Dear Friends,
The following YouTube link will allow you to view the final video of Matt Lamb recorded in the summer of 2012 at his Ireland home and studio. This video was produced by the University of Bradford in the UK with credit going to the individuals listed below.
Interviewer: Iain Bloomfield
Camera: Owen Henley
Editor: Tom Hunter
Music:
Mickey Dey
Producer:
Alison Darnbrough
Best,
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Jonathan D. Daudell
Executive Director
+1.312.613.5889 museum
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Love, Peace, and Matt Lamb Forever
February 26th, 2012
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The legacy of a brilliant artist was honored Sunday night at the River East Art Gallery (Matt Lamb Museum) as hundreds of friends, family, and dignitaries gathered- some from as far away as Spain, Germany, and the U.K. Recapturing a lifetime of achievements (artistic and otherwise) is not an easy task; yet the family of Matt Lamb did a terrific job in accomplishing this.
Initiated after the attacks on Sept. 11th, 2001, Matt turned a common, ordinary object (an umbrella) into an international symbol of peace, hope, and love. This instrument became an emotional outlet for children and adults in 39 different countries around the world.
The day of remembrance began with a public visitation (from 1:00 - 5:45PM), then the crowd gathered in the center court area. Reverend Dr. Kevin M. Ulmot from the First Church of the Nazarene (Nashville, TN) and local Reverend Joseph Mulcrone (Archdiocese of Chicago) addressed the crowd, followed by eulogies from Sheila Lamb, Rose Lamb, and Rose Elise Gabler, (among others).
Everyone then took part in a toast and a video presentation of Matt's life was accompanied by two songs: Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. A spontaneous parade commenced by a band loudly playing Matt's favorite song "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" as his casket was carried out of the building and placed in a hearse. A pair of fire trucks (with lights flashing) proudly held our U.S. flag high above the street as the hearse drove away, leaving me with a feeling unlike any other .... and the saints must've been marching when Matt arrived.
A funeral mass was held at St. Margaret of Scotland Church (99th & Throop St.) on Monday and an interment followed at St. James at the Sag Bridge in Lemont. The kingdom of heaven gained a new, significant soul on Feb. 18th; so the next time you're out in a storm and it doesn't seem to be raining on you, it must be Matt Lamb holding an umbrella for you from up above !!
JPW
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Matt Lamb’s wake and “Fun”-eral
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Hi all,
As you know I am in Dubai carrying on Matt's work and coming home soon.To experience first hand how Matt touched so many lives is life changing for me.
Last night more then 1000 people honored Matt and and his art and peace project. We plan to have umbrellas for peace cross the borders of Pakistan and India in September.
I am literally getting thousands of emails and calls with testimonies on how he has changed people's lives, thinking and attitudes.
Some of the countries who have contacted me are:
America, south Africa, Germany, Ireland, UAE, Pakistan, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, India, China, Jordan, Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, Spain, Argentina, Bairan. Japan, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Philippines,
Thailand , Malaysia and more.
These condolences are from children, Ambassadors, Sheiks, adults and everyone he touched. I have been asked by all of these countries to open "umbrellas for peace" branches in each country to carry on this peace movement.
A man from Bridgeport IL did all of this. What an amazing life!
Peace and love- pass it on!
Sheila
Details for Matt's wake and funeral
A message from Jonathan Daudell, Executive Director of the Matt Lamb Chicago Museum:
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Lamb family, I would like to sincerely thank everyone for their sympathy and kindness at this time. It is greatly appreciated. The following outlines the arrangements for Sunday February 26th and Monday February 27th:
Sunday February 26, 2012
Public Visitation - River East Art Center (Matt Lamb Chicago Museum, 435 East Illinois Street)
1:00PM - 5:45PM Open Casket Visitation
6:00PM - 7:00PM Closing of the Casket, Eulogies, Toast, Standing Ovation, Dancing, Parade
7:00PM - 9:00PM Reception
Monday February 27, 2012
Mass and Burial
Funeral Mass will be held at a local church TBD. Additional details will be sent on as they become available.
Best,
Jonathan D. DaudellExecutive Director
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Not a funeral, but a "FUN"-eral
Matt’s wake and funeral will be open to the public.
