Join us to learn the basics of how to create and preserve your archival collection in this workshop featuring researcher and social media creator Nadege Green from @BlackMiamiDade. Gain hands-on experience to help you get started on your archiving journey. For more information, please contact 305-375-5572 or specialcollections@mdpls.org. Ages 19yrs.+
This program was made possible through generous funding from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs in connection with the Vasari Project archive.
In the Community Archival Workshop with Nadege Green from @BlackMiamiDade, participants will learn practical archiving techniques and learn how to organize, store, and preserve their valuable materials for future generations. Participants will be given hands-on guidance about the best methods and practices to archive their collection using the tools and devices at their disposal.
Participants are encouraged to bring materials they want to preserve. The workshop will primarily focus on printed materials, photographs, and small objects. Participants will receive a gently used archival-quality box and supplies to get started.
About the Presenter
Nadege Green is the project founder of @BlackMiamiDade, a multimedia history and storytelling platform that resists the erasure of Miami-Dade County's Black past. At Black Miami-Dade, the layers, memories, and beauty of local Black life are highlighted through research, community-based projects, and education.
About the Vasari Project:
The Vasari Project is a library collection at Main Library dedicated to documenting, collecting, and preserving Miami-Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists, art professionals, exhibition spaces, galleries, institutions, and private donors.
The Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research, scholarship, publications, artists' projects, exhibitions, and events. The archive collects documentation rather than original works of art composed primarily of printed matter: correspondence, press clippings, photographs, posters, books, exhibition catalogs, artists' files, oral histories, and other ephemeral materials.
About the Division of Special Collections & Archives:
Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Division of Special Collections & Archives is located at the Main Library and holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection, 16mm Film Collection, Cuban Collection of Rare Books & Ephemera, Genealogy Collection, Vasari Project archive, and Rare & Antiquarian books from as early as the 17th century. The Division aims to provide the public with the contents of these collections at their request, which include books, original manuscripts, over 18,000 photographs, prints, artifacts, audiovisual resources, and electronic media.
AGE GROUP: | Adult (19+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Special Collections | In-Person | History |
TAGS: | Learning and Classes | In-Person | Hobbies & Special Interest |