ABOUT THE PROJECT

INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE: www.the-lamb-umbrellas-for-peace.org/

The Lamb Umbrellas for Peace Project is a global art project involving painting and decorating umbrellas by children and adults. The individual will artisitically design umbrellas that represent their personal values of world peace. A subsequent parade happens throughout their neighborhoods or campus. This is a manifestation of the individual bringing peace throughout their world that they live in.

Lamb Umbrellas For Peace have been conducted in:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Israel/Palestine, Japan, Lithunia, Luxemburg, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA, Thailand and Vietnam.

 But never untill now in the Netherlands:

First Children of the Netherlands to paint umbrellas for peace

 

PHILOSOPHY

The umbrella is all inclusive and does not discriminate. It accepts everyone under it for protection, no matter the race, religion, age, gender, or color. The umbrella requires action on the part of the individual. It has to be picked up, opened up and held up to provide the protection that it can offer.

The underside of the umbrella represents fears and grief, the top of the umbrella represents hopes and dreams. The shaft of the umbrella represents the universal energy which leads to the spokes that represent the individual’s strengths. The sections of the umbrella can represent something different to each participant; family, friends, religion, education, and more.

The painting of the umbrella is an empowering experience that allows the individual to express grief and fears and work through them. The painting of the umbrellas is a tangible manifestation of the concepts of peace, love, and hope in the individual’s life. Lamb Umbrellas For Peace challenges everyone to be the person to present the world with peace.

The Umbrellas for Peace has worked with preschool through college students and adults of all ages. Actually, organizations of all kinds can do this. It doesn’t just have to be school, but businesses, staffs, and communities.

Meet & Greet with Matt Lamb, renown artist and creator of the Umbrellas for Peace project

 

On the 22nd of June 2010 we met the one and only creator of the Umbrella for peace project, the famous artist Mat Lamb whom visited Holland for a short stay. Mister Mat Lamb moved us all to tears with his amazing stories surrounding his journey with the Umbrella for Peace project. The Mrs. Globe ladies absorbed all information, as they will be challenged to make their own Umbrella for peace event as a part of the Mrs. Globe pageant 2010.

Matt Lamb Donates One Million Dollars worth of Art Works for the LAKMA museum project

 

Mrs Sheila Lamb president of the Lamb Foundation announced a large donation of art 60 paintings with a worth of nearly one million US Dollars for the Gausachs foundation to show Matt Lamb's support for creating the first Latin American Art Museum in the Netherlands and Europe; The LAKMA.

Mrs. Globee 2010 Finalist take the umbrellas for peace workshop

 

Being fully inspired by such a great artist and human being we are now empowered and have reach our own goal of having hundreds of children and adults paint their own umbrellas and walking with the Mrs. Globe Netherlands Misses and the Gausachs Foundation in a parade during the Dias Latinos Festival on the 21st of August in Amersfoort were each year 130,000 visitors enjoy a weekend of latin american music, dancing, food and other activities; this year they also enjoyed the message of peace trough art. www.diaslatinos.nl