Students from Solvay High School create portraits for children in Syria

Students in the Solvay High School Advanced Drawing and Painting class recently completed a school project to benefit children from Syria. Students in Kim McGraw’s class painted and drew portraits of children from Syria, as a part of the Memory Project. The portraits will be delivered to the children in February.

The Memory Project is a nonprofit organization that engages art students from schools throughout the United States. The project aims to create realistic portraits for orphaned and disadvantaged kids from different countries around the world. The latest project allows Solvay students to provide the children from Syria with meaningful pieces of personal history.

“This is my eighth year doing this project,” said Mrs. McGraw. “The students love the project and the value it can bring to these children’s lives. Over the years we have done portraits for children in countries across the globe.”

Since 2004, the Memory Project has created more than 100,000 portraits for children in 43 countries. Each child receives multiple unique portraits, as several photos are taken of each child in different poses. For more information on the Memory Project, visit the website at https://memoryproject.org.