Picturing Animals
The central premise of Picturing Animals with Dr. Keri Cronin is that the ways in which animals are represented have very real, concrete, and material implications for the ways in which they are treated. The power of visual imagery to shape dominant attitudes about animals or, conversely, to challenge common understandings about them is something that those who advocate on behalf of animals need to think critically about. This column will alternate between images from previous eras and those produced in our current times to underscore this point.

Seeing Things Differently: Reflections On My Recent Trip to a Stockyard
Today on #ThrowbackThursday we’re excited to once again feature a profound article from visual arts professor Keri Cronin on her...
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Curating Compassion
Here at Our Hen House, we’re enormous fans of using art as a medium for activism. In this #ThrowbackThursday...
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Four Stages of Cruelty
Just as Keri Cronin unearths centuries-old artwork that informs her activism, we unearth her years-old article in the hopes of...
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The Book of Compassion: John Schlimm’s New Art Project
Best known to vegans as the author of The Cheesy Vegan, Grilling Vegan Style, The Tipsy Vegan, and The Ultimate...
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We Animals at the National Museum of Animals & Society
If you are not yet familiar with the work of the National Museum of Animals & Society, that needs...
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Headlines and Hidden Cameras: Undercover Animal Cruelty Investigations in Canada
In recent months, Mercy for Animals Canada has been commanding the attention of Canadians like me as footage from...
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Is It Necessary? Rocky Lewycky’s Liberation Project
One of the things that makes art such a powerful tool for activism is that it can create a...
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Seeing Things Differently: Reflections On My Recent Trip to a Stockyard
I had been to a stockyard before, but that was many decades ago… I grew up in a part...
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The Power of One: Why One Individual’s Story Can Change the World for Animals
Worried About Wilbur When I was a young child one of my favorite books was Charlotte’s Web. I loved...
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Trending: Taxidermy?
The recent publication of Alexis Turner’s book Taxidermy has confirmed something that we at Our Hen House have been...
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Painting For A Good Cause: Kids Against Lab Beagles
As readers of this column know, I believe that the arts are an important and essential aspect of activism....
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