Human School (Be Your Dog!) was a two day event at Animals of Manchester as part of Manchester International Festival 2019. It took place 20-21 July 2019.

Inspired by her own dog, the artist Angela Bartram turns the concept of the dog school around. Here, she asks the dogs to be the teachers, showing us how to become a part of the pack, connect across companion species and to be more ‘dog.’ On the first day of Animals of Manchester (including HUMANZ) students of the Human School are bringing their own dogs to explore their relationship on a connected and empathetic level. On the second day, Angela has invited dogs from Dogs4Rescue for human students to experience companionship with and to get to know.

Photo credit: Lee Baxter

Photo credit: Chris Payne