Credit Katie Salisbury
Ever wanted to tell your own Boston Chinatown story? Learn how you can develop your photography and storytelling skills with the Pao Arts Center, UMass Boston, and photographer Katie Salisbury.
The Inside Chinatown project, which will take place from January-June 2019, invites 10-12 community members to tell their story and history through photography. Learn to capture what Chinatown is today from your point of view. Each participant will receive a $350 honorarium.
Get a preview of the project and be inspired by Salisbury's work, Thank You, Enjoy, a project that tells the stories of Chinese immigrants who work in restaurants and takeouts in New York through photos and detailed, bilingual captions. The kick-off will include time to learn more about the project and to meet with Salisbury, and UMass Boston and Pao Arts Center staff.
Want to participate in the Inside Chinatown project but can’t attend the Kick-Off Event? Learn more about how to participate.
About the Artist: Katie Salisbury is a storyteller based in Brooklyn, NY. She's a writer, editor, and photographer whose work has appeared in Marie Claire, VICE, Refinery29, Lucky Peach, Roads & Kingdoms, On Being, The Rumpus, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and elsewhere. Most recently, she was an editorial fellow at Guernica magazine. As a Spring 2017 TED Resident, she gave a TED Talk titled "As American as Chop Suey" about her photojournalism project on Chinese restaurant workers in New York. In 2016 she contributed to the documentary project She Is Syria, which chronicled the stories of women and girl refugees. Previously, she edited award-winning books for Amazon Publishing and HarperCollins. Originally from Southern California, Katie is half Chinese and half Anglo-Irish.
This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Contact: Cynthia Woo | 617-863-9080