Elephant Artists: Painting for Peanuts

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1. This is the main reason that most non-zoo elephants become artists. Their former jobs in the logging industry have disappeared They couldn't get into medical school As a therapeutic cure for violence against their owners Because of elephant overpopulation worldwide

2. These two men are responsible for creating the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project. Kamsan & Larnkam Siegfried & Roy Komar & Melamid Barnum & Bailey

3. In which of these Asian countries was the first elephant art academy established in late 1998? Thailand India Indonesia Cambodia

4. Elephant paintings most closely resemble this human art genre. Dadaism Pointillism Abstract expressionism Fauvism

5. Both Asian and African elephants paint. True False

6. According to at least one source, when elephant artists are allowed to select a paint color, they overwhelmingly choose this one. Pea green Gray Yellow Burnt sienna

7. Several very talented elephant artists reside in this Tennessee (USA) city's zoo. Chattanooga Nashville Memphis Knoxville

8. One of the first elephants to sucessfully paint commercially was this Toledo (USA) Zoo's female whose name, fittingly, means "reborn". Jana Mamie Renee Ellie

9. An elephant artist named Surapa painted this work, which is interpreted by some as showing an elephant in mourning. Elephant Cubism Elephant Guernica Picasso's Elephant Elephant in Blue and Rose

10. Which of the following statements about elephant art is TRUE? Elephant art has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia Elephant artwork has been sold by the famous auction house, Christie's You can learn more about this subject by reading the book "When Elephants Paint" All of these