Community Archive & Heritage Preservation Project

About This Grant

Northwest Folklife is leading this community-driven project to digitize and preserve recordings of folk performances from the 1990s and 2000s, ensuring that these invaluable cultural artifacts remain accessible to the public. Through a series of viewing and digitization events (June 2025 - May 2026), located at 305 Harrison St folk artists and community members will reconnect with their histories, contribute missing metadata (e.g., performer names, musical styles, repertoire), and develop hands-on digitization skills. This project fosters intergenerational connections, cultural storytelling, and heritage preservation, while increasing public access to archival materials that were previously inaccessible due to outdated formats. With this funding, NW Folklife will bridge archival recordings with the communities they represent, ensuring that these histories are actively shared, celebrated, and sustained for future generations. The project is free and open to the public.