2022 Collaboration Project

OPENING RECEPTION & REVEAL – THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022

The Collaboration Project Pieces are for SALE at the Gallery!


Click on the photos below to open a larger image.  Photos were taken from the opening reception and reveal on Thursday, March 24, 2022.

2022 Collaboration Project – The Process


The Artisans Village Guild is excited to share the news about our 2022 Collaboration Project.

We have chosen three photos that evoke Lake Country. One is a fall scene of the lake with a gorgeous tree on the left and a stunning sky in the right distance. The other is a view of two adorable calves at fellow member Alex Pearson’s cattle farm outside Eatonton.  The third photo is of a perfect sunset made even more spectacular with the reflection on the lake.

Each photo was enlarged to 30″ x 40″ and cut into 12 – 10″ x 10″ pieces. Each participating artist is given a 10″x10″ panel and one piece of one of the photos, as well as a copy of the complete photo for context.

Artists have until February 25 to return the completed panel. A range of mediums can be used to recreate the piece of the photo: paint (oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc), pastel, mosaics, glass, beads, textiles, etc. Weight has to be a consideration, however.

We will put the panels back together into three 30″x40″ collaborations and reveal them at the reception on March 24 at the Gallery where the collaborations will be for sale.

The Guild did this collaboration project several years ago and the participants still talk about how much fun it was. Save the date for the 2022 Collaboration Project Opening Reception!

Participating Artists!

PHOTO # 1 – Landscape Collaboration “Fall in Lake Country”

Justina Antill  |  Frank Cassara  |  Anne Trippe  |  Michele Hartung   |  Donna Abrams  |  Adele Montgomery  |  Elaine Thillen  |  Jim Barton  |  Sandra Witty  |  Debbie Cornelia  |  Joy Hart  |  Steve Kippels

PHOTO #2 – Cow Collaboration “Carhan’s Calves”

Nancy Bolen  |  Alex Pearson  |  Michelle Valigursky  |  Cathy McIntire  |  Betsy Jenniges  |  Anne Henson  |  Linda Elkins  |  Becky Sherrell  |  Toni McCuin  |  Holly Parker  |  Joan McGuigan  |  Martha Harris

PHOTO #3 – Third Collaboration—landscape “Sunset in Lake Country”

Ann Dodys  |  Elaine Ford  |  Beth Baker  |  Nan McGarity  |  Gail Vail  |  Linda Foster  |  Laura Anderson  |  Carron Masson  |  Cindy Cogdell  |  Ullrich Moser  |  Monika Moser  |  Carolyn Berry

Photos were taken at the January Guild meeting where each was assigned a “piece of the puzzle” that they will recreate in any medium of their choice before the end of February.  We can’t wait to see what the puzzle looks like with all the pieces created by some of our favorite local artists!

Previous Collaboration Examples

A few years ago, the Artisans Village Guild members completed two Food-themed Collaboration pieces in the same style.   Take a look at the result!

Hamburger_Collaboration

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Pancake_Collaboration

Collaboration Photos

Here are the three photos chosen for this project. Each of these photos were divided into 12 10″ x 10″ pieces for artists to recreate. Join us on March 24 to see them all put back together again!

Cow Collaboration
Collaboration 2
Sunset Collaboration