Winners Announced, Schedule Set for Art Paws, Sun July 12, 10am to 5pm at McKinely Arts & Cultural Center Park, Reno

Woof Woof, You are Under Arrest!

Art Paws is proud to announce that Officer Chris Bare and his canine partner will be conducting a demonstration at Artown's 15th annual Art Paws on Sunday, July 12 at 10:30am.

"We are very happy to participate in this year's Art Paws, : stated Officer Bare.

The full schedule of events for Art Paws looks like this:

10:00am Park Opens for Pet Fun and Art Paws Doggie Bag Give-Away!

“You CAN Help” Pet Food Benefit for Pets for the Homeless, trade cans or bags of food for one free Art Paws Doggie Bag. Art Paws

Voting Begins for The People’s Choice. Your favorite local animal aid organization to win a portion of the proceeds from Art Paws!  The two winners of the Underdog Grants, The US Wolf Refuge and the Palomino Valley Pet Rescue will also be on-hand to meet people and share animal rescue ideas.

Information Booth Opens All-Day, on the hour, Raffle of Prizes!

All tickets entered in the second chance Platinum Diamond Bracelet Raffle at 4pm.
Bidding Starts at the Art Paws Silent Auction.

10:30am Canine Contest Registration:
Art Paws Most Pawpular & Best Dressed Categories

 Purchase Your Beer Garden Tickets Beer tickets
3/$5.00 – 1 ticket per 4oz. tasting or 3 tickets for a full beer

Commemorative Art Paws Wine Glass Sets for sale,too!

10:30--11:00 Sparks Police K9 Officer Chris Bare Demo

10:45 - Contest Registration Ends

11:00 Canine Contests! With Celebrity Judges and Pup Loving Presenters
Terri Russell – Ch 8 KOLO
Amanda Sanchez – Ch 8 KOLO
Terri Farley –American author Phantom Stallion Series
Tom Jacobs –Animal Life Radio Show

11:00 Canine Contests! Be Creative. Art Paws Prizes!
Art Paws Most Pawpular ~ Show us your pet personality or talent!
Best Dressed ~ Dress up your pup in their finest!

Noon--4pm Beer Garden Opens!

 1:00--4:30pm
Agility Tires and Tunnels Bark Area Open, Courtesy of Dog Training by PJ
Truckee Meadows Dog Training Club Demonstrations

2-5pm Live Music! The “Valentine Rodeo Band” and Reno’s “Note Ables”

4pm Silent Auction and Raffle Closes
Drawing for the Platinum Diamond Bracelet People’s Choice Contest Voting Ends

4:30--5pm Pick Up Prizes and Say Your Goodbyes

5pm 15th Annual Art Paws Ends
Announcement of the winner of the 2015 People’s Choice Contest, based on voting at Art Paws.

Art Paws is "putting on the dog!"

Artown's 15th Annual Art Paws Delivers 'Pooch Couture'

The highlight at this year's Art Paws will be the pets, "the pooch parade," Executive director Landess Witmer calls it. Fondly referred to as the Doggie Fashion Show, Landess says it may be the main reason to go to Art Paws.

"This is an outside dog show of all and any breed imaginable," boasts Witmer.  "And, best of all, these dogs know they are the guest of honor at Art Paws; it IS their day!"

The Art Paws schedule focuses on all things doggie.  Perhaps the culmination is the 11am Canine Contests! The Art Paws "Most Pawpular" and "Best Dressed" catagories will award prizes, with celebrity judges and pup loving presenters: Terri Russell – Ch 8 KOLO; Amanda Sanchez – Ch 8 KOLO; and Terri Farley –American author of the Phantom Stallion Series.  

This year we are happy to announce a new canine contest celebrity judge Tom Jacobs from The Animal Life Radio Show, 1180AM.  The Animal Life is a radio talk show broadcast every other Wednesday at 1pm hosted by Tom Jacobs focusing on all creatures great and small in our community.

Art Paws is an annual Artown event attracting more than 5,000 pets and their people.  This event celebrates responsible pet ownership, brings together the network of animal-aid organizations, and raises money for three local pet-related grants, all in a artsy, festival-like environment with concerts, beer tastings, raffles and silent auctions.

"Dogs and animals in general have always been favorite subjects of artists, commented Michelle McHardy, event coordinator of Art Paws.  "We thought an animal event featuring artists, pet rescue, and animal-related businesses would be a sure hit."

And best of all, Art Paws is "putting on the dog!  Dogs get adopted, money is raised, and a doggone good time is had by all! 