Exact times will be posted in the near future, but the wake is now scheduled for Sunday, February 26, at the Matt Lamb Museum, River East, 435 East Illinois Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The funeral will be the following day, Monday, February 27.
According to Matt’s wishes and in keeping with his upbeat personality, these will not be the somber affairs we typically associate with wakes and funerals.
As a former undertaker, Matt planned out his own services with great care, and said that instead of a funeral, his would be a “FUN”-eral, more akin to a graduation party or wedding reception, with music, bars, food, and uproarious good times.
We would love to see you there.
More details to come on the Blog and Facebook.
Dear Friends,
Earlier today, Saturday, February 18th, 2012, at 3:00 AM Chicago time, Matt Lamb passed away in his Chicago home with his family by his side. For Matt, this is the next stage of his journey and he will be greeted with open arms in the spirit world. As Matt would always say -"onward and upward!"
Funeral arrangements are pending but current plans indicate the wake will be Sunday, February 26th at the Chicago Museum and the funeral will be the following day. Additional details to come as they become available.
Ambassador for Peace
I am fortunate to know and admire a number of strong women. One of the most amazing is Sheila Lamb, President and CEO of Chicago based Matt Lamb Studios.
Sheila’s father, Matt Lamb, was one of my constituents in Chicago.
Many years ago, Matt was told he had an incurable illness and would die within a few months. He sold his thriving funeral business and dedicated the next 30 years of his life to spreading a message of peace through art. Matt’s daughter Sheila travels the world on behalf of the Lamb Umbrellas for Peace program.
Tell me about Umbrellas for Peace.
Lamb Umbrellas for Peace (LUFP) was started after the 9/11 tragedy. The purpose was to help the children who lost a loved one paint through their grief. We painted umbrellas with their fears on the underneath and their hopes and dreams on top. The idea is the hopes and dreams permeate through their fears and protect them to go out into the world and be who they are supposed to be.
With a simple yet powerful message, LUFP evolved out of a small-scale art therapy program and now reaches 29 countries and over 2,000,000 individuals worldwide. I think people are empowering themselves to bring peace to "their" worlds. An umbrella is non-discriminating and a perfect symbol to use worldwide.
What is your secret to making deep personal connections all over the world?
I cross the world monthly to bring peace through art. We recently had umbrella projects in Pakistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Germany, Ireland, and the US. Once I have left a country after conducting an umbrella project we have trained "ambassadors" to carry on the project.
Nothing is more important than maintaining open lines of communication with colleagues, friends, and acquaintances and being accommodating to their needs. This openness and two-way flow of communication really does work wonders.
Having a meal together, getting to know each other, and listening to all they have to say is best. I am invited into people’s homes all over the world and there is no bigger honor for me than to be allowed into their lives and share in their personal experiences with them.
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When you are passionate about something and you have a good working relationship, it becomes very easy for others to share in your passion.
How did you get started in the art world?
I grew up above a funeral home and I saw thousands of people stand over a casket and say, "I wish I told Dad or Mom I loved them" or "I wish we took that trip" or "I wish we bought that car we wanted" and so on. I decided to live without regret.
I also didn’t know how to do that. When I was in high school I got an "F" in art! Art was my first class of the day and I was too lazy to go to school in the morning.
When my Dad left the funeral business, I joined him to run the art business. I started painting myself, completely untaught. Now, I have art work in the Vatican in Rome, I was an artist for Villroy & Boch in Germany where my art was sold worldwide, and I open peace museums and sell art globally.
What advice do you have for young people?
Being passionate about what I do makes what I love to do a reality and keeps me going. This takes time, but with proper planning and a determined mindset everyone is capable of doing work that inspires them and has potential to make the world a better place.
Pursue your passions and do what you love in order to make the world a better place, but don’t think you are going to win others over to your cause easily or immediately.
What's the key to being an entrepreneur?Realize there are no victories or defeats. I just wake up everyday look in the mirror and say, if I don’t do this who will? Putting yourself out there, getting out of your comfort zone is scary, but it also takes you off the bench and puts you in the game.
