The local PBS affiliate KETC chose to focus on Shaw’s and St. Michael’s colaborations with the Pulitzer Foundation on the show Living St. Louis. Here’s the 6 minute clip…

There was a lot of work put into making the students look like their chosen paintings. The students did a great job picking out the right costumes and many Gallery Assistants where there to assist with preparation. Here’s a look at how the photo shoot was done…

Gallery Assistant Amy Blome helping a student with her makeup

The final touches are completed to become Napoleon…

The Lacemaker’s hair is perfect and ready for the camera

Gallery Assistant Courtney Henson makes a final adjustment for the Empress and Natalee Cayton, also a GA, prepares to shoot

The shoot begins… fabulous lighting don’t you think?

The original…

Jan Vermeer
The Lacemaker
c.1669-1670
Oil on canvas
Louvre, Paris, France

Student reproduction…

The Original…

Petrus Christus
Portrait of a young girl
after 1446
Oil on wood
29 × 22,5 cm
Staatilch Museen xu Berlin

Student reproduction…

The original…

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
The Comtesse d’Haussonville
1845
Oil on canvas
51 7/8 x 36 ¼ in
The Frick Collection

Student reproductions…

The original…

Titian
Portrait of Isabella of Portugal
1548
Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Student reproduction…

The original…

John Singer Sargent
Madame X
1883–84
Oil on canvas; 82 1/8 x 43 1/4 in.
Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916

Student reproductions…

The original…

Bust of Nefertiti
Ancient Egyptian
painted limestone
1360 B.C.

Student reproduction…

The original…

Anthony Van Dyck
Portrait of a Commander in Armour, with a Red Scarf
Oil on canvas
Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.

Student reproduction…

The original…

Thomas Gainesborough
Portrait of a Lady in Blue
late 1770s
Oil on canvas
The Hermitage at St. Petersburg

Student reproduction…