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September 14, 2014 by profk

Animal Art

Wonderfully diverse, thought-provoking, fun exhibit

We’re Kicking off our Tenth Season with a Roar

Please join us in celebration of:

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10% of sales will be donated to the MSPCA
to rescue abandoned and abused pets.

Sharon Whitman, Water Dance
Sharon Whitman, Water Dance

Animals — from beasts of prey to household pets — have been a staple of artistic expression since cave painting at the very dawn of humanity. Whether as totems, allegory, decoration, or simply for their “fearsome symmetry,” animals have been a presence in the works of history’s greatest masters from DaVinci’s horse studies, through Rousseau’s primitive wildlife, to Picasso’s bull fetish. Yet, the role of animals in art is often overlooked. We have terms for ‘portraits,’ ‘landscapes.’ and ’‘still lives’, but none for art with animal subjects. ‘Animal Art’ gets no respect.

Belmont Gallery of Art opens its tenth anniversary season with a long overdue appreciation of Animals in Art, featuring animal artworks in a variety of media — painting, sculpture, photography collage, fabric art — selected by jurors and veterinarians, Dr. Suzanne Kay and Dr. Dawn Binder, from Belmont’s Cushing Square Veterinary Clinic.

The menagerie is a ‘must-see” for art lovers and animal lovers of all ages. And visitors can help homeless and abused pets at the same time. Ten percent of all sales of artwork will be donated to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell to support its mission to find loving families for abandoned and mistreated pets.

Thank you to everyone who attended our opening reception (Sept. 19) and CONGRATS TO ALL of the artists displaying work!

Prizes were awarded for the following categories
Best in Show - "Chimp" by Warren Croce
Best in Show – “Chimp” by Warren Croce
Best in “Breed” – Mixed Media – “The Whale” by John Dykes
Best in “Breed” – Mixed Media –
“The Whale” by John Dykes
Best in “Breed” – Photography – “Sheep Sisters” by Ken Harvey
Best in “Breed” – Photography –
“Sheep Sisters” by Ken Harvey

 

Honorable Mentions
“Apollo the Pig” – Photograph by Rich Perry
“Apollo the Pig” – Photograph by Rich Perry
“Moonwalk” – Photograph by tSOfi Inbar
“Moonwalk” – Photograph by tSOfi Inbar
“In the Shade” – Painting by Iris Osterman
“In the Shade” – Painting by Iris Osterman

 

Exhibiting artists include many established local and regional talents and several newcomers
Terri Ackerman Ken Harvey Iris Osterman
Eric Almquist Elaine Hawkes Dari Paquette
Neri Avraham Richard Hill Rich Perry
Carol Berney Janel Houton Sara Reilly
Nicole Bernstein Janet Clingerman Hsiao Marcia Schloss
Iris Chandler Ku-chan Hsiao Tony Schwartz
Christine Chang Kay Hudgins Ruth Segaloff
Lisa Cohen tSOfi Inbar Marian Stanton
Warren Croce Kwan Kew Lai Lee Strasburger
Jennifer Dubost Wei Li Dick Stroud
Norma Dumont Miranda Loud Diana Tsomides
John Dykes Arch MacInnes Geoff Wadsworth
Eleanor Elkin Caitlyn Marsh Nadine Wallack
Irene Fairley Jamie Maxfield Bev White
Cara FitzGibbon Carolyn May Sharon Whitman
Ottavio Forte Judy Love John Williams
Terry Gips Frances McCormick Timothy Wilson
Joan Glinert Anastasia O’Melveny John Wood
Virginia Greenblatt Joan Onofrey
 More Artwork in the Show
Cara Fitzgibbon, Somewhere in Montana
Cara Fitzgibbon,
Somewhere in Montana
Jennifer Dubost, Callie
Jennifer Dubost, Callie
Timothy Wilson, Three Bills
Timothy Wilson, Three Bills
Joan Onofrey, The Boss
Joan Onofrey, The Boss
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Filed Under: Show Archives Tagged With: allegory, animals, collage, decoration, fabric art, painting, photography, sculpture, totems, wildlife

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Homer Municipal Building
19 Moore St., 3rd floor
Belmont Center, MA 02478

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