I never turn down an opportunity. If it can’t be done, I figure give me a week. If it's impossible give me a month.
It’s a life journey, not a career or job. I'm asked all the time where my degree came from. I answer that my degree is in life experience.
Learn from your mistakes and keep on going, enjoy every second, good, bad and indifferent. That is the best way to end up on top of your world!!
Marty Russo is a retired US Congressman who served 9 terms with US House of Representatives.http://www.russocapitolstrategies.com/index.php/blog
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Matt Lamb in Spain
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<< Photos from Spain -- February 2011
Complete update on our trip to Spain
We had a wonderful time in Spain, and I’m very excited to tell you about our adventures!
We arrived in Spain after a long flight. Rose and I had a good rest.
Sheila had three days of meetings with dignitaries and officials. We met the people and had meals with them, although we didn’t get into the routine of 11pm dinners. The culture there is long lunches, long dinners.
Rose and I decided that our bodies were not going to allow that pleasure, so we spent a lot of time resting, reading, and just watching. It was new to us, but it was very enjoyable.
We saw all of our old friends. We had a lot of time to talk to people, meet them, but our new plan, approaching 80 years old, is that we’re going to act more our age than our stupidity!
Going to the fashion show in Madrid was surreal. We were invited by Francis Montesinos. We had a busload of people from around the world and were greeted like long-lost friends and family.
They were hung as the background to the runway show, and then all these flower pieces were there adorning the stage, an exotic, multi-colored rose, which was the flower of the evening...
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NEWS SKYLINES: Life change leads to cosmic connection
Dali museum set to open with $500 million in Spanish surrealist art
12/08/2010 10:00 PM
By IAN FULLERTON
Contributing reporter
Peace activist and entrepreneur-turned-artist Matt Lamb is once again about to go from being an admirer of Salvador Dali to sharing a room with him next month when Lamb opens the Chicago reiteration of the Dali-Lamb Museum, featuring original works by the Spanish surrealist hung alongside Lamb’s own paintings.
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The most recent collection—which will also include sculptures, sketches and personal effects of Dali’s such as family photos and Coco Chanel postcards—is coming to Chicago on loan through a partnership between Lamb and the Barcelona-based businessman Juan Bofill.
Lamb, who may be best known for his participatory
anti-violence project “Umbrellas for Peace,” said that his participation in the collection was the result of “a kindred spirit” that he feels toward Dali and Spanish artists in general.
“Spain was always a place of strife, and the artists, to me, were individuals,” he said. “I have a very philosophical closeness with that type of artist.”
Bofill first approached Lamb years ago when he asked the artist to show work in his Dali Museum in Barcelona. Since then, the friendship between the two has blossomed into a 30-year loan that will bring $500 million worth of Dali works from Bofill’s private collection across the pond.
Lamb’s own work has been up in the Streeterville gallery since earlier this year.
Bofill said he saw a number of connections between the Dali and Lamb. “They are both very interesting, international artists,” Bofill said. “They both brought ideas to the art world in their own ways.”
A Bridgeport native, Lamb was born the son of a funeral director. At the age of 18, he became a partner in the business and expanded the family-owned parlor into one of the largest funerary enterprises in Illinois, making millions and developing a drinking habit that would eventually lead him to change his path in life.
After being diagnosed with mononucleosis in the mid-1980s, Lamb sold the company and took up painting.
Lamb’s works play in a range of predominantly bright colors; abstractions taking shape through his own unique treatment process that involves dipping and drying canvasses in corrosive solutions.
His first muse, appropriately enough, was the flower.
“Unlike the funeral bouquets for which he’d always demanded absolute symmetry, the floral still lifes he painted…were far from fastidious,” wrote Richard Speer in his biography of Lamb. “They are miracles of surface, each bloom an over generous dollop of paint puckered by his alchemical recipe of repellent ingredients.”
From there, Lamb began his journey as an outsider artist, working first in his rented Chicago studio and then expanding his operation to Ireland, Argentina and the Florida Keys.
His work has since gained international recognition, showing in exhibitions at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Westminster Cathedral in London and at venues across nearly every continent.
Lamb makes no bones about his transition from capitalist to visualist.
