Cows on Parade
If you live in the Harrisburg area and haven’t been out to downtown Harrisburg, Carlisle, or Camp Hill to see the cow parade, you really should mosey on over before their done grazing. This weekend, in particular, proved to be a perfect blend of weather, people, and natural curiousity. Personally, I liked the painted realism of Balanced Diet, but many of the sculptures were just as well executed. Actually, my pick seems rather dull in comparison to the one Ollie’s Outlet sponsored but to each their own.
What’s it all about? Well, charity for one. The part I like best, though, is that it gets people out and about, even excited, to see art. As Peter Hanig, the event coordinator puts it:
Art is about breaking down barriers. It gets people to feel, to think, to react. So when you come across life-sized cow sculptures that have been covered in mirrors or gumdrops, cows that have been painted with elaborate themes or transformed into something else entirely, you can’t help but stop and think about what it means. All your preconceived ideas go out the window. Suddenly people see that art can be fun and that art can be interesting to everyone, not just people who frequent museums.
