The O-town Scene

Statement ART PEOPLE Bertha Rogers Artist's | ting up with difficult conditions and abuse. They have complicated social lives and behaviors, a good deal of which was derived from their wolf ancestors, and there are masters of adaptation, deeply attuned to humans, fitting into family situa- tions and conditions. Many people in this region live with at least one dog, and often up to five. Dogs who live on farms are primarily workers and herders, but their numbers are declining as the number of farms decline. Village dogs often live in groups, walking alongside their caretak- ers in the evening, sleeping on sofas and beds, eating scraps from the table. Dogs are pack animals, and they have adopted humans into their packs, doing what makes humans happy, sometimes put- Yet, just on the next ridge, coydogs can be heard in the evening, living a wild life just beyond us and our "pet" dogs. This exhibit is sometimes about how dogs live and work in our county, and sometimes about dogs in general. I hope that the citizens of Delaware County will enjoy the exhibit and that they will find it relates to them and their four-legged companions in a very real way. Bertha Rogers The Longest Month, mixed media Furred World, mixed media and text See her work "All the Good Dogs: Dogs' Lives in Dela- ware County: Words & Images in Two and Three Dimensions" will be on display in the Elijah Thomas Gallery at the Delaware County Historical Association Museum, 46549 State Highway 10 in Delhi. The show runs through Jan. 27. The original image from the cover at left: A Month After, painting and poetry. And Now the Dogs, mixed media and poetry 4 O-Town Scene Dec. 15, 2011

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