Artists for Animals

Rest in peace, Jesse Pibble ❤️
We are heartbroken.

This morning Jesse suddenly was unable to use his hind legs, and the ER discovered that he had both a ruptured disc and a large tumor on his spleen. It was without a doubt time to help him on his journey to the rainbow bridge, after 16 1/2 years of a wonderful life.

Jesse was the most loving, mischievous, and challenging boy I’ve ever known. He required a lifestyle, but he was worth everything. Learning to live without Jesse will be a process…we did so many things to accommodate a happy life with our “house rhinoceros”

Huge thanks to my parents, and Jessiree and Derik Adams. Jesse knew he was loved until his very last breath.

Run free, my very best boy. Please give Callie a big kiss from us❤️

Only one week left to apply for our 2024 Community Grant. We are still accepting grant applications from 501c(3) nonprofit animal rescues here in North Texas, for amounts up to $2000! Fill out our online application today, or visit our grant page for more information. Our deadline is Wednesday, May 15th.

Funding is still available! Only one week left to apply for our 2024 Community Grant. We are still accepting grant applications from 501c(3) nonprofit animal rescues here in North Texas, for amounts up to $2000! Fill out our …

Do you know of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rescue that could benefit from our help? Send them our way! Each year, AFA's Community Grant Fund helps to save the lives of homeless pets across North Texas. Our 2024 Concert For Kindness was a huge success, and we can't wait to watch our artists' work pay off. We'll be accepting grant applications through…...

Our 2024 grant application opens today! Do you know of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rescue that could benefit from our help? Send them our way! Each year, AFA’s Community Grant Fund helps to save the lives of homeless pets across N…

INCOMING FOSTER: Junebug!

The amazing Katie Mc Guinness has watched emaciated Junebug pacing on an apartment balcony every single day for weeks…all day, every day. We decided it was best to connect with Junebug’s family to make sure everything was okay. The family returned the call immediately, said they overwhelmed with young kids, and simply couldn’t take care of her. They welcomed our offer to foster and transition her to a new home.

Junebug is 11 months old, walks well on a leash, is crate trained and house broken, loves kids, and rides well in a car. She needs all puppy vetting, spay, socialization, and MAJOR fattening up, which we are happy to provide!

I will provide more updates as we get to know each other better❤️

Junebug will be available for adoption in the coming weeks, once we’ve been to the vet and get her a little healthier. One look at her and you know why I already love her…she’s my type of pup! She will be an amazing companion for a lucky adopter!

My three minutes of fame. I try to post this every year to remind people to support their local animal shelters! Everyone can make a difference.

CBS Sunday Morning - Pet photographer's ambitious adoption Photographer Theresa Berg has started to work on changing the grim images of animal adoption photos into something that a possible pet owner can't refuse. St...

The Concert for Kindness 2024 raised $29,000 for DFW animal rescue!!!!!!!

Thank you to the performers, audience members, long-time supporters, and those who contributed to various fundraisers. It takes a village, but what a village we make.

Music and art changes lives!❤️

Stay tuned for information regarding the application period for the Artists for Animals Community Grant Program, and encourage your favorite volunteer 501c3 rescue to apply!

Photo credit: Sandra Riggins

Fostering is an incredibly rewarding experience. Somehow these sweet lives end up being unwanted, stray, or surrendered to city shelters, but each and every one is *perfect*, unique, forgiving, and full of life and love.

Sweet Pea is an amazing puppy with one of the sweetest personalities I’ve ever met. If Road Trip 4 Paws hadn’t jumped in to rescue her, there’s no saying where she may have ended up. These dogs and cats deserve the very best lives.

I’m fundraising for the Concert for Kindness, which takes place this Saturday, March 23 at 4:00pm (Dallas Zoo Experience) and 5:15pm performance at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Every dollar raised through donations and ticket sales will be given to local volunteer 501c3 rescue organizations that save lives like Sweet Pea’s EVERY SINGLE DAY.

If you can, please consider donating to my Facebook fundraiser, or through the Artists for Animals website (link in comments).

❤️❤️We can make the biggest impact together❤️❤️

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ 🍀

Our latest update is that we’ve taken in an amazing foster, who hopefully will be able to attend the Concert for Kindness! Will she howl along or will she not howl along with the music? That is the question!!

Sweet Pea is a 5-month-old collie (?) mix puppy who was rescued along with her 2 sisters by Road Trip 4 Paws.

Road Trip 4 Paws has been a beneficiary of the Artists for Animals Community Grant Program for years, as they work hard every single day to rescue dogs like Sweet Pea from shelters and place them into foster homes.

All donations to the Concert for
Kindness benefit dogs like Sweet Pea (or cats like Gabby!) and the rescues who work so hard to support them throughout their journeys to forever homes.

Please consider attending the concert (next Saturday!) or, if you’re able, please donate (donation link in comments)

Introducing Sweet Pea, the cutest foster puppy❤️
5 months, female, available through Road Trip 4 Paws!

She says to please excuse her droopy eyes…today was a huge day with boosters, spay surgery, and waking up unexpectedly in a new foster home!

