The Discovered Spirit Project, funded in part by the Amalia & Nicola Giuliani Foundation

Artists’ Reception and Gallery opening
with juried show with celebrity judges

Sunday, March 28, 2010

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Southport Galleries
www.southportgalleries.com
330 Pequot Avenue, Southport, CT

This is a free event but please,
RSVP to Covenant to Care for Children

Press Release

About The Discovered Spirit Project

Covenant to Care for Children (CCC) is pleased to announce our Discovered Spirit Project. This project is for children and youth with any experience in Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families, the Foster Care system or the CCC Mentoring Program. The project is intended to give them a voice by encouraging self-expression through art.

Words alone are not enough to express what children feel. This is especially true when they are faced with the complex issues of divorce, grief, violence, abuse, neglect or coping with poverty. We are giving a voice to these children to express a wide range of emotions and help them work through conflicts and traumas. We expect to see an array of outcomes with our masks from the whimsical to the evocative. While expressing themselves in this visual way, the children gain a sense of empowerment that can help them develop a positive self-image and improve their selfesteem. Children will create masks guided by professional Connecticut artists, Donna Frustere, Karen Wright of Hartford, Katrina Franzen of Southport, Marta Cunha, and Julie Nearing of
Middletown, who are volunteering their time and talents to the project.

Southport Galleries in Fairfield County will display the masks created by the children, along with examples of the professional artists’ work. Sarah Biggers, gallery manager, has generously allowed use of this beautiful new Southport gallery located in the renovation of the village’s historic hardware store. At the Discovered Spirit Project gallery opening reception on Sunday, March 28, 2010, the masks will be available for sale with all proceeds supporting the programs CCC. Celebrity judges will present awards for the masks showing the greatest originality, presentation, and representation.

After the gallery opening event, the masks will be available for viewing and purchase at the gallery through March 31, 2010. After this period, the masks will travel to faith-based sites throughout Connecticut as a traveling display during the following ten months. Our goal is to bring broader awareness of Covenant to Care for Children and the children we serve, offer an opportunity at recognition and accomplishment to the children participating, and build support of our programs.

To RSVP, visit our Contact Us Page

Traveling to Southport for our Discovered Spirit Artists’ Reception on March 28th?

Asking all your friends and family to join you? Why not go to dinner afterwards for a fun evening with friends and family? Here are some possible dinner sites near the Southport Galleries location, which have been recommended by our “locals.”

$-inexpensive    $$-moderate      $$$-Expensive 

$$$   Martels- Northern Italian  2316 Post Rd Southport
$$$   Quarto Pazi- Pasta-Italian 1599 Post Rd Fairield
$$     SBC- American -2600 Post road Southport
$$     Wild Rice  Japanese/Asian 1612 Post Road Fairfield 
$       Horseshoe- Bar food/Burgers -Across the street          Pequot Ave Southport
$       Athena Diner -3350 Post RD Southport

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