Art Paws Official Launch!!! New vendors, new band, new FUN!

  12TH ANNUAL ART PAWS

                                                        Sun. July 15

10am--5pm

McKinley Arts & Cultural Center

FREE ADMISSION!

Free to be me!

Art Paws celebrates canine independence 

at Artown

RENO, NV – 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 have come together to celebrate canine independence days at Art Paws, presented by PetFolio Magazine. Let them experience the wind behind their fur. Savor the joy of gourmet everything in the company of friends. Imprint their immortal soul on canvas. Gaze into a crystal ball with the aid of a psychic. Think, therefore be. Dog. And proud of it.

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. This year voting at Art Paws will determine which three local animal-aid agencies will garner all the proceeds from the event.  In 2011, the US Wolf Refuge, Feline Rescue of Northern Nevada, and Boxers & Buddies received more than $6,000.

All proceeds from the event will benefit local non-profit pet organizations. 

The 16th annual Artown festival is a feast of more than 400events produced by more than 100 cultural organizations and businesses inlocations citywide during the month of July with major funding provided by theCity of Reno. More information is available from: www.renoisartown.com. 

PetFolio Magazine was established in 1997 as a free, bi-monthly magazinedesigned to inform, educate and serve as a communication network for animallovers across the Northern Nevada region. The magazine helps to raise funds andawareness for various animal rescue organizations in Nevada through its printpublication and annual event, Art Paws.

For more information about PetFolio Magazine, visit www.petfoliomagazine.com.

Or contact:

Landess Witmer, Publisher, 775.560.4242,landess@petfoliomagazine.com 

MichelleMcHardy, Art Paws Coordinator, 775.722.9914, michelle@petfoliomagazine.com

Art Paws Celebrates Music and Animals--Tune In This July

Whitney Myer made it BIG on The Voice the last couple weeks singing her heart out!

Whitney just missed advancing in The Voice competition when she sang against a professional 25 years plus her senior.  

Many of you remember her and The whole Whitney Myer Band from the last two years at Artown's Art Paws!  People and their pets listened to her mesmerizing, throaty blues in the park at Art Paws as they strolled along the Truckee River.  Now, the Whitney Myer Band entertains audiences nationwide with her amazing vocals and whimsy dancing ways.

They sold out the Knitting Factory Concert House in Reno…where the club’s manager named their performance as one of the Top 5 most successful local shows ever! 

The Whitney Myer Band has a family air with vocalist Whitney Myer, backed by father Scott Myer on guitar and uncle Fred Myer on drums, and bassist Gia Torcaso making it a full quartet of funk, pop, jazz, and blues.

Look for The Whitney Myer Band when they come back to Nevada.  Meet Guinness, their mascot Yorkshire terrier, too!  

Tell The Whitney Myer Band that we will MISS them at Art Paws this year!!!!!!  

But we are very proud to announce that the Nevada Opera will be joining us at Art Paws for our morning celebration for animals and music, blending the community's best singers with our popular animal-related songs!  And plans are in the works for a awesome day with The Dust on the Bottle Band nimalsat Art Paws this July! 

The Whitney Myer Band

P.O. Box 1123, Reno, NV 89555. WhitneyMyerBand.com

Social Links:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/whitneymyerband

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/whitneymyer

Twitter: www.twitter.com/whitneymyerband

Something to bark about! Six New breeds to learn!

How Well do You Know Your Dog Breeds???


Six NEW breeds made their debuts at last week's Westminster Kennel Club...this meant that these types of dogs are found in at least 20 US states.  Have you seen one of these anywhere?


Norwegian Lundehund

Double-jointed, cliff dwelling breed. Fanciers of the breed call themselves Lundetics!




Entlebucher Mountain Dog

A loyal, beautiful breed that looks similar to a small Bernese Mountain Dog.




Xoloitzcuintli

Pronounced "show-low-eats-queen-t-lee."  This Mexican hairless is one of the 173 breeds that competed at the Westminster Kennel Club Show!




American English Coonhound

This dog breed has origins from hunting hounds brought to America by settlers during the 17th and 18th centuries, resulting in the dogs known as the "Virginia Hounds."








Finnish Lapphund

These dogs are actually are known as former "reindeer herders."  Believe it or not!
 






Cesky Terrier

The Cesky Terrier was created by a Czech breeder, František Horák, in 1948, as a cross between a Sealyham Terrier and a Scottish Terrier, to create a terrier suitable for hunting in the forests of Bohemia.

Artown's 12th Annual Art Paws is Reno's Dog Show!

There are always New Breeds at Art Paws...

This year the Norwegian Lundehund debuted at the Westminster Dog Show.  Known for having up to ten toes on each foot, these dogs are bred to hunt puffins.

Norwegian Lundehunds can also wedge themselves into crevices "Bugs Bunny style" to catch their prey!

So, wonder what we will see this year at Reno' 12th Annual Art Paws, Sunday, July 15!  Canine Contests, Dog Agility, and Pet Portraits, Plus..Artown has definitely Gone to the Dogs!

Call Michelle at 722.9914 for more fetching details!  Sponsors and vendors still being accepted.

Carson City pit bull up for "Pit of the Year"

Carson City pit bull up for "Pit of the Year"

Open Wide!

Open Wide!: February is Pet Dental Health Month

Artown's 12th Annual Art Paws Announces More Participants This Year

PetFolio's 12th Annual Art Paws is the place to be this July 15! This is artown's only "Bring Your Pet Event!" Joining the crowd of exciting vendors is PetCo! Now we are happy to announce the following Art Paws vendors:

1. US Wolf Refuge uswolfrefuge.org
2. Fur-Ever Animal Ministry
3. B J Designs
4. Fur and Feather Works furfeathersworks.com
5. Matthew R. Bailey Photography matthewrbailey.org
6. The Perfect Pet
7. This and That
8. ARGONN/Mary Jean (local author)
9. PetCo

Art Paws occurs during the month of July is part of the 16th annual Artown festival, July 2012. 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. More than 5000 people and their pets are expected to attend this year's Art Paws.

Art Paws is the perfect venue to market your pet-related business, art work, and animal-related non-profit organizations. We have several new sponsors and a new band that we will be announcing as soon as their paperwork is complete... Spaces are filling up fast, and we will be limiting vendors this year. Sponsors and vendors are invited to be in the annual June/July issue of PetFolio as the Art Paws Official Program. This exclusive Art Paws printed version of the June/July 2012 issue of PetFolio Magazine - The Premier Pet Publication of Northern Nevada, is reserved for Art Paws participants. More information about Art Paws can be found at ArtPawsReno.com. Artown is Going to the Dogs! Contact Michelle McHardy at michelle@petfoliomagazine.com.