We are only TWO WEEKS OUT from the 12th annual Concert for Kindness, DFW’s biggest celebration of Animals and the Arts!

—Looking for an up-close zoo experience? We’ve got you covered!
—Craving bread pudding? We’ve got that!
—Wishing you could hear more solo oboe repertoire? We definitely have THAT!
—Want to change the world for homeless animals? We do, too…let’s do it together!!

Please join us or donate, if you’re able. Link to tickets and donations in comments…every $1 helps and it ALL GOES TO PETS IN NEED!

Thank you❤️

For our upcoming Concert for Kindness, Amy Bishop from WRR invited me for an interview with some behind-the-scenes fun. Take a listen!:

WRR101 Focus on the Arts: DFW musicians unite to help animals in need | Classical 101.1 FM | WRR-FM WRR101 Focus on the Arts: DFW musicians unite to help animals in need March 6, 2024 by Amy Bishop “I think my favorite thing, being a Dallas Symphony musician, is seeing the Meyerson lobby on that day filled with animals,” says Erin Hannigan, Principal Oboe for the DSO, referencing Artists for A...

THREE WEEKS until we take over the Meyerson Symphony Center for the Concert for Kindness 2024!
You don’t want to miss it: we have a wonderful program of music by Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Valerie Coleman, Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Thomas Dunhill, and we will have a line-up of surprise visitors from the Dallas Zoo!

The most recent addition is that we will have professional visual artists capturing the event LIVE with DRAWINGS!

Kids under 12 are FREE!!

Can’t make it? Donations are SO happily accepted and will go straight into the AfA Community Grant Fund!

❤️❤️Help us help rescue dogs just like Jophie❤️❤️

Link TO DONATE in comments, and THANK YOU!

Our 2024 Concert For Kindness is quickly approaching! Visit our events page to purchase your tickets and learn more about our largest annual event. We are excited to see you there!

Music really can save lives. Our 2024 Concert For Kindness is quickly approaching! Visit our events page to purchase your tickets and learn more about our largest annual event. We are excited to see you there!

Tickets are on sale for the 2024 Concert For Kindness! Join AFA founder and DSO Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan for an evening of chamber music with her DSO colleagues and her talented students. All ticket proceeds from this event will help us find loving homes for pets across DFW. Our Concert For Kindness will take place in the lobby of the Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center, on…...

Grab your tickets today! Tickets are on sale for the 2024 Concert For Kindness! Join AFA founder and DSO Principal Oboe Erin Hannigan for an evening of chamber music with her DSO colleagues and her talented students. All t…

AFA is pleased to recognize the recipients of our 2023 AFA Community Grant. We are proud to partner with these organizations and so appreciative of the work they do! For more information about the AFA Grant Program and the local organizations we support, visit our Community Grant page. DFW Lab Rescue DFW Rescue Me EARS Friends of Dallas Animal Services…...

AFA Presents…our 2023 Grant Winners! AFA is pleased to recognize the recipients of our 2023 AFA Community Grant. We are proud to partner with these organizations and so appreciative of the work they do! For more information about the …

So excited to announce that Artists for Animals completed our 2023 grant cycle, and distributed a total $26,000 to 16 local animal rescue organizations❤️

Stay tuned for our real-life grant impact stories.
Art changes lives. Art saves lives. Art changes the world….

Save the date: the 2024 Concert for Kindness will be March 23, 2024!

We've received wonderful response to our 2023 AFA community grant. But, with the holidays approaching and the spirit of giving in the air, we have chosen to extend our application deadline in order to really spread the love. Our grant application will stay open until Sunday, December 10th. Funds are available in amounts up to $2000, and the application process is very simple! Visit our grant page for more details.

We’re extending our grant deadline! We’ve received wonderful response to our 2023 AFA community grant. But, with the holidays approaching and the spirit of giving in the air, we have chosen to extend our application deadline in…

Do you know of a DFW-area rescue that may be in need of our help? Our Community Grant Fund has resources available. Visit our grant page for more information about this program, and be sure to apply by midnight on November 25!

There is still time to apply for our 2023 Grant! Do you know of a DFW-area rescue that may be in need of our help? Our Community Grant Fund has resources available. Visit our grant page for more information about this program, and be sure to appl…

Artists For Animals' 2023 Grant Program is looking for applicants! All of our yearly donations and concert proceeds will be dispersed to the DFW rescue community through this grant - just in time for the holidays! At this time, we are accepting applications from 501c3 non-profit animal rescue organizations, for amounts up to $2,000. Qualifying rescues must be located in DFW, with no paid staff....

It’s time for our artists’ work to pay off. Artists For Animals’ 2023 Grant Program is looking for applicants! All of our yearly donations and concert proceeds will be dispersed to the DFW rescue community through this grant – ju…

It’s time for the annual Artists for Animals Grant Program!
ALL money raised from the 2023 Concert for Kindness will be handed out to qualifying 501c3 animal rescues in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

*qualifying rescues must have no paid staff*

Apply here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOFLjeRWm8Tefsbj-AJ8okwHro8inGRL21Yyf6zHxCpceHRA/viewform