of Photographs, Prints, & Media.
Participants will learn how to safely handle, preserve, and interpret photographs, prints, and other visual materials while uncovering the narratives they tell about family, community, and history. Through guided exercises and discussion, the session explores how individual images connect to broader social and historical contexts and offers practical tools for documenting, preserving, and sharing visual stories for future generations.
Materials and handouts provided.
Note: This is the second in a series of three workshops.
Attendance at all three workshops is not required to learn to save and catalog family stories.
Workshop Facilitator
Arabeth Balasko
Arabeth Balasko is a curator, archivist and historian dedicated to public service and proactive stewardship. As a humanities professional, her overarching goals are to curate collections that follow a shared standardization practice, are user-centric and are searchable and accessible to all via physical and digital platforms.
Balasko believes that humanities organizations should be a welcoming place for all people, and should be an inclusive environment which advocates to collect, preserve, and make accessible the stories and histories of diverse voices. By getting individuals involved in telling their own story and making their own history part of the ever-growing story of humanity, everyone wins.
