Students in Donegal High School’s Drawing/Painting II and AP Art & Design courses once again participated in the Memory Project, a nationwide initiative in which art students create portraits for children and teens around the world who are living in orphanages or similar homes. Given that youth in such situations usually have few personal keepsakes, the purpose of the portraits is to provide them with meaningful mementos of their youth. The project also allows art students to practice kindness and service to others while enhancing their portraiture skills.

 

This project gives our students the opportunity to learn about other cultures and global issues.  Students worked on these special portraits over several weeks prior to them being delivered to the children.