Great American Family Dog & Cat Photo Exhibition
For the seventh year the d'ART Center has partnered with local Humane Societies to promote the Art of Photography and the Love of Animals with the Great American Family Dog & Cat Photo Contest.
Deadline to Entry is July 31, 2010.
Download your Photo Contest Entry Form today!
If you are an amateur photographer who loves their pet - submit your photo(s) in the Great American Family Dog & Cat Photo Contest.
Photo Contest Entry Details:
- Entry Fee $5 per photo
- Submit 3"x 5" or 4"x 6" prints, no digital images please
- Include your name, phone # and pet(s) name on the back of each photo
- Include a self addressed stamped envelope. Photos must be available for reproduction
- Amateur photographers ONLY
- DOG(s) and/or Cat(s) photos accepted
- Deadline for Entry: July 31, 2010
Send Photos to:
GAFDCPC @d'ART Center
208 East Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Hundreds of Dog and Cat photographs will be on exhibit at the d'ART Center in the Selden Arcade from August 7 - August 30, 2010. Admission if always FREE.
The d'ART Center's 2010 Pet Parade Party will be held on August 7, 2010 ~
The Photo Contest Exhibition kicksoff with the Great American Family Dog and Cat Pet Parade Party being held Saturday, August 7, 2010 from 10-12 Noon.
Hundreds on Pet owners and their pets attended the festivities, along with:
- Norfolk SPCA
- Virginia Beach SPCA
- Portsmouth Humane Society
- Norfolk Animal Care Center
- Greyhound Rescue
- Belle Adore Dog Tags &
- K-9 Police Dog
- Tidewater Parent Magazine

Please BRING a PET FOOD or PET TOY DONATION for the SPCA and Humane Society Supply Drive. Donations will be accepted at the d'ART Center's Pet Photo Exhibition from August 7 - August 30, 2010 held at the d'ART Center in the Selden Arcade, 208 E. Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510.
Last year, Master of Ceremony Clayton Singleton made dogs, cats and owners feel welcome when he kicks off the Pet Parade, Pet Contests and the Awards Ceremony. Judges Linda Davis, Greg Bockheim and Abbey Calish and a ruff time picking this year's winning photographs. Congratulations to all who entered!
| First Place Winner |
#115 Toby/ Carson/ Tito |
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| Second Place Winner |
#34 Shadow |
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| Third Place Winner | #52 Jouet "Waiting for Santa" Owner: Dorothy Winn |
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| Best Smile | #165 Brewster "Cat Jokes Are So Funny" Owner: J. and J. Boone |
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| Most Patriotic | #21 Muffin "Oh, Mom more Pictures?" Owner: Katherine Hamilton |
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| Best Action Shot | #127 Cooper "Lure Coursing" Owner: Laurel Uhlar |
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| Best Buddies | #54 Sassy, Andy and Max "Friends" Owner: Linda Waddell |
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| Most Adorable | #42 Miss Jones Don't Hate me cause I am Beautiful" Owner: Kate Rodenhouse |
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| Honorable Mention | #36 Lacy and Nicholas "Pool Party" Owner: Jamie O'Grady |
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| Honorable Mention | #130 Norma Jean "I Call Dibbs" Owner: Laurel Uhlar |
A BIG Thank you to the d'ART Center's 2010 Photo Contest Media Sponsor Tidewater Parent Magazine see d'ART Photo Contest info and Enrollment Form inside in the June and July issues!
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For additional information please contact the d'ART Center at 757-625-4211.



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