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WATERVILLE, MAINE – The Waterville Public Library and the Photography and Migration Project, in partnership with Waterville Creates!, are asking community members to share family photos and migration stories at a community event on Saturday, April 22.
The event, to be held at the library, which also feature free local food and live folk music, photo preservation workshops, portrait sessions and more. “Whether you arrived in Maine in 1917 or 2017, join us for this celebration of our cultural heritage,” said a news release from Waterville Creates!
Trained staff and students from Colby College will digitally scan family photographs and capture migration stories on video at the event. Up to two unframed photos per person can be scanned; and the digital files will be shared with families and (with permission) incorporated into an interactive community-based website.
Assistant Curator Heather Shannon and Assistant Conservator Zach Long from the George Eastman Museum will run photo preservation workshops and distribute free preservation materials to use at home. Tintyper Cole Caswell will provide demonstrations of this early photographic process and take tintype portraits on commission, as was once common on Main Street.
he Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble will play traditional Lebanese music starting at noon, and the duo Bien Sur will play Franco-American folk music starting at 2 p.m. The Last Unicorn will serve food throughout the afternoon that represents some of the ethnic groups that have migrated to Waterville.
Funding for the event is provided by Colby College.
