The Gift of Art ~ the Memory Project

San Ramon Valley High Schools Give Impoverished Children the Gift of Art

Students in Michelle Traynor-Stephanos’ California High and Diana Govnik’s Monte Vista High art classes recently participated in the Memory Project. The Memory Project collects photographs of children living in impoverished conditions in South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere. The photographs are distributed to middle and high school art programs around the US. The US artists draw portraits of each child. The Memory Project presents the finished portraits to the overseas children. A video is made of the presentations and shared with the US artists. The overseas children, many of whom live in orphanages and refugee camps, learn that they are valued. The artists learn kindness and global awareness.
The Memory Project is a non-profit based in Middleton, WI. In the past 13 years, it has delivered over 100,000 portraits in 43 countries.

The Alamo Danville Artists’ Society sponsored two local schools with a $900 donation to the Memory Project. You can learn more about the Artists’ Society and the Memory Project by visiting our web site at www.adas4art.org.

ADAS/ ALAMO DANVILLE ARTISTS’ SOCIETY

925-648-8023 www.adas4art.org
Contact : Megan Parks-Haller, ADAS President, mainprez@comcast.net, 925-413-3438