MONTEAGLE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
Celebrating 125 Years in 2007
Monteagle Montages
“The Assembly” chose as a theme of celebration, the use of Japanese lanterns displayed outside homes and public buildings, as they had been popular also in the founding days. It is one of the few continuously operating centers of the Chautauqua movement; a summer retreat for the training of Sunday School teachers emphasizing religion, education, recreation and the arts.
It is located in Monteagle, Tennessee, a stone’s throw from Interstate 40.
Most cottages are Victorian or Prairie styles, making a charming and picturesque setting.
I began painting these montages of streets or groups of streets that year. Each print contains some element from each house or public area in that part of the Assembly. Also, each of the 16 Monteagle Montage images includes some Japanese lanterns and an American flag, as July 4th is the most celebrated holiday there. The house names and numbers are identified on an accompanying diagram of each print. A map shows the location of each print within the Assembly.
This is a giclee print of one of these montages, using archival inks and paper, is signed and numbered by Wendy Leonard.