maggie umbach

Anna bradubury little arts scholarship, 2023

Maggie Umbach expresses what it means to receive the Anna Bradbury Little Arts Scholarship.

“I feel incredibly honoured to be the second recipient of the Anna Bradbury Little Arts Scholarship and I really hope that the donors of this scholarship know what a huge difference this will make in my development as an artist and a person.

Transitioning into senior school has been somewhat stressful. As someone who usually loves talking, I’ve never felt like words can truly express what I want to say. Art, however, has allowed me to express my feelings without having to justify them or have them understood by someone else.

At school, you will see me running around with a camera, as photography is my biggest passion. With this scholarship, I will be able to replace the camera body of my old and unreliable camera. The first thing I plan to get is an easel for my bedroom so that I can draw still-life objects and daily scenes out of my bedroom window.

More than anything, I hope that I’ll be able to capture beautiful smiles and memories over the next two years and include them in the Pallas Yearbook! Together with one of my friends, I am also leading a photography club this year, as I hope that more students find joy in the Arts to relax from daily life stresses. A huge shout out to the Year 11 International Baccalaureate class, specifically the Visual Arts class, as they absolutely inspire me. I hope I can share some of the different mediums (which I would now be able to try out thanks to the scholarship) with them in our Art class.”