Animal Friends: Artists & the Animals they Loved at the Crocker Art Museum!

Calling all animal lovers and art lovers!

Join Crocker Art Museum’s docent, Marla Todd for a fascinating and special tour for Midweek Mixes of the Museum’s animal related art collection!

Throughout history artists have been known to share deep, life-changing bonds with animals. These beloved animals often served as studio companions, muses, and artist models. In this tour we'll visit animal friends and their artists ranging from popular Victorian German genre paintings, to Contemporary California Funk, and all of the purrrfect works in between.

This tour highlights painters and sculptors who had a particular love and respect for animals, and explores the fascinating ways those bonds found their way into their art.

🐕 🐈 🦌 🐦 Expect a delightful afternoon of:
• Beautiful and unusual animal-themed artworks
• Stories about the artists behind them
• A closer look at how artists captured animal personality and character
• Fascinating connections between artists and the animals they loved
• Plenty of lively discussion with fellow art and animal enthusiasts

Whether you have a lifelong love of animals, an appreciation for art, or simply enjoy discovering the stories behind museum works, this promises to be an engaging and enjoyable afternoon at the Crocker.

WHAT TO EXPECT
Free for members, FREE with admission for nonmembers
Museum Admission Prices
Adult - $15
Senior - $10
We'll meet inside Crocker in the foyer near the admissions desk.
Please say hello to Allison your Meetup host!
She'll be sitting on a bench by the admissions desk.

Come meet some wonderful animal friends from the collection! 🐾

Please cancel if you can't make it so that you won't be marked as a no-show. Members with three unannounced no-shows will be removed from this group. Please update your RSVP if your plans change. 🌻