EASTON, Pa. – For the past decade, Hank the Tank has had a front-row seat to life inside an Easton art gallery. Now, the beloved cat is the subject of the art exhibit.<\/p>\n
Nearly every piece of artwork in the gallery\u2019s latest display has one thing in common: Hank.<\/p>\n
Connexions Gallery owner Anthony Marraccini hosted a \u201cWhole Lotta Hank\u201d demonstration Saturday, giving visitors a chance to celebrate the cat who has become a familiar face in the community.<\/p>\n
Hank can often be found sitting in his orange chair near the front of the gallery.<\/p>\n
Hank is not the first feline to call the gallery home. Before him came Fredo, and Marraccini said the idea of having a gallery cat has long been part of the space\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n
Visitors and cat enthusiasts from around the area contributed artwork for the exhibit.<\/p>\n
One artist knitted an image of Hank onto pillows, while another created photographs of the cat to display on the gallery walls.<\/p>\n
For those who have spent time with Hank, his easygoing personality makes him a natural muse.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is like one of the chillest cats on earth,\u201d one visitor said. \u201cEven just now, he\u2019s in the front room wearing a bow tie. He has no problem with it. He\u2019s totally happy with his little collar and bow tie.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cWhole Lotta Hank\u201d artwork will remain on display through Sept. 27.<\/p>\n
Visitors who can\u2019t make it to the exhibit can still count on Hank being at the gallery, ready to greet them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTON, Pa. – For the past decade, Hank the Tank has had a front-row seat to life inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[257881,1484,307,304,305,306,308,257879,93,257882,257880,61,60,257878,257883,5610],"class_list":["post-608879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-anthony-marraccini","tag-artist","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-easton","tag-entertainment","tag-fredo","tag-hank-the-tank","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lotta","tag-orange-chair","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}