SLIDESHOW: Collaborative Exhibit at Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery

Typically, many visual artists work alone on a painting or a mixed-media work.

But in the latest members’ show at Fountain Street Fine Art gallery, many of the pieces exhibited are collaborative works.

Multiplicity, which is open at the Framingham gallery through Dec. 14, features several collaborative projects.

Collaboration is working with others to do a task and to achieve shared goals and it requires trust.

In Serial, 15 different artists passed 25, 8-inch by 8-inch panels back and forth, with each artist altering and adding to the piece. Some creations in the collection were worked on by two artists and some as many as five artists.

Fountain Street Fine Art gallery founders and artists Marie Craig and Cheryl Clinton participated in Serial, which is available for purchase at $2,000 for all 25 or individual panels can be purchased at $125 each.

The sale of all collaborative works in the show will benefit the gallery.

Other artists who participated in Serial included Lisa Barthelson, Brenda Cirioni, Denise Driscoll, Sara Fine-Wilson, Bob Grignaffini, Kay Hartung, Nan Hass Feldman, Joel Moskowitz, Pat Paxson, Roy Perkinson, Stacey Piwinski, Tracy Spadafora, and Jeanne Williamson.

There was a reception with the artists Saturday evening at the gallery, located in the basement of the Bancroft Building in South Framingham.

Another collaborative piece of art not to be missed in the show is 24 Hours.

On a set day, 8 artists agreed to take a spontaneous photo every hour on the hour, starting at midnight for 24 hours. The final product, priced at $2,400, features 192 2-inch squares of photography. Images include, selfies, a washing machine, a dryer, a collection of Pez dispensers, a rooster, feet on a bathroom scale, shoes, a sunset and black images.

Artists who participated in 24 Hours included Carrie Childs Antonini, Lisa Barthelson, Brenda Cirioni, Marie Craig, Roy Perkinson, Tracy Spadafora, Jeanne Williamson, and Scout Austin.

In Cut Fold Tear, multiple artists cut, folded or tore quantities of paper for assembly into an ephemeral installation of paper and shadow. The final product is not to be missed.

Several member artists also worked in unison on large drawings in teams of two to five people. The challenge for each team was to communicate and experiment with materials and methods.

Synchonic is a large mixed-media drawing that is a wonderful collaboration between Scout Austin and Kellie Weeks. The 4-foot by 7-foot graphite and charcoal work is a delightful experiment. It sells for $900.

There is a solo work by artist Nan Hass Feldman, who has been painting for more than four decades. Feldman, has had almost 50 solo exhibitions and has been included in almost 30 museum shows.

Scout Austin has two encaustic medium pieces in the show, both highlighting the honey bee. Most encaustic art involves beeswax. After learning that the honey bee is endangered, Austin wanted to create art that showcases the plight of the honey bee. The Garden and The Prayer, both 12-inch by 24-inch works, are included in Multiplicity.

For fans of artist Roy Perkinson, there is a landscape, solo painting by the Framingham artists in the show.

Another solo piece not to be missed is Collection Part 1 by Spadafora. It features 30, 3-inch encaustic and mixed media wooden discs combined for one visually-stimulating creation. It sells for $900.

The gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment.