Artown's 14th Annual Art Paws Silent Auction and Hourly Raffles--ASTOUNDING!!!

Artown's 14th Annual Art Paws

Silent Auction starts at 10am

Hourly Raffles, on the hour 

from 10am to 5pm

All raffle tickets entered in a drawing 

for a DIAMOND BRACELET 

at 5pm

Jerry Taylor antiques, vintage linens, artwork, and paintings

John Ascuga’s Nugget FREE Dinner at Gilly’s $25, mailed 5/22

Peppermill Hotel Casino--A two night stay in the towers, plus $100 dining credit

Atlantis Casino Resort Spa— A one night stay in the towers--$100

Boomtown Casino and Hotel—Champagne brunch for two!!! 

The Black Bear Diner--Donated (2) $100 gc for dinner for four

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe/Caesar’s Entertainment---Donated $350 value gc

Qdoba-- (2) parties for 10 people

Savvy Boutique—--bracelet and gift certificate

SUP—gave a gift card for soups and more!

 Cane’s Community Request System— (2) tailgate certificates for big meals

Wiley.com—$350 bike

  

Nappa Sonoma—$85 gift certificate for Saturday night pasta dinner for four and a bottle of house wine

Five Guys Burgers and Fries—one $10 gift card

Whispering Vine—Curtis—two bottles, value $24

The Spicy Pickle— $10 gift card 

Kimmie’s Candy Company—Donating giant gift basket of candy

Port of Subs—big donation!  10 gift certificates for lunch for two plus 

"coupon fans" for 500 doggie bags

Gold Dust West—an Overnight Stay Package valued at $215 from the 

Gold Dust West

Christy Cranmer—Diggin It--$65 Diggin It  basket of supplements and 

treats

Yogurt Beach— 4 cards worth $26.88 total

Wild West Off Road Racing Series—$400 value, for admission tickets 

with total access to the VIP tent

The Patagonia Outlet—$138 in Patagonia premium shirts

The Bead Shop--$15 gift certificate

Cabella’s— Fluffy Dog bed and collar $55 value

Flowers By Patti— (2)  DOZEN ROSES $85 each gift certificates

Deli Towne— Two Gift certificates/tshirts and car washes

Barb Harmon—$45 handmade necklace

Sue Halliburton—3 portrait gift certificates for full portrait sessions

Animal Ark—Animal Ark VIP passes

D Bar M—Handmade leather dog collar

Reno Aces--four in-field tickets

Wendi Dennis—Charisma--(2) $75 facial gift certificates

Labels—$50 gift certificate

Creme--(2) $10 gift cards

Stone House Restaurant—(2) $15 gift certificates and one $50 one

BJ’s Nevada BBQ--$15 gift cert plus bbq sauce

Bobbi Metzker—two $70 stone necklaces, plus a raffle keychain

Traci Bayton—(2) $45 Spa Manicure gift certificates

Polyesters— gave $18 handmade mask

Adlington Eye—a pair of doggie embellished sunglasses, with a basket with goodies

Sierra Feed—$50 Gift card

Cat Kindsfather—four wild mustang prints--$20 each

Nevada Auto Diagnostics— four smog and registration certs, 

$28.95 each

 Kimmie’s-- $25 gift certificate

Red Rock Hounds— $250 gift certificate

Rock Sport-- (2) $20 gift certificates for one-day climb and gear

Woody's Grill and Spirits--(2) $25 Woody's gift cards

Rock to Riches--(2) books by Andrew Chapman and Lee Silber

Kings Row Veterinary Hospital--(2) $25 gift certificates and vet books

JAZZ—a Louisiana Restaurant--  (2) $10 Jazz Dollars gift certificates

Western Nevada Supply--a Milwaukee Job Saw Kit, value $50

Goldilocks Jewelry— $500 gift certificate

Great Skin by Cyn—Full Moon Spa Package and Facial Gift certificates

Ari Sizemore--Full Session of equine Assisted Life Coaching gift 

certificate for Equusynced 

JAZZ—a Louisiana Restaurant-- YES, they gave (2) $10 Jazz Dollars gift certificates
 
Western Nevada Supply-- YES, they gave a Milwaukee Job Saw Kit, value $50
 
Great Skin by Cyn—Full Moon Spa Package & Facial Gift certificates
 
Woody’s Grill and Spirits—(2) $25 gift cards
 
Goldilocks Jewelry--$500 gift certificate


Dancin--$350 gift certificate for an Unlimited Month of Family Dance
 
Spanish Springs Grooming Salon——(2) $50 Full Groom certificates
 
Fur and Feather Works--a gift certificate:  Intro to K9 Nose Work class, 
Value $150.

