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| Frodo- next to a painting that was done of him when he was a puppy. |
November
9. Go to an Art Museum Today Day. That’s a long title. I would like to go today – but I’m not sure
I’ll have time. Besides – it’s not EVERY
art museum that I would want to visit. I
don’t really care about pictures of the Mona Lisa. I mean she’s nice and kind of spooky with
that little smile of hers – but what I would want to see is dog art.
There are two kinds of dog art. Art MADE by dogs. And art with dogs as the subject.
We have probably all seen pawprint art –
where you put non-toxic paint on a dog’s paws and let the dog step on a
canvas. That’s one kind. And I read about another kind of art that was
done in Brazil, where they took shelter dogs and put non-toxic paint on them
and they let the dogs shake off the paint – to create an abstract masterpiece.
Here’ s a slow motion video of that project.
I’m not sure I can convince my human to try
this. IMAGINE trying to get that paint out
of my coat. Still – the idea IS a good
one to raise funds for shelter dogs
The other kind of art is done by humans –
and has dogs as the subject. Dogs in art
have been around since the time of the pyramids – remember King Tut’s
tomb. And throughout the centuries,
humans have depicted us in all kinds of ways.
Besides dog books, my human likes to
collect dog art. She has some cool stuff
– many of which are prints. One of
her favorites is a series of prints from 1793 depicting dogs. Take a look and see if you can figure out who
my ancestor was. I'm not sure!
There is a gallery in New York City that
specializes in selling dog art. My human
went there once. But the place that she
REALLY wants to see – and the place that is on her Bucket List is the American
Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. It’s in
Saint Louis, Missouri. http://www.museumofthedog.org/
She can’t think of lots of other reasons to go
to Saint Louis (sorry Saint Louis) – although she DOES have a friend who
recently moved there. So maybe her dream
will come true! It looks like a SUPER
cool place – with EVERYTHING dog!
We tried to find other dog museums in the
world – but didn’t have much luck. It seems that lots of museums have traveling
dog art exhibits – but we didn’t see many permanent exhibits. How do I work on changing that? Seriously.
Every museum SHOULD have a dog section.
So today, go to an art museum – or even
visit one virtually. And don’t forget to
ask where the dog section is…..
© Linda Wozniak
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