Main Street Art Announces Artists’ Reception for Journey To Tanzania, A collaborative exhibit blending photography with philanthropy to connect communities across the globe, on Friday, March7th

Main Street Art Announces Artists’ Reception for Journey To Tanzania, A collaborative exhibit blending photography with philanthropy to connect communities across the globe, on Friday, March7th

Newfields, N.H. - Main Street Art invites the public to attend an opening reception on Friday, March 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the art center in Newfields to introduce its exhibition of a special photographic endeavor. Please join the MSA board in welcoming three gifted photographers whose work connects communities from different parts of the world. Journey To Tanzania is a photo exhibition of stunning images from their trip to that African nation while traveling and working with The Giving Lens. The Journey To Tanzania Initiative provides an opportunity for people in this country to get involved with helping raise awareness of and meet the needs of students in Tanzania. Join us and view the complimentary artwork on this project by local MSA art students.  Refreshments will be served. Parking is plentiful at the Newfields Town Hall.

This exhibit seeks to inspire action and so doubly serves as a School Supply Drive for the communities on display. We encourage Reception Attendees to bring small school supplies to donate (particularly pencils and notepads) for the children of Tanzania. 

Gallery hours are Monday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Wednesday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and whenever the OPEN flag is out.  

Project Partners . . .

Chris Keeley, www.ChrisKeeleyPhoto.com

Originally from Jefferson, ME, now residing in Dover, NH USA

• From travel and portrait photography to business promotions and landscape, Chris Keeley is an artist drawn to all areas of photography. Most recently, Chris was capturing images in southwest Florida, Downeast Maine, the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, and Tanzania, Africa. His work can be viewed at galleries throughout New Hampshire and numerous environmental publications.

Pat Kennedy Corlin, www.PatCorlinPhotography.com 

Resident of Strafford, NH USA.

• Providing a wide range of private and commercial services, Pat can be found working in studio at The Performing Images Photo Loft in Strafford and the Seacoast Photography Studios in the beautiful Newmarket Mills of New Hampshire. She will tell you that she feels complete when her work has a positive and lasting effect on others. An avid nature, portrait, travel and freelance photographer, she is never happier than when traveling the globe, photographing  people and locations such as Cambodia, Africa, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, Caribbean Islands and hiking or skiing the mountains of northern New England, the Rockies and the Austrian Alps with her  photo gear on her back and at the ready!

Meagan Corlin Brogan, www.ShutterForcePhoto.com 

Originally from Strafford, NH USA, graduate of Coe Brown Academy and the University of Rhode Island, now residing in Honolulu, Hawaii USA.

• Meagan Corlin Brogan is strongly passionate about travel, animals, photography, writing and people, Meagan’s love of adventure emboldens her to mix those passions together to produce her artwork. A New Hampshire native, Meagan has spent the past 7 years living in Honolulu, Hawai’i but her travels have led her to explore Thailand, Greece, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Rome, Vienna, and across the Caribbean. As a participant with The Giving Lens this past summer, she was profoundly influenced by the beauty and culture of Tanzania, and seeks to share that inspiration through photography, education and philanthropy to make a difference in the lives of others.

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What People Are Saying About JTT . . . 

Jenna Riley, Art Educator, Main Street Art 

Over the past few months Main Street Art has been partnering with Journey To Tanzania, a collaborative exhibit blending photography with philanthropy to connect communities across the globe.  This group of photographers from New England and Hawaii recently traveled to Tanzania with The Giving Lens and took beautiful photographs of the landscape, people and animals. They have provided MSA with the use of their images in the classroom as inspiration for student artwork! Students in Jenna Riley's art classes were able to design a project relating to the photos of Tanzania. Projects ranged from drawing, painting, and sculpture. The artwork will be collected and put on display during a special Art Show and Reception for students and their families on Saturday, March 8th, from 12 until 2pm. At this time the Journey To Tanzania will also have their own artwork hanging in the MSA Gallery. This is one of Main Street Art's first ever Student Art Receptions! It will focus on giving students the opportunity to participate in the gallery, meet other art students,  and display artwork they have created in the classroom.

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Kerry Little Kennedy, 4th Grade Educator, Old Town Elementary School, Maine

Our fourth graders began our own 'Journey' to Tanzania with a study  of the geography and culture of Tanzania through the use of photography, art, literature and ecology.  Building on the work we do in community building, we expanded our definition of community to talk about becoming humanitarians.  We then raised supplies for others in our global classroom of Tanzania.  We wrote letters to share our own culture and share our burgeoning understanding of the diverse lives, language and people of Tanzania.  These letters were lovingly packed a top the decorated boxes of school supplies they donated to the cause.  Our students are from a typical small community in rural Maine.  Many of our students are themselves are in need of assistance but they took the opportunity to help others for in this global study of altruism.

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What Else Is Going On With JTT . . .

Thursday  February 27th the Journey To Tanzania KICKSTARTER LAUNCH is live t @ 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1731146590/journey-to-tanzania

Simply find your way to the website and search Journey To Tanzania and watch the project video to learn more about this amazing journey, see live video footage, and learn what it took to bring this exhibit to life!

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On Saturday, March 8th, from noon to 2:00 p.m. MSA will be hosting the opening of the work of students in MSA art programs who have been local collaborating with mixed media representations of the photographs on display.

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On Saturday, March 22nd, the photographers will host a hands-on workshop from 12:30 until 2 pm for attendees to give back to the people of Tanzania! Friendship Boxes will be created from shoe boxes and filled with letters, art work, and donations of small school supplies. Take sign up for workshop and receive participation details please contact PerformingImages@gmail.com or phone 603-781-5916.