Dog Art Today

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  • Annual Dog Art Show at Mascot Studio

     

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    Ready for the Snow by Ellen Weinstein

    If you’re in the East Village this evening, stop by Mascot Studio to see “Lucky Dog!”  It’s the store’s 13th annual dog art show curated by artist-owner Peter McCaffrey, with works by Anthony Freda, Anne Watkins, Chris Buzelli, Katherine Streeter, Hadley Hooper, Jane O’Hara, Jo Chambers, Richard Haines, Meer Musa, Kelynn Alder, Scott Neary, Dan Romer, Joohee Yoon, and June Moss.

    My pick of the litter is Ready for the Snow by Ellen Weinstein.

    Happy Valentine’s Day.

  • Bridgestone’s Lucky Dog Ad

    Bridgestone’s Lucky Dog ad is hilarious and beautifully executed, but for some reason it never made its debut at the Super Bowl as planned.  Directed by Kinka Usher, who has experience with special effects (Mystery Men) and dogs ("Yo quiero Taco Bell" commercials), I’m pretty sure no animals were harmed during the shoot.  Find out the secrets of how it was made to look so real from Joey Tomatoes at blip.tv.

    It was shot in Orvieto, Italy, (north of Rome) one of the most breathtaking towns in the world.  If you go there, stay at La Badia, a 6th century abbey transformed into a hotel. 

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    La Badia

    I had one of the best meals of my life there — mushroom crepes with wild flowers, roated white beans, prociutto and melon, bruschetta, local white wine, and a rose liquor for desert — eating flowers and drinking roses beside a roaring open fire — it was otherworldly.