Through Nov. 15th
Saco, Maine: The special exhibition Faces Of Literacy, Voices Of Courage celebrates hope and success by highlighting people who have changed their lives through the Maine Literacy Volunteers Network. This special exhibition includes 20 photographs of Maine literacy learners, their tutors, and families by students and recent graduates of Portland’s Maine College of Art. The project will premiered with a special event in Portland on September 17th and then traveled to different venues throughout the state. The Saco Museum is proud to be the premiere exhibition venue for this thought-provoking and wide-ranging project.
Faces of Literacy, Voices of Courage will be on view at the Saco Museum October 2nd through November 15th, 2009. with an opening reception (free and open to the public) on Friday, was held October 2 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Photographers from the exhibition, including Melissa DiPaola and Diane Wren, were on hand to talk about their work and answer questions. Additional programs promoting reading and literacy will take place at the Dyer Library and Saco Museum during the course of the exhibition; please check out the calendar of events at www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org for more information.
Presented by Literacy Volunteers of Maine (LV Maine), Faces Of Literacy: Voices Of Courage aims to erase the stigmatized, narrow world that surrounds adults with low literacy. Fifteen percent of Maine’s population struggle with reading to the degree that activities of daily living are often compromised. Yet each year, over 1,000 adults bravely step into Literacy Volunteers offices throughout Maine to better their lives and open new doors with the help of dedicated tutors. Still, over 200,000 Mainers need help with literacy to become more independent citizens.
In a first-ever collaboration with Literacy Volunteers of Maine, photography students from the Maine College of Art have traveled the state to create compelling portraits of real people who have achieved literacy. These portraits will be exhibited with their extraordinary individual stories at the Saco Museum. The photographers are Melissa DiPaola, Ashley Earl, Jeff Fujiu, Diane Wren, Jessica Perro, and Emma Sampson. The exhibition will then travel to additional venues in Maine, including the Auburn Public Library.
For more information on the traveling schedule for the exhibition, contact Elaine Tselikis at elaine@lvmaine.org.
