An exhibition of painting, drawing, photography and sculpture celebrating the representations of dogs in contemporary art. Invited guest curator, Fred Stonehouse, is interested in the variety of ways that artists push beyond the pedestrian conceptions of a “pet portrait” into a terrain where images of dogs become thoroughly enmeshed with a creative vision or studio practice.

“Certainly, many artists have vividly captured images of beloved pets over the years, but it is when dogs have entered the imaginative universe of an artist and become integral characters in their narrative, attained the status of mythic surrogate, or risen to the level of formal muse, that they play their most compelling role. It is difficult to imagine a world without dogs or an art-world where dogs don’t figure prominently, but I am confident that dogs will be with us to the end both in our art and at our sides.”

-Fred Stonehouse

Exhibiting artists include: Brett Angell, Chris Berti, TD Brenner, Mark Chatterley, El Gato Chimney, Robert Cocke, Jack Damer, Mark Forth, Aris Georgiades, Laurie Hogin, Ron Isaacs, Mary Jones, Leonard Koscianski, Lon Michels, Mark Mulhern, Charles Munch, Mike Noland, Todd Olson, Bill Reid, Jan Serr, Leo Sewell, Anne Siems, Gail Simpson, Aniela Sobieski, T.L. Solien, Fred Stonehouse, Russ Vogt, Robin Whiteman, John Wilde, Janica Yoder, and Betsy Youngquist.