St. Viator students paint portraits for Syrian refugee children

  St. Viator art student Fiona Conneely works on a portrait of a Syrian refugee child. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com

  Billy Mueller, an art student at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, works on a portrait. The class was creating portraits of Syrian refugee children for the Memory Project, a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art teachers and their students to create and donate portraits to youth around the world who have faced substantial challenges such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, violence, and extreme poverty. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com

  Fiona Conneely, left, and Sarah McDermott work on their Memory Project portraits in art class at St. Viator. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com