The Dog Days of Summer community art project is designed to delight
animal and art enthusiasts of all ages. This sculpture exhibit
builds upon the tremendous success of the previous public art
projects, Hog Wild in 2003, and Frog Follies in 2005.
Dog
Days of Summer is co-presented by the Art Museum of Greater
Lafayette and the School of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University.
These dog sculptures provide the perfect opportunity to celebrate
the School of Veterinary Medicine’s 50th anniversary and
the Art Museum’s 100th anniversary.
This public art project also builds upon the School of Veterinary
Medicine’s outdoor sculpture “Continuum,” by
Larry Anderson, which features a dog as part of its array of people
and animals in a depiction of the enduring human-animal bond.
Through the Dog Days of Summer project, the painted dog sculptures
placed around Purdue University, Lafayette and West Lafayette,
and potentially other locations in the state, will further highlight
the role which animals play in the important intersections between
animals and people, and art and science.
Various
contests and dog related events are planned as part of Dog Days
of Summer and will run from spring of 2009 thru fall of 2009.
Many of the dogs will be auctioned off at the Gala Auction on
October 4, 2009.
All
proceeds benefit the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette and the
Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine 50th Anniversary
Scholarship Fund and the Good Samaritan Fund.
Vote
for Your Favorite Dog!
A
prize will be given to the artist who created the
"community favorite" dog.
To vote, send an e-mail to dogdaysfavorite@gmail.com
with the title (and artist, if possible) of your favorite
dog.
Only
one vote per e-mail address;
we will disqualify anyone who votes more than once.
Voting
ends August 31, 2009. |
For an electronic map/brochure,
noting the locations of all of the dogs,*
please click here.
Print map/brochures are also available at various downtown Lafayette
businesses and at the following locations:
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
102 South Tenth Street,
Lafayette
Purdue University School of Veterinary
Medicine
Lynn Hall, 625 Harrison
Street, West Lafayette
Lafayette-West Lafayette Convention
& Visitors Bureau
301 Frontage Road, Lafayette
Purdue University Visitor Information
Center
504 Northwestern Avenue,
West Lafayette
*
Due to theft and vandalism, the dogs that
were originally located on the Purdue University campus have
been relocated inside buildings on the Purdue campus. The new,
indoor locations are generally right next to where the dogs
were originally located outside. Supplementary maps showing
the new indoor locations can be found at the Art Museum and
at the School of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue. A few other
dogs are still being repaired and will be replaced as soon as
possible.
We wag our tails in
greatful appreciation to our sponsors:
Happy
Hounds
Art Museum
of Greater Lafayette and the Art League
Deborah Breitstein, DVM
City of Lafayette
Henriott Group
Sheila and
Vic Klinker
Lilly Tippecanoe
Labs
Purdue University
School of Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Staff and Students
Purdue University
Veterinary Teaching Hospital Grateful Clients and Lyn Freeman,
DVM
Spiris, Inc.
W.H. Long Companies
Paw
Partners
Holder
and Fehrenbach
Indiana Farm
Bureau Insurance
Jones and Phillips Associates
Lafayette Bank
& Trust
Lafayette Life
Foundation
Lafayette Limo
Lafayette-West
Lafayette Convention & Visitors Bureau
Laird Therapy Dog Rescue
Old National
Bank for WBAA
Paw Prints
Purdue Employees
Federal Credit Union
Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine Class of 1964
Regions
Bank
Tail
Waggers
City of West
Lafayette
MBAH Insurance
Larry McAfee, DVM
Round the Fountain
Art Fair
Stuart &
Branigin
Wal-Mart
Gifts-in-Kind
All Fired Up
Awards
Unlimited
DeFouw
Chevrolet
Fairfield Contractors, Inc.
Haywood Printing
Journal
& Courier
Lausch Photography
Lowe's Home Improvement
Muinzer Moving & Storage/United Van Lines
Purdue Beat Society
Purdy Concrete
Rock-n-Roll Alley Custom Tee's
Sovereign Catering & Events
Uniquely Yours Pottery
& Glass
