Comments on: pig photos

By: Debbie Dubrow

Debbie Dubrow — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:01:42 +0000

Last summer E and I arrived at Pike’s market one morning just in time to see the Pigs parade. We stood by the sidelines as one colorful pig after another streamed by.

E’s fav by far was the one coated in chalkboard paint (there was chalk for the kids to color with too)

By: Dominique

Dominique — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:56:27 +0000

I love it when cities do these animal projects. My hometown did polar bears a few years back (as a tie-in with the opening of then-new Arctic Ring of Life at the Detroit Zoo), and you’ll occasionally see different animals when you travel elsewhere. I did an article about the polar bear project for a local newspaper at the time. It was a neat chance to showcase local artists, and I think I remember they ended up auctioning off the bears at the end of the display period to benefit the artist and local charities. There’s at least one business in town that has one of these animals on permanent display in front of their building (a big purple and orange frog).

I remember seeing horses in Saratoga Springs, NY, frogs in Erie, PA and cows in Chicago.

Fun photos. Thanks for sharing!

By: Heatheronhertravels

Heatheronhertravels — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:08:35 +0000

Those painted pigs must be from a travelling piggy family as I saw their cousins on show in Bath this spring.

http://heatheronhertravels.blogspot.com/2008/05/piggy-street-art-in-bath.html