National Pet Day in Wichita Falls Just Got Amazing with Free Sketch Event

Three different organizations are coming together for National Pet Day in Wichita Falls and this adoption event is asking for your artistic side to show off.

This Saturday, April 11th, it is National Pet Day. This day is dedicated "to those pets who may not always get the companionship and attention pets deserve. While loving our pets is something we do every day, the observance encourages helping out orphaned pet companions."

If you're interested in celebrating National Pet Day, Texas Pit Crew, Emily’s Legacy Rescue, and the Animals Services Center with the City of Wichita Falls, are bringing adoptable dogs and puppies to the Wichita Falls Museum of Art. Located right near Sikes Lake at 2 Eureka Circle. The event is free and open to the public. Children under fourteen are asked to have a parental guardian attend with them.

Sketch a Dog or a Puppy This Saturday in Wichita Falls

Not only will you get to meet some adorable adoptable dogs and puppies. Art supplies will be provided and you can sketch some of them as well during the event. “Our intention is to help our local homeless pets find a family, but also for our local artists to explore creating artworks on paper,” said Jennifer McLarty, Education Curator at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU. “Framing Nature: Animals through Art exhibit shares a variety of animal prints, paintings, and sculptures. Guests can visit the exhibit for inspiration as they create their own artwork. The puppies and dogs will serve as wonderful subjects for the art.”

New Animal Exhibit at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art

Guests are also encouraged to check out the new exhibit called “Framing Nature: Animals Through Art”. This exhibition examines the varied representations of animals in selections from the permanent collection of the Wichita Falls Museum of Art. Bringing together American and European art from the eighteenth century to the present, Framing Nature: Animals through Art invites us to consider different ways animals have historically been portrayed in the visual arts, what these images say about attitudes towards the natural world, and how art helps shape our ways of thinking about the beasts and creatures we study, hunt, admire, fear, and adore.

You can read more about this exhibit that will be on display until December 19th.