“I was very fortunate, I never had to sell a piece of art to eat,” he said.
As a former businessman, Roman-Catholic and a recovering alcoholic, Lamb has plenty of subject material to work with. But recently all he wanted to talk about was peace.
“I believe that we have institutionalized not being nice to each other,” he said.
In his umbrellas project, which he launched shortly after the events of September 11, 2001, Lamb held a workshop in Washington D.C. for children whose parents had died in the attacks. To express their emotions, the kids painted and decorated umbrellas which were later displayed on Capitol Hill.
The project has since been reenacted in schools and festivals in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and in cities throughout North and South America.
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As in most of his previous artistic work, Lamb said that he sees the Dali-Lamb museum as an opportunity to talk to people about the alternatives to violence, from the battlefield to the schoolyard. He said he plans to set up programs at the museum, including a workshop for the umbrellas project, to continue to push his message to people of all ages.
“We’ll set up the culture where, if you have a problem, the first thing you do isn’t grab a bat or throw a punch,” he said. “To me that’s a start.”
The Dali-Lamb Museum will open to the public in January, with a grand opening set for May. The collection is also slated to eventually feature original works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Marc Chagall, among others.
Painting for the visually impaired with Lamb
On Friday November 19th Matt painted with friends, teachers, students who are now all family at his farm in Wisconsin. This art work is for the visually impaired. There were 70 installations painted with 25,000 pounds of cement and 600 gallons of paint.
Many people who attended added a memento to an installation. This was filmed, will be translated into 10 languages and made into a documentary. A book of this event will follow. Once dry, groups of five installations will be shipped to our museums around the world. One group of five will be shipped out next week.The purpose of this art work is for touching. We have found that interactive art, feeling the art, gives each person a whole different experience. Also, we have found that if people have had sight in their life and are now blind they can feel the vibration of the colors.
In each of our museums we will have "museums for the blind" and that is specifically for touching this great art.
We also painted canvases and those canvases are being prepared to travel the world. You can track where they go on our website.
We thank everyone for coming out on such a cold Wisconsin day, but the warmth that was shared kept all of us going! Please enjoy some pictures of the day below, more will be added as we receive them.
http://www.mattlamb.org/visually.html
Umbrellas For Peace - abc7NEWS
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November 22, 2010 (PRESS RELEASE) -- Various images come to mind when you think of peace.
But since September 11, Chicago Artist and Peace Activist Matt Lamb has helped thousands of adults and children from around the world use something as simple as an umbrella to represent their personal values and world peace. Lamb teaches them to express their feelings of grief and pain by hand painting umbrellas. And in change, the umbrella is used as a symbol of protection to whomever is under it.
Lamb Umbrellas for Peace
Lamb Umbrellas for Peace is a global art project involving the painting and decorating of umbrellas by children and adults. Individuals artistically design umbrellas that represent their personal values of world peace. The umbrella functions as a manifestation of the individual bringing peace to the world in which they live.
After the September 11, 2001, attacks on the Pentagon, Matt Lamb was asked by the Secretary of the Veteran's of Foreign Affairs to find a way to help the individuals whose lives had been affected by the tragedy work through their grief. In May of 2002, 38 participants gathered with Matt to express their feelings of grief and pain and work through them to find their hopes and dreams. They did this by painting umbrellas! A parade followed in Washington D.C., with displays on Capitol Hill and a tour of the White House. Since that time, over 900,000 individuals in 25 countries have participated in Lamb Umbrellas for Peace projects.
The philosophy behind Lamb Umbrellas for Peace is rooted in the notion that the umbrella is a metaphor for protection. It does not discriminate, and all people-regardless of race, age, gender or nationality-are safe under the umbrella. The top of the umbrella is the shelter and represents our hopes, dreams and aspirations. The underside of the umbrella represents concerns and fears. Lamb Umbrellas for Peace helps children and adults express their positive emotions and heal negative experiences by painting them onto the umbrella. It teaches individuals peace, hope, love, and creativity instead of the daily message of war and aggression. It is our goal to spread these messages into the world through art.
