Save the Children’s CEO Carolyn Miles to Speak about Malawian Children’s Paintings Depicting Love at the Westport Arts Center

Westport-based Save the Children’s President & CEO Carolyn Miles will be the featured speaker for an evening conversation on the “Malawi with Love” exhibit at the Westport Arts Center on November 4.  Miles will discuss how a brush, some canvas and a dash of paint can transform the lives of underprivileged children in Malawi through Save the Children’s Healing and Education through the Arts or HEART program. “Malawi with Love” is part of the Westport Art Center’s “Love: In the Eye of the Beholder” exhibition, which goes through Sunday, Nov. 6.        

The exhibit features a collection of watercolor paintings from Malawian children, ages 11 through 14, in Save the Children’s programs who illustrated on canvas what love means to them.  Art gives children a creative outlet to express themselves, and to recover from experiences that take a toll on their health and well-being.

Background on Healing and Education through the Arts program:

Save the Children's Healing and Education through the Arts (HEART) program uses the arts to promote the well-being and development of children by providing them with a creative means of expression. The program is targeted to children living in areas affected by conflict, violence, HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty.

The Healing and Education through the Arts program is carried out through Save the Children's early childhood development and school programs in Haiti, Malawi, Mozambique and Nepal.

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