ANIMAL CRACKERS

Animals All Around

by Mary Erickson, Ph.D.
An amazing variety of wild animals live in the many diverse
natural environments around the world.

Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo Photographed at the Sea Life Arizona

Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo

 Is there a wild animal from somewhere around the world
that fascinates you? What makes it interesting to you?

Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo

The Desert Southwest has its own wild animals.
What is your favorite desert animal? Why do you like it?

Photographed at the Phoenix Zoo

Other animals live where they do only because of their
relationships with people. People raise animals for food, use
them to do work and keep them as companions.
Think of a time you played with a pet animal or were
around a farm or ranch animal. Describe the animal.
 Throughout history,
people have chosen
animals as subject
matter. Artists
combined simple
shapes to make the
eagle, mountain
sheep and insects.

San Xavier del Bac, Wall Painting

Tlingit Totem Pole, Seattle Tucson Anasazi Petroglyph, Monument Valley
People have made animal-shaped toys and decorated
everyday objects with images of animals.
People have even made food in the shape of animals.
 The Animal Crackers
exhibition at the
Tempe Center for the Arts
shows how contemporary
artists use animals as subject
matter in art.

Joe Ray, Cuervo con Coffee, monoprint Jasen Evoy, Conflict of Interest, ceramics