Lamb Umbrellas for Peace has worked with preschool through college students and adults of all ages. Organizations of all kinds can participate in this project including businesses and their staffs as well as entire communities. Therefore, no matter the size, composition, or nature of your business, Lamb Umbrellas for Peace can work with your organization to accommodate your business model.
Please know that we work tirelessly to bring victory to each person who might be discouraged by their circumstances. We empower the individual to step forward with their own voice through painting an umbrella, all the while, spreading a loving and peaceful message.
Matt Lamb Bio
"Art is the universal language, and it can change the world". This statement is regularly heard when speaking with artist, peace activist, and philosopher Matt Lamb. Following in the footsteps of his father, he began his business life as an undertaker. He daringly changed his life following his defeat of death in order to positively influence the hopes and dreams of others. He accomplished this goal with the assistance of the divine message of the Spirit through the power and impact of art. His life and the lives of others are expressed and fortified through each individual brush stroke within each painting inspired by the Spirit.
With studios all over the world, Matt Lamb has the opportunity and capability to complete his artistic outputs wherever he may travel. Controversially, Matt Lamb has used colors and materials in unheard of approaches, and successfully, he continues to do so. With a process Lamb has named, "The Dip", he immerses the canvas into a mixture of repellent materials giving each painting a distinct texture and look. Following the completion of this first step, these incomplete pieces are left to dry over a period of months or even years. The final addition to this prolific, artistic message is the selective addition between figurative, abstract, and semi-abstract modes.
With innumerable projects and paintings, one can only be amazed at the work this 78 year old, Irish-American man has accomplished. What began as a life of an undertaker, has blossomed into the life of an immortal, inspirational spirit. Now a man of life, Lamb spends his days painting and teaching children that violence is definitely not the answer and tolerance, peace, hope, and love should be key factors to every persons life. With world wide acknowledgments and countless shows, Lamb has had a very rewarding and successful journey.
From his artwork to his Umbrellas for Peace, Matt Lamb relays the unending message of what the world could become. Through his artwork, as inspired by the spirit, he forwards messages of love, tragedy, hope, forgiveness, unity, tolerance and peace from those who have passed. Each of these components are main aspects of the world and the capability it has to become better. These emotions and actions are what lead to the catastrophe of September 11, 2001. His Umbrellas for Peace began with the children who became victims that day to the loss of their parents, guardians or loved ones. As commissioned by the Pentagon to help these children to paint through their grief, the idea of the Umbrella was born.
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.
Matt Lamb has become a globally recognized self-taught artist whose works have been shown in public and private collections worldwide. Internationally, Matt Lamb has received multiple awards and recognitions. Between the years 1980 and 2000, Lamb became involved and acknowledged by many groups and institutions. Matt Lamb recognitions during this time consist of: Being a Member on the Board of Directors of the Vatican Museum Rome Italy, Sir Matthew James Lamb Knight Grand Cross from the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, The North Central Lieutenant representing the north central part of the United States at the Grand Majesteriam Rome Italy, Recipient of the Order of the Chasqui from the people of Peru, Member of the Reial Cercle of Arts in Barcelona Spain, Treasurer of the Roman Catholic Church Extension Society, Man of the Year from Leo High School, Chicago, IL., President of the Advisory Board of Cook County Schools, Member of the Teamsters 727 for 60 years, President of the International Funeral Directors Association, Board of Directors of Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, IL., Board of Directors of Concordia Saving and Loan in Chicago, IL., Board of Directors of St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL., President of Oak Lawn, IL. Chamber of Commerce, Founder/ President of the Chulucanas Missions in Lima Peru, Founder /President of the Chulucanas Fellows, US and Peru, Honorary Augustinians from the Order of Augustinians and Bishop John McNabb, Award from the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), and being a Member of the National Business Conference Washington, D.C. under President Ronald Regan.
