MEPPI: The Digitization of Photographs, March 21-24 2017, Beirut
Upcoming workshop
دورات MEPPI
MEPPI: The Environment, Exhibition and Storage of Photographs 10-21 October 2016, Rabat, Morocco
13 participants from the MEPPI alumni cohort attended the Environment, Exhibition and Storage of Photographs workshop, an advanced workshop part of MEPPI Phase II. The workshop was a two-week workshop which took place at the bibliothèque nationale du royaume du maroc 10-21 October 2016.
MEPPI: The Digitization of Photographs, May 10-13 & May 16-19 2016, Beirut
18 participants from the MEPPI alumni cohort attended the Digitization of Photographs workshop, an advanced workshop part of MEPPI Phase II. The workshop consisted of two four-day back to back workshops which took place at the Arab Image Foundation from 10-13 May & 16-19 May. Topics covered included understanding quality issues of digital reproductions; quality control and image processing; choosing and evaluating equipment; and file and metadata management. The workshop teaching includes lectures and practical work sessions.
MEPPI: The Environment, Exhibition and Storage of Photographs 9-20 November 2015, Beirut
16 participants from the MEPPI alumni cohort attended the Environment, Exhibition and Storage of Photographs workshop, an advanced workshop part of MEPPI Phase II workshops.
The Environment, Exhibition and Storage of Photographs workshop was a two-week workshop which took place at the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut 9-20 November 2015.
MEPPI Amman 2014 - Follow-up meeting Beirut 2015
The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative held its third course in photograph preservation gathering 17 participants, which began in January 2014 with an 8-day workshop hosted by Darat Al Funun in Amman.
MEPPI courses are designed to provide basic theoretical and practical training in the care of a broad range of photographic materials found in the collections of museums, libraries, archives and other repositories.
MEPPI Abu Dhabi 2012 - Follow-up meeting Istanbul 2013
The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative’s (MEPPI) second course opened on the 11th of November 2012, gathering 16 participants from Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine, Turkey, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Iran and the UAE. The course began with an 8-day workshop, generously hosted by New York University, Abu Dhabi (NYUAD).
MEPPI Beirut 2011 - Follow-up meeting Rabat 2012
The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI) Beirut 2011, held its first course in photograph preservation co-ordinated by the Arab Image Foundation (AIF), the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Getty Conservation Institute. This was the first of a series of three, 8-day photograph preservation workshops in the Middle East.
MEPPI Beirut 2009 Pilot Course
The first edition of MEPPI took place in Beirut in January 2009.
Institutions from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria participated in nine days of workshops animated by Nora Kennedy (Metropolitan Museum of Art) and Debra Hess-Norris (University of Delaware).