Record Number of New Artists, Pet Businesses, and Great Food Involved in Artown's 14th Annual Art Paws, Sun July 20

2014 Art Paws Vendors 

As of June 15

B J Designs

Boxers and Buddies

Canine Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary

Chihuahua Rescue of Truckee Meadows

Cynthia Lu for Judge

Dancing Willow Design

Dog Training by PJ

Fetch! Pet Care

For Pets' Sake

From My Hands

Fur and Feathers Works, LLC

Heart's Companion

J & J Italian Ices

Lakeside Animal Hospital

Leaning Dog Stuffies

Like Your Junk

Nevada French Bulldog Rescue Inc.

Nevada Humane Society

Northern Nevada Bulldog Rescue

Northern Nevada Hopes

Paws-4-Love

Pets of the Homeless

Rock Envy

Safe Haven Rescue Zoo

Sam's Club

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Shakespeare Animal Fund

Spanish Springs Grooming Salon

SPCA of Northern Nevada

The Bark House

The Battle Born Bonanza Jack Russell Terrier Trial

The Dog Park!

The Vintage at South Meadows

Trail Safe Nevada

US Wolf Refuge

Washoe County Regional Animal Services

Artown's Biggest Bring Your Dog Day! Get ready...

            You and Your Dog Are Invited to the

          14th Annual Art Paws

Sunday, July 20, 2014  *  10am to 5pm

McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive

FREE ADMISSION!

RENO, Nev. – Artown has gone to the dogs!

Come July 20, thousands of revelers and their best friends will trek to Art Paws, Artown’s biggest dog-friendly event, to enjoy food, libations, great live music and a silent auction — and that’s just the two-legged set. The real treat, of course, is for those who loved the car ride. 

From portraitists and jewelers to pet psychics, more than 80 unique vendors are coming to the McKinley Arts & Culture Center this year to dote on canine guests. And they’re not the only ones. Celebrity judges will be on hand to judge contests (think “best trick” and “owner lookalike”), and Reno’s many animal lovers can hobnob and relax in each other’s company, too. Even dog-inspired art projects are part of the fun.  

A popular free one involves pups’ paw-prints tracked across paper. 

“It sounds really silly,” says event host Landess Witmer, who took the helm at Art Paws more than a decade ago, “but it’s absolutely adorable, and people frame this. Sometimes even a tail will get in there. It just celebrates how fun animals are, and how they really are a member of the family to a lot of us.”

As for the stars of the show, “it’s every breed you’ve ever seen,” she says. “They’re all there.”

“We do not have dog fights,” she adds with a chuckle. “We have people battles.” 

Actually, that only happened once.  “And it was related to our silent auctions,” Witmer explains, “because our items are too good.” 

The 14th annual “canine carnival” turned sniff-worthy social hour is also a fundraiser; all proceeds go to nonprofits for pets, with one of three beneficiaries to be picked this year by audience vote. In 2013, the US Wolf Refuge, Boxers and Buddies, and Shakespeare Animal Fund were awarded $6,000, thanks to Art Paws. 

Art Paws during the month of July is part of the 19th annual Artown festival, July 2014. The month-long summer arts festival features more than 400 events produced by more than 100 cultural organizations and businesses in locations citywide, with major funding provided by the City of Reno.

Contact:         Landess Witmer, Executive Director, 775.560.4242, landess@ArtPawsReno.com 

                         Michelle McHardy, Art Paws Coordinator, 775.722.9914, michelle@ArtPawsReno.com

Artown’s 14th Annual Art Paws

Sunday, July 20    *    10am-5pm

McKinley Arts & Cultural Center, Reno

www.ArtPawsReno.com

Vendors to Date:                               3/14/2014

Chihuahua Rescue of Truckee Meadows

Fur and Feathers Works, LLC

Northern Nevada Hopes

Paws-4-Love

For Pets' Sake

US Wolf Refuge

B J Designs

J & J Italian Ices

Boxers and Buddies

Canine Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary

Fetch! Pet Care

Nevada Humane Society

Sponsors: L’uva Bella Wine Gallery

Dog Training by PJ

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Art Paws Volunteer Party--This Thurs July 18th--Let's Get This Party Started!!!!!

Hello Our Dear Art Paws Volunteers and Friends:

Thank you for your interest in helping with Artown's 13^th Annual Art Paws, Sun July 21, 10am to 5pm, at McKinley Arts & Cultural Center, Reno.  With your help, this year promises to be the biggest, best fundraising pet event ever.

Please join us for our annual “Doggie Bag” stuffing event: Thursday July 18^th 6:30-8:30pm at the Bark House, 860 E Greg St., Sparks.  We will be discussing Art Paws event activities after the bag stuffing, sponsored by Whole Foods and the Bark House!

Please feel free to share all the information about Art Paws with you friends on FaceBook, Twitter or any other social media!  

