Members selected to reinterpret Thomas Hart Benton’s landscape, “Lewis and Clark at Eagle Creek” as our 2025 masterpiece. 24 members will create their unique section of this year’s group project. Packets were distributed at the February membership meeting and are due back at the April meeting.
Members assembled all 35 pieces of last year’s masterpiece, Tree of Life by Gustav Klimt, and were finally able to admire the full project at our May 28th meeting before sending off to be framed.
AGMF’s annual group project asks members to create just one section of a larger artwork that is then reassembled to display as a whole. Participants have two months to work on their piece of the selected masterpiece. Sections are handed out randomly and artists are encouraged to use their own personal artistic style to represent their assigned section as they see fit.
The strength of this project lies in the fact that all of the participants, combining their individual artistic mediums and styles, contribute to the success and beauty of the artwork as a whole. The piece showcases the extraordinary talent within the Guild.
Our final Collaborative Classics can be found throughout our Village.
- 2018’s “Starry Night” by Van Gogh is on display in the large meeting room at the Library, along with
- 2019’s “Sunday Afternoon” by Seurat
- 2020’s “Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge” is featured at the Art Lounge, where we hold our membership meetings
- 2022’s “Woman in a Purple Coat” by Mattisse can be found at the Hot House Tavern
- 2023’s “Exotic Landscape with Lion and Lioness in Africa” by Rousseau hangs at the Community Education and Recreation Center
- 2024’s “Tree of LIfe” by Klimt hangs at Ally’s Bistro
Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon”
Monet’s “Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge”
Mattisse’s “Woman in a Purple Coat”
Klimt’s “Tree of Life”