Our Story
CowParade makes its home in the beautiful, New England town of West Hartford, Connecticut.
We partner with host cities, towns and other organizations to produce CowParade public art events.
Along with events, we produce replica figurines and other products. Each figurine is an exact replica of an original from one of our 100+ events. You can find them at www.shopcowparade.com.
Why Cows?
This is a popular question. Simply, the cow is a universally beloved animal. The cow represents different things to different people around the world-she’s sacred, she’s historical, she connects us to our past-but the common feeling is one of affection. There is something magical about the cow that transcends throughout the world. She simply makes everyone smile.
The Sculpture & Canvas
As an art canvas, there is no other animal or object that provides the form, flexibility, and contiguous breadth of a cow. The three shapes (standing, grazing, reclining) provide artists with subtle, yet interesting angles and curves to create unique works of art.
The flexible cow design lends itself to being altered, transformed, and morphed into other animals, people or objects. Incredibly, over 7,500 cows have been created worldwide, but no two are alike.
The Artists
The cows are painted by local artists from the amateur and unknown to the professional and famous.