Like us on Facebook @ Art Paws Reno.  If you would like to distribute hard copies our Art Paws poster in your local area retail establishments and social areas, please call Michelle @722-9914 or Landess at 560.4242. 

Thank you for your help with Artown's 13th Annual Art Paws!

 Sincerely,

Michelle McHardy

   and Landess Witmer, 

     Art Paws Coordiantors and Hosts

Artown's 13th Annual Art Paws is Artown's "Only Bring Your Dog Day!"

Watch this!  A tail-wagging good time.

At Art Paws your pet has FUN!  "Pawprint" this date for our canine carnival-like event at this year's art Paws, Sun July 21st, 10am to 5pm, at McKinley Arts & Cultural Center, Reno, NV.

All the proceeds fetched go to The People's Choice local pet-related non-porfit, as voted on all day at Art Paws on Sun July 21st.

Come enjoy the animal art, pet people, wine and beer tastings, canine contests and demos.

Special guest is Hollywood animal trainer and author Joel Silverman, best known for his television show Good Dog U on Animal Planet and 15 years working with IAMS.  

Art Paws also features a free concert by The Smokin' Bulldogs Band!
Accepting donors, vendors, volunteers, and sponsors RIGHT NOW!

Artown's 13th Annual Art Paws, 775-722-9914, 775-560-4242.

ArtPawsReno.com

Artown's Day of the Dog is for everyone!!!!

Art Paws celebrates canine independence at Artown event

by Landess Witmer, PetFolio Publisher

Courtesy Illustration/Turi Everett

Read more:Sparks Tribune - Art Paws celebrates canine independence at Artown event

RENO — As the nation celebrates its independence in the month of July, Art Paws asks not what animals can do for their country, but what their community can do for them.

More than 100 local vendors will congregate in celebrating canine independence days at the 12th annual Art Paws from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 15 at the McKinley Arts and Cultural Center.

Art Paws is the only canine-friendly event at the Artown festival. The event features products and services designed to uplift the canine mind, body and soul — and help animals in need. Voting at Art Paws will determine which three local animal-aid agencies will garner all the proceeds from the event. In 2011, the U.S. Wolf Refuge, Feline Rescue of Northern Nevada and Boxers & Buddies received more than $6,000. The event is being presented by PetFolio Magazine and all proceeds from the event will benefit local non-profit pet organizations. A special feature this year will be a free “Tribute to Animals” by the Nevada Opera, as well as wine and beer tastings and an evening concert by Rhythm Tailors Hillbilly Band. Admission to this event is free.

Attendees can enjoy canine art provided by artists and artisans, a silent auction of pet items, a raffle with prizes from pet product vendors and dogs will be encouraged to try their hand at paw painting. There also will be a chance for dogs to show off their unique talents and skills in the Canine Contests, some of which include cutest dog, best costume and best trick.

Art Paws is part of the 17th annual Artown festival, which takes place over the entire month of July. The summer arts festival features more than 400 events produced by more than 100 cultural organizations and businesses in locations citywide. Artown receives major funding from the city of Reno, and is sponsored by the Grand Sierra Resort, U.S. Bank, NV Energy, JLH Inc., Waste Management, Basin Street Properties, the Reno Gazette-Journal, KOLO 8 News Now, KTHX-FM and KNPB with additional support from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

PetFolio Magazine was established in 1997 as a free, bi-monthly magazine designed to inform, educate and serve as a communication network for animal lovers across the Northern Nevada region. The magazine helps to raise funds and awareness for various animal rescue organizations in Nevada through its print publication and annual event, Art Paws. The McKinley Arts and Cultural Center is located at 925 Riverside Drive in Reno.

For more information about PetFolio Magazine, visit www.petfoliomagazine.com or contact Landess Witmer at 560-4242.

Read more:Sparks Tribune - Art Paws celebrates canine independence at Artown event

Is Your Dog a Social Animal!/#?

Bring Your Dog to
Artown's 12th Annual Art Paws
Sunday, July 15
McKinley Arts & Cultural Center, Reno
10am to 5pm





More than 100 local pet vendors and related products will come together to bring some of the magic that is "animal" to Reno this coming July.  Pets will stroll along the Truckee, enjoy treat samples, test skills with agility, relax with massages, and just plain show off with their owners at Art Paws!

As Artown's "Only Bring Your Dog Day,"  Art Paws is extra-ordinary for canines!  Be sure to bring your dog for the contests and fun.  Sit and stay at Art Paws for the Tribute to Animals concert from the Nevada Opera, the suds and sips of beer and wine from L'uva Bella and Vintage Wine Shop, and the late afternoon concert from the Rhythm Tailors Hillbilly Band.


For a fetching good time, to donate or volunteer:  
call us at 775.722.9914/560.4242!