"Bella Figura" - Lorenzo the CAt photo by Joann Biondi

Bring cat food to pet inspired art show at Nave gallery Friday Sixteen artists share art works inspired by their pets at a new show in Somerville this month. The price of admission should be easy for an animal lover: donated cat food for a local cat adoption shelter.

The Nave Gallery is presenting little critters – a mix of video, painting, pen and ink, photography, and mixed media installation creations inspired by their beloved pets. The opening reception is Friday and it runs until August 29. “Come have breakfast with Ginger, a Golden Retriever with the best of table manners, in a video by Barb and Scott Withers, take time to study Zehra Khan’s intense 91 inch pen drawing entitled “The Beastiary”, and you can’t help smiling when you see Lorenzo the Cat in his latest dashing outfit as photographed by Joann Biondi,” said V Van Sant. The show runs until August 29.

The donated cat food and cat litter goes to Pets In Need, a volunteer-run Somerville cat adoption shelter, and an installation created for the show. Participating artists include Alison Safford, Amy Lucker, Bren Bataclan, Cathy Durso, Debra Harvey, Ilyn Wong, Joann Biondi, Lee Mandell, Lindsay Florence, Marcella Stasa, Mary McGlynn Swigart, Melissa Glick, V Van Sant, Barb and Scott Withers and Zehra Khan.

The Nave Gallery is a 3-minute walk from Teele Square, which can be reached by the 87 and 88 bus. Parking for the Nave Gallery is available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down. Onstreet parking is available on Sundays.