The Book Club calves are beginning to oxplore their creative sides! These inquisitive and energetic calves are enjoying their time together and are offered oxportunities to socialize with farm staff through painting sessions. In this session, they chose an arctic landscape theme for their creations, highlighting the various moods and colors of the tundra in "Tundra Blush," "Earthbound," "Arctic Valor," "Midnight Sun," and "Gathering Storm."
About the Artists
The Book Club is comprised of five calves born in 2026: Novel, Saga, Story, Fable, and Sonnet. Novel is the oldest and most inquisitive, Saga is little shy, and Story is the most independent. Fable and Sonnet are the youngest and make up a tight little duo that often romps around together.
About the Process
Our musk oxen produce not only qiviut, but also art! These abstract, original works of art are snoot- and hoof-made by members of our herd. They are definitely not starving artists- there were lots of extra treats for motivation to explore their creative side! These one-of-a-kind paintings are fun for the musk oxen and help support their care.
The paintings created by our musk oxen involve a canvas or paper placed inside a waterproof bag with different colors of nontoxic paint. We then put feed on top of the bag, providing the musk oxen new textures and scents to explore. Each musk ox interacts with their enrichment differently; some push it aside, some "hoof" at this new item, and some ignore it completely.
Creating unique pieces of art is a form of enrichment. Enrichment provides our animals unique opportunities to express their natural behaviors in unique and colorful ways.
Details
Unframed 6" x 6" canvases. Also included with your purchase is a photo with bio of your musk ox artist(s). Colors may vary due to differences in screen monitors.
