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JOIN THE WILD IN ART COLLECTORS CLUB

ruth_mcallister — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:27:49 +0000

Are you the proud owner of a Wow! Gorillas figurine? Have you given a good home to one of our fabulous rhinos or perhaps a pride of stunning lion ceramics?

You can now register all your Wild in Art figurines online with the Wild in Art Collectors Club.

It is free to join and throughout the year you will be the first to hear about our exciting new collections and special limited edition ceramics. We are also planning some great special offers and exclusive competitions for members.

To join the Wild in Art Collectors Club and register your ceramic collection, go to www.wildinart.co.uk/collectorsclub

WOA! RHINO UPDATE

ruth_mcallister — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:30:16 +0000

On behalf of Woa! Rhino and Wild in Art, it is with great sadness that after much hard work and effort by Oliver O’Dell of About the Place Ltd, we were unable to raise the necessary funds to fully support this ambitious event. We would like to take this opportunity to thank every artist for their inspiring artwork.

We have a number of schools signed up for this project and we are committed to creating a mini-display to celebrate young people’s creativity at a later date this year.

More information about the Woa! Rhino School Programme will be added soon.

WILD IN ART ANNOUNCES FIRST EVENT IN AUSTRALIA

ruth_mcallister — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:49:02 +0000

Wild in Art is pleased to announce its first event in Australia. Working with Melbourne Zoo ‘Mali in the City’ will see 50, 150cm sculptures of the zoo’s most famous baby elephant, Mali, placed around the city in August 2012.

Embracing Wild in Art’s passion for engaging with local schools, 50 ‘mini-Malis’ will be decorated by local primary schools and also displayed in the City.

For further information please contact charlie@wildinart.co.uk

Find out more about Melbourne Zoo’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Take a look at more images of Mali’s arrival in Melbourne…

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Safari Northampton

ruth_mcallister — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:13:17 +0000

A safari of animals including giraffes, hippos, gorillas, elephants, lions and rhinos will descend on Northampton from June to September 2012.

Find out more at www.safarinorthampton.co.uk

PRIDE IN BOURNEMOUTH LION COLLECTION

ruth_mcallister — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:19:45 +0000

We are delighted to announce our brand new collection of Pride in Bournemouth lion figurines which is now on sale in the Wild in Art shop. Each lion has been specially created to reflect the original sculpture displayed on the streets of Bournemouth during the summer.

Hutty by Robyn Elderfield

Santa Paws by Natalie Guy

Temba by Natalie Guy

Ted by Robyn Elderfield

They are hand finished and come in a stylish presentation box. Each figurine is £24.99 plus postage and packing.

To sign up to receive regular email updates about Wild in Art merchandise including Pride in Bournemouth ceramics, complete your details here or for all the latest updates follow us on Twitter @Wild_in_Art.

RHINOS IN SAO PAULO RAISE VALUABLE FUNDS FOR GOOD CAUSES

ruth_mcallister — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:40:01 +0000

São Paulo’s Rino Mania event came to a dramatic finale at last Thursday’s charity auction. The beautifully created rinos designed by local artists raised an impressive £205,000 (R$ 564.500,00).

Fifteen charities nominated by Duratex, the host of the event will benefit, offering a fitting and extraordinary legacy to the company’s 60th anniversary of the company.

2012 FIXTURES…HOME AND AWAY

ruth_mcallister — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:42:14 +0000

Next year’s calendar of events has an international flavour as well as its usual taste of UK culture. In summer, there’ll be a twist on the familiar trail format with Safari Northampton when a herd of animal sculptures will appear across the city, and the SuperDragons return to Newport with a new variation on the mythical beast.

If you can’t bear to leave behind the sun and fun of the summer, and you’ve got a few airmiles to use, why not head down under to ever-sunny Australia, where a herd of Asian Elephants will swing into Melbourne in autumn to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Zoo.

Spring 2013 will see the launch of Pride in Cape Town, highlighting the increasingly desperate plight of the lion in South Africa in partnership with one of our closest charities, the Born Free Foundation.

RHINO MANIA – IT’S INFECTIOUS

ruth_mcallister — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:02:38 +0000

Last summer’s Rhino Mania in Chester has inspired a city wide event in São Paulo. One of the senior management team of Duratex, one of Brazil’s largest manufacturing companies was so impressed by last summer’s herd of colourful sculptures, he went straight back to Brazil and set the wheels in motion to create a public art event which is now sweeping the streets of São Paulo as a highlight of the company’s 60th anniversary.

Wild in Art have been working closely with Duratex to bring together Rino Mania (same name, without the h). The spectacular project features 60 rhinos with stunning designs from São Paulo artists. 120 schools have also engaged in one of the largest education projects ever to take place in Brazil.

So if you’re missing the Chester Rhinos, see www.rinomania.com.br to see what their samba-dancing cousins are up to.

Melbourne Zoo’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations

ruth_mcallister — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:07:57 +0000

Embracing Wild in Art’s passion for engaging with local schools, 50 ‘mini-Malis’ will be decorated by local primary schools and also displayed in the City.

For further information please contact charlie@wildinart.co.uk

Find out more about Melbourne Zoo’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Take a look at more images of Mali’s arrival in Melbourne…

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WILD IN ART’S GORILLAS WOW BRISTOL IN AUCTION NIGHT BONANZA

ruth_mcallister — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:17:50 +0000

After an amazing fun-filled summer on the streets of Bristol, the WOW! Gorillas finally went to auction on 29 September. With 550 people in the auction room and over 3,500 more watching live online, 61 individually designed gorilla sculptures raised a whopping £427,300 for Bristol Zoo Garden’s European Association of Zoos and Aquaria Ape Campaign and Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal.

Gorisambard by Tim Miness. Photo: Bob Pitchford.

‘Gorisambard’ celebrating the city’s own Isambard Kingdom Brunel, created by Tim Miness, proved to be the most popular fetching £23,000 alone. The event has been hailed as a phenomenal success, with our super silverbacks generating over 13,000 Facebook fans, and 1.2 million individual interactions.

Find out more at the Wow! Gorillas website

Take a look at some of the coverage about the Wow! Gorillas auction

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