Chase McKenna, CHt,----one therapeutic hypnotherapy session, $125


Popeyes—five gift cards

More donations are being fetched daily this week! And, 

generous support from Art Paws vendors is still being 

accepted all the way to Sunday, July 20 at ART PAWS!

My apologies to anyone missed on this list.  We 

appreciate your donation very, very much and every 

attempt to recognize ALL donors is being made by me!

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

Scraps

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

Reno News& Review Article On Artown's 14th Annual Art Paws Draws A Bow Wow Audience!!!! Read This--SHARE this please!

Dog lady

Landess Witmer

By Sage Leehey 

This article was published on 05.15.14.

PHOTO/SAGE LEEHEY

July 20 is the 14th annual Art Paws event. It's tailored to people with pets and is a dog-friendly Artown event. Landess Witmer is the host and has recently added two Underdog Grants to her event. All proceeds from the event are split between the beneficiaries of these two grants and the people's choice award. The application can be found atwww.artpawsreno.com and is due by May 20.
You’ve been doing Art Paws for a while now?
Yes, yes. This will be our 14th year, and it is set for Sunday, July 20. We’re very excited because in our 15th year we have a goal of $15,000 to give back to the community. So that’s going to be a big goal. So we’re trying to rev up to it next year.

What’s your favorite part of Art Paws?
Probably the people’s choice. I think we’re the only event that I know of that you can vote, and your vote helps determine who gets the money. And I think that’s really cool. We’ve done that for many years, and this is the first year that we’ve decided that we’ll award one people’s choice grant from the popular votes at our event and we would award two needy, what we call the Underdog Grant to non-profits that apply online. … I thought it was interesting because I wanted to name this the Underdog Grant, but underdog means different things to different people. If you look it up, it has many different meanings, and one of them is perfect to somebody who is almost disenfranchised. And what we thought is that the people’s choice went for bigger groups, and there are lots of little groups that are doing amazing things. So now two-thirds of all the money from Art Paws will go to the little groups. It will go to two different groups within a 75-mile radius of Reno that help animals, and then we’ll still have the people’s choice.

What prompted that change?
Well, I guess just knowing some really great little groups and wanting to help them but not knowing how to. I am not on the grant committee. Neither is Michelle, our event coordinator. No one that’s affiliated [is], not even one of our volunteers. We have a separate group that’s being set up just for the grant committee. But yeah, I did have some non-profits in mind when I was making this, and I’ve made sure that they get to apply. And it’s the first year. Next year we’ll promote it more and give them more time to do it. But we wanted to not skip this year. It was that important.

How are you determining who gets the grants?
We’re really looking at need. We’re looking at how they’ll actually use the money. And we also have one of our grading categories as which one do you feel the most for, which I think is really cool because they may not be able to put things in words as well as somebody else, but they will be given points on having a great idea and doing good things with their money. Also, one of the things that’s important is do they use volunteers? … Volunteers are extremely valuable, and the more you use, the more your cause or event can grow. So I’d like to remind people that you’re not alone. There’s a lot of good people out there who want to help you. … We’re really looking at new groups, too. It doesn’t have to be a group that’s been doing it for years.

Artown's 14th Annual Art Paws Pricing

Artown's 14th Annual Art Paws

Sunday, July 20, 2014

10am-5pm

McKinley Arts & Cultural Center, Reno

(at Riverside/Keystone Drives)

Art Paws is a FREE event for the entire family!  

As Artown's only bring your dog day, we offer animal art, pet psychics, pet food and treat tastings, dog agility, live music, 

and wine & beer tastings, courtesy of L'uva Bella.

We are now accepting a limited number of animal related vendors!

2014 Art Paws Vendor Pricing is:

$75 Non-Profit

$125 Artists

$175 Business

Call Michelle at 775.722.9914 for even more details.  

www.artpawsreno.com

See you at Art Paws!

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

More more more--at Artown's 12th Annual Art Paws, Sun July 15

  Artown's 12th Annual Art Paws is please to give a "paws up" welcome to three new vendors!

My K-9 Creations

J& J's Italian Ices, LLC

Reno Vegan Outreach

Come meet them and the other fifty or so vendors at Artown's

"Only Bring Your Dog Day!"

Sunday, July 15

10am to 5pm

MCKinley Arts & Cultural Center

at Riverside / Keystone Drives

Reno

722-9914 for Questions

Canine Carnival, Animal Art

Nevada Opera Tribute to Animals

Wine and Beer Tastings

The Rhythm Tailors Hillbilly Band

Curiosity Cat by TheatreWorks of NN