Dog was injured by Scottsdale park bench

A Scottsdale resident is worried about the safety of other dogs after seeing what happened to hers last week.
“My fear is that it’s going to happen to a lot of other dogs,” said the owner of the dog.
She and her dog, Monti, were at the Chaparral Dog Park in Scottsdale last Tuesday where Monti jumped up on one of the benches in the park to sit next to two ladies sitting down.
When Monti jumped off, his claw got caught in a hole on the bench and ripped off.
“Just was pulled right off his foot and he was bleeding a lot,” said Ames. “If the nail grows back, everything will be fine. If not, they will have to surgically remove the nail.”
She wants the City of Scottsdale to remove the style of bench that injured her dog.

“Nobody’s asking them to go out and replace the benches, just remove them for the sake of the dogs,” .

Mike Phillips, a spokesperson for the City of Scottsdale, issued a statement saying the city received a complaint in April about another dog getting hurt. Phillips said city staff was not able to contact the dog’s owner to verify the incident happened.
“These benches have a solid safety record. There are no verified incidents involving health or safety issues. Based on this research, no further action was deemed necessary. If additional information comes to light and the benches are found to pose a safety risk to human or canine users, the benches will be modified or replaced to eliminate the problem,” the statement added.
Ames plans to try and contact the City of Scottsdale again to try and reach someone so they have a record of Monti’s injury.

CITY OF SCOTTSDALE RESPONSE:

“These benches have a solid safety record…Based on the research, no further action was deemed necessary. If additional information comes to light and the benches are found to pose a safety risk to human or canine users, the benches will be modified or replaced to eliminate the problem.”

Source: ABC15

"Unexpected Wegman" Art Photo Exposition in Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

7374 E. Second St.
Scottsdale, AZ

480-994-2787  http://www.smoca.org

The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) is delighted to share Unexpected Wegman with the community, an exhibition of forty-five William Wegman works from SMoCA’s collection. Curated by associate curator Cassandra Coblentz, the exhibition builds on the artist’s wide recognition for his photographic portraits of Weimaraner dogs and reveals an array of many other whimsically portrayed subjects in a diverse range of media and forms—from prints, to flipbooks, to video.

The exhibit features 45 prints of William Wegman’s famed Weimaraners.

The majority of the show is comprised of facile prints Wegman made with the Segura Publishing Company beginning in 1985 and continuing through their most recent collaboration in 2002. Though the artist has been showing with Lisa Sette Gallery since 1986, Unexpected Wegman will be the first museum exhibition to focus on Wegman’s work in the Valley. The works included in SMoCA’s exhibition feature unexpected, light-hearted renderings of the artist’s studio, quirky narratives and an array of animals that offer an unusual window into this important conceptual artist’s playful and questioning thinking. Wegman’s clever sense of word play is abundant in these pieces as well as his interest in sports and nature.
Unexpected Wegman will include some of the more familiar portraits of Wegman’s beloved Weimaraners, his drawings on photographs, as well as a selection of the artist’s work in video. There will be a special resource lounge area of the gallery with interactive educational activities. In addition, SMoCA’s Annual Summer Family Night on July 30 from 5:30 – 7:30 aptly titled Dog Days of Summer, will feature a special tour of the Unexpected Wegman exhibition for children and parents, followed by a hands-on art project where kids can make an artwork inspired by their favorite dog.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

William Wegman was born in 1943 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He received a B.F.A. in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1965 and an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana in 1967. By the early 70s, Wegman began using his first Weimaraner subject named Man Ray in his work, which propelled Wegman’s art into museums and galleries internationally. In more recent times, several Wegman retrospectives have been created, including the major touring exhibition “Funney/Strange,” which opened at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2006. The artist currently lives in New York and Maine where he continues to work in a wide variety of media.

July 18, 2009 – January 24, 2010 Tuesday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Friday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PRICE: $5 – $7 : $7; $5 for students and children age 14 and younger; free for everyone on Thursdays