Educating the Sega Girls of Tanzania »

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Unbound Visual Arts, Inc., Nurturing Minds, Inc. Northeast Chapter and Athan’s Bakery and Café are pleased to present the opening of Educating the SEGA Girls of Tanzania at the Athan’s Café Art Gallery in Brighton.
This exhibition, an International Women’s Day event, features photographs by Warren Zelman portraying academic and social life at the Sega Girls School, a secondary boarding school in Tanzania for vulnerable girls. The photographs capture the serious and joyful times in and out of the classroom where friendships, bodies and minds are developed. Warren’s black and white and color photographs vividly reflect the realities of growing up in Tanzania.

A public opening reception is Thursday March 6th from 7:00-9:00 pm. Nurturing Minds, Inc. has arranged to have Nusura Gundi, their first exchange student from the Sega Girls School, at the opening reception. Nusura, who is living and attending school in Philadelphia this semester, will discuss her path to education and her experiences in the United States.The

exhibition runs from March 6, 2014 through June 2, 2014 and is open daily from 8:00 am – 10:00 pm. Athan’s Café Art Gallery, 407 Washington St., Brighton Center, MA.| MBTA: Buses 57, 65, 86, 501, 503 | Handicapped accessible and Free wi-fi.

Warren Zelman is a Montreal-based photographer who traveled to the SEGA school in 2011. He does a wide range of advertising, corporate, editorial and documentary photography. He was born and raised in Montreal and studied Commercial Photography at Dawson College. The photographs in the exhibition are part of a larger series which included the girls’ school portraits and class photos. The photos of laughing girls won the Applied Arts magazine 2012 First Place Award for Pro-Bono Series. Based on the entire group of photos, Warren was also awarded a 2013 Photography Fellowship in Africa by Management Sciences for Health and SocialDocumentary.net. Warren’s Facebook site is www.facebook.com/warrenzelmanphotography.

After payment is received, we’ll contact you regarding pick-up. Shipment can also be arranged for an additional fee. If you need assistance in determining how to best display or hang your painting, we can help with that too. Paintings make great gifts for special occasions like birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations and holidays. All of these works of art were created in Massachusetts.

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NOTE: All prices are with frames. Unframed prices are also available upon request). All sales will directly benefit the Sega Girls School in Tanzania through Nurturing Minds, Inc.

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Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) is a unique 501(c)(3) non-profit art organization. We serve the Greater Boston community with impactful educational programs and exhibits to encourage learning, engagement, and change. UVA’s Arthaus Gallery is located at 43 N.Beacon St;, Allston, MA and UVA’s Overlook Gallery is at 175 Washington St., Brighton, MA.