These painted eagles were all over Vancouver and Victoria in 2009 as a BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities fundraiser in celebration of the upcoming 2010 winter olympics. Each one was decorated by a different local artist and then auctioned off in the spring of 2010. The ones I took pictures of and liked the most were the Native art and nature themed ones, but there were many other themes as well: sports, industry, history, communications etc.
These eagle sculptures were all just so beautiful.
Wow.
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I love when cities and towns do this as fund raisers. Very beautiful. We had dogs and bears around here the last few years.
Love these! We did cows some years back.
Just beautiful! I love all the color.
Hi Trish,
I think these kinds of fundraisers are a great idea, I am just so amazed at how much latent talent there is out there, that lies untapped.
My local city of Bath, South UK, did a similar fundraiser with elephants last year, then auctioned off the sculptures after the summer season had finished. We have also had pigs and chickens in the past:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/may/19/lions-bath-charity-sculpture.
Yvonne
Thanks for the link. Those sculptures are very cool too! It is indeed a great way to showcase some very talented artists.
I love it when cities do this! I remember seeing donkeys and elephants in Washington, DC one year
My city did this with our local celebrity Babe the Blue Ox a couple of years ago. It was so much fun to see the themed ones like the one with a air tank on it's back sitting outside the Minnesota School of Diving and the Elv-Ox painted up in the white and rhinestone Elvis jumpsuit. So fun!
Oh, these are wonderful images...so colorful and evocative...thanks for sharing.
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They are BEAUTIFUL! Great pic choice!
Those are beautiful!
Such a great way to beautify the city, raise money and promote the arts... all at once!
Chicago did cows years ago. When they were gone I missed seeing them.
Those are great! My favorite is the third one down that's got the layers of rainbow-type colors.
I love these! There's a town in southern Indiana that has painted pigs all over the place.
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those are wonderful~
I remember seeing some of these - so cool! And you've got a really great collection there in your photos. Thanks for posting them! :)
What a great idea for a fundraiser. And the art is beautiful!
I love these they are so creative and colorful! My sister's town in Kansas does Dala Horses. You can see a few here: http://www.lindsborgcity.org/index.aspx?NID=628
Oh wow, those Dala horses are so creative! I have a Swedish horse with the red design but the other designs are also really cool. I like the purple one with the grape vines. Thanks for the link.
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