In continuance, Matt Lamb was invested by order of Pope John Paul II into Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem for the second time in 1985. Also, in 1987, Matt Lamb was Invested by New York Archbishop John O'Conner into Association of the Master Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Matt Lamb was also named "Professional of the Year" award given by The Young Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago in 1991. Lamb received the Bronze Medal in the National Federation of French Culture's Deauville Exhibition in the year 1992. 1996 was the year Lamb was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by University of Saint Thomas, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2006 Lamb was awarded with the French Civic Star (a decoration installed by Napoleon for Heroic Efforts to French People), rarely is this award given to foreigners. Matt received it for his work with the gang leaders from the Parisian riots during 2005. Matt Lamb received the Royal Gold Medal for the Arts a decoration from the King of Spain in 2006, Matt is the first American artist to ever receive this award. Soon after in 2008, Lamb was awarded with the European Gold Cross, Agrupación Espanola de Fomento Europe's highest honor, for his efforts to promote peace throughout the world with Lamb Umbrellas for Peace. Also, in 2009, Matt Lamb received an Honorary Doctorate Degree at Bradford University, England.
Lamb's artwork has been shown and compared with artwork composed by legendary artists including: Chagall, Picasso, Miro, as well as Dali. Currently, in Museum of Private Art Collections: Featuring the Work of Dali and Lamb Museums, Salvador Dali and Matt Lamb artwork are being shown side by side in Barcelona, Spain, Chicago, Illinois, USA and soon in Galway, Ireland. His artwork has been addressed in ARTnews, The Times of London, and The Miami Herald, also including many others. He has had countless one-man shows throughout the world including innumerable significant locations, such as: The Westminster Cathedral in London, England, The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, The Centre-Picasso in Horta, Spain, The Vatican Museums of Modern Art in Rome, Italy, as well as several others.
Moreover, Matt Lambs one-man shows have been shown throughout the world since he first began painting. Some of his shows in 2007 took place at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, and at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Luxembourg City, Luxemburg. In 2008 Lamb had shows in: Weimar Germany, St. Helena CA., Union League Club Chicago IL., Napa Valley CA., Autobahn Racetrack Joliet IL., Greifswald Germany, Mendoza Argentina, Dublin Ireland, and City Hall in Ripoll Spain. Lamb also had many shows during 2009. These locations included: Grand Europe Hotel in St. Petersburg Russia, Art Institute of San Diego in San Diego CA., Galleria DiPadova in Healdsburg CA., Chicago IL., and Rumors East Restaurant in Nashville TN., Judy Saslow Gallery in Chicago IL., and the Museum of Private Art Collections: Featuring the Work of Dali and Lamb Museum in Barcelona Spain. Recently, in 2010 there have been many events so far and there are several more events planned to occur this year. The events that have recently taken place this year were at: NBC Tower in Chicago IL, in honor of Martin Luther King's speech "I have a Dream", Dallas Texas, Berlin Germany, Museum of Private Art Collections: Featuring the Work of Dali and Lamb in Chicago IL., Stage Chicago in Chicago IL. The Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre presented the Matt Lamb Tribute: Celebration of a Lifetime, Russian House in Berlin Germany, Schlosshotel in Grunewald Germany, and the Galerie ART CRU in Berlin Germany. In September of 2010, the Nashville Ballet will be hosting the opening of Matt Lamb's artwork exhibit at the First Gallery Martin Center in Nashville, TN. Also, in October 2010, there will be an exhibit of Matt Lamb's work at Gallery 7 in Joliet, IL.
In addition to Matt Lamb's life are his Museums. In particular, the Museum of Private Art Collections: Featuring the Work of Dali and Lamb holds special significance for Matt Lamb. Museums have been opening throughout the world since July 2009. The first museum opened in Barcelona, Spain and one has recently opened in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It has always been a dream of Matt's to have a US-based Matt Lamb Museum. With the support and efforts of our Museum Team in Spain, we have successfully completed this vision of Matt's and are continuing to launch several other museums in many other countries throughout the world. The Museum houses collections of artwork and personal memorabilia as well as providing a setting for art workshops, peace workshops, and conferences.
Matt Lamb's artwork and Umbrellas for Peace projects have touched the lives of countless individuals. His messages within his artwork have inspired the dreams and aspirations within the hearts and souls of infinite communities. His creative ways have encouraged countless individuals to stimulate their lives with peace, hope, love and tolerance. He has motivated so many individuals to become better people and continues to enthusiastically support them.
December 2010 Newsletter - For Sheila Lamb-Gabler
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