The Memory Project 2020-21
For more than a decade, Lutheran Northwest student artists have been participating in an extraordinary program called The Memory Project.
The Memory Project is a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art students to help cultivate global kindness by creating portraits for children around the world who have faced substantial challenges, such as violence, war, extreme poverty, neglect, and loss of parents. The portraits are then delivered to the children, who are always extremely excited to receive them! These very special gifts help them feel valued and important, and provide both a positive childhood memory for their future and a connection to others who care about their well-being. Since 2004, The Memory Project has helped 280,000 children and teens touch each others’ lives through art.
Over the years, Lutheran Northwest student artists have created more than 125 portraits, which have been given to children in Peru, Guatemala, Nepal, India, Haiti, Ethiopia, Ukraine, the Philippines and - this year - to teens in an Afghanistan refugee camp. The 20 Lutheran Northwest participants include students from every grade, including Seniors Linnea Artelt, Sarah Dameron, Adria Dixon, Genna Randall, Ally Saylor, Melanie Siebert, and Austin West; Juniors Carissa Crandall, Hannah Ewing, Kate Grams, Cathryn Vloch, and Prisca Yim; Sophomores Emma Burrell, Melanie Nalezyty, Samantha Robinson, Pamela Ruzycki, and Savannah Sievers; and Freshmen Tori Kern, Greta Leidecker, and Sydney Vollmert.
Check out some of this year’s portraits below, and learn more about this amazing organization by visiting The Memory Project website here!
