History and Philosophy

What is the Memory Project?
What is the purpose of the project?
How did the project start?
How many art students are involved?

During the first year of the project, school year 2004-05, approximately 500 portraits were produced for children in Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, and Nepal by high school students speckled throughout the United States. The next school year, 2005-06, the project continued to spread, and nearly 3,000 portraits were produced by high school students across the country. Then, in September 2006, CBS aired a feature story about the Memory Project on the first night that Katie Couric debuted on the Evening News (click here to watch). That publicity fueled the project even more, and as of July, 2008, more than 16,000 portraits have been produced by students in almost every state. 

Who are the children that receive portraits?
How many portraits does each child receive?
How do the kids react to the portraits?
Do the kids also get to make something for the art students?
How do we get involved?