Wonderfully diverse, thought-provoking, fun exhibit
We’re Kicking off our Tenth Season with a Roar
Please join us in celebration of:
10% of sales will be donated to the MSPCA
to rescue abandoned and abused pets.

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
“The Whale” by John Dykes
“Sheep Sisters” by Ken Harvey
Honorable Mentions
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
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