Bo's Arts

In Spring of 2004, an odd and wondrous art show took place at San Francisco's Adobe Books and Backroom Gallery. Over fifty artists, from an eleven-year-old boy to several internationally renowned grown-ups, made work of, about, or inspired by a soft dog named Bo. Bo's owner, writer Jamie Berger, investigates the life and times of both dog and art in a new book, Bo's Arts. Original artwork from the show plus a few new pieces are included in full color and Eleanor Harwood, Adobe's curator, discusses the quirky genesis of the project in an introduction. Includes photographs, drawings, paintings, and sculpture by: Erica Ackerberg, Carrie Barnes, Sharon Beals, Marit Brook-Kothlow, Joe Byrnes, Adriane Colburn, Alan D’Souza, Amanda Eicher, Lora Finelli, futurefarmers, Ed Garcia, Valerie George, Maizie Gilbert, Eleanor Harwood, Peter Hermann, Laura Heyenga, Case Hudson, Cathe Janke, Kate Lacey, Gretchen LeMaistre, Evan Magers, Mitche Manitou, Kirk Markopoulos, Tracy Moon, Geoffrey Moore, Emily Prince, Meryl Press, S.Quinn, Sharanjit Sandhu, Alice Shaw, Kristin Sobditch, Miriam Klein Stahl, Kelly Reiling, Carrie Lynn Rosenbaum, Daniel Ross, Christine Shields, Niki Ulehla, Jennifer West, Terri Weist, Jeff Barnett-Winsby and Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough. Book design by Stacy Wakefield-Forte.