The Umbrella Project

The L.E.A.F. project is a project created to expand the artistic talents that are students have. The project is called the Umbrella project; it gives upper level art students a problem based project to expand their educational experience. With the talent and time of the students, the umbrellas are transformed into beautiful artwork.

Each school has a team of no more than 3 students. They use non-toxic, waterproof pigment markers to create their art. The top 50 teams that make it into round two of judging will get to participate in “Singing in the rain”. The first, second, and third place will receive a  scholarship of 1,000, 750, and 500 dollars.

In Madison we have some of are greatest artist participating. One student would be Amber Depoy. She is an outstanding student and wonderful person. She enjoys drawing in her own form rather than realistic, she is the leader of art club and enjoys helping students find their own artistic ability. Her umbrella (pictured below) has an assortment of characters,both her own creation and recreation of well known characters. Mr. Head, the art teacher, enjoys the L.E.A.F. project too because it gives a challenge to his students broadening their horizon of artistic knowledge. Creating projects like this brings students together all across Lake county, giving them a chance to project their talents to the world and share a common interest. The continuation of this project would be shown as quite helpful to the community and are students.