Sunday Connections: My Family History

Part of the Victorian Seniors Festival

What: SPECIAL EVENT
When: Sunday 26 October
11am to 12 noon
Tickets: Does not includes museum entry
Child $6
Member $13

Concession $11Adult $15

Join us for an interactive workshop designed to help families of all ages explore and preserve their unique heritage together.

This session will guide participants through creative approaches to uncovering family histories. We’ll explore how to think expansively about "family" - including chosen family, community connections, and cultural traditions that shape our identities. The workshop covers practical techniques for documenting family recipes as cultural artifacts, organising and digitising family photographs and documents, and connecting personal histories to broader historical contexts using public archives and historical records.  

Participants will leave with tools for conducting gentle family interviews, strategies for engaging different generations in storytelling, and ideas for creating family history projects that honour diverse perspectives and experiences. All materials provided; bring your curiosity and family photos to share. 

Suitable for ages 8+.

Facilitator

Pia Johnson  

PHOTOGRAPHER AND CURATOR    

Pia Johnson is a visual artist, photographer, curator and lecturer living on Djaara country, Australia. Her practice is engaged in performance, transcultural identity and belonging, stemming from her mixed background of Chinese Italian-Australian descent. Her works have been awarded and exhibited across Australia and internationally and are collected in private and public collections including the National Gallery of Victoria.

Known as one of Australia’s distinctive performance photography and portrait artists for over a decade, Pia has commissions from all the major performing arts organisations in Australia. Pia has her own podcast Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography, which profiles contemporary photographers and artists speaking about their practice and photographic concerns today.

Pia holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts from University of Melbourne and has a Doctorate in Fine Arts from RMIT University, where she is a lecturer and Associate Dean Photography in the School of Art.  

Part of the Victorian Seniors Festival