MSM students create art for Memory Project

Published August 18, 2017

Mount St. Mary Academy art students in IB Art, Art III and Art IV created portraits for children around the world in collaboration with The Memory Project. The nonprofit organization works with art students across the globe to create portraits for youth who have faced substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents and extreme poverty. Seventy photographs of The Memory Project student artwork will be on display at the University of Wisconsin beginning Sept. 21 to raise awareness of the Syrian war’s effects on children. Two of the portraits in the exhibit were created by Mount St. Mary students Aryn Angyal and Meredith Muller. The portraits were donated to the youth to help the children feel valued and important and to know that many people care about their well-being and their future.