Today on #ThrowbackThursday we’re excited to once again feature a profound article from visual arts professor Keri Cronin on her unforgettable trip to a stockyard. This article’s originally ...
Here at Our Hen House, we’re enormous fans of using art as a medium for activism. In this #ThrowbackThursday post, visual arts professor Keri Cronin reflects upon the possibilities for curated ...
Just as Keri Cronin unearths centuries-old artwork that informs her activism, we unearth her years-old article in the hopes of informing your own activism on this edition of #ThrowbackThursday!...
Best known to vegans as the author of The Cheesy Vegan, Grilling Vegan Style, The Tipsy Vegan, and The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour, John Schlimm also spreads compassion through his bold a...
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/the-book-of-compassion-john-schlimms-new-art-project/
If you are not yet familiar with the work of the National Museum of Animals & Society, that needs to change. The museum, now located in its brand new digs in Los Angeles, has been doing groundbre...
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/we-animals-at-the-national-museum-of-animals-society/
In recent months, Mercy for Animals Canada has been commanding the attention of Canadians like me as footage from their undercover investigations has been shown and discussed in mainstream media ...
One of the things that makes art such a powerful tool for activism is that it can create a space where issues of injustice can be articulated, and solutions for social change can be imagined. A r...
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/is-it-necessary-rocky-lewyckys-liberation-project/
I had been to a stockyard before, but that was many decades ago… I grew up in a part of Canada that has a lot of farming communities, and I have vivid memories of going with my uncle to a live ...
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/seeing-things-differently-reflections-on-my-recent-trip-to-a-stockyard/
Worried About Wilbur When I was a young child one of my favorite books was Charlotte’s Web. I loved this story and must have read it dozens of times, but each time I recall feeling worried abou...
The recent publication of Alexis Turner’s book Taxidermy has confirmed something that we at Our Hen House have been noticing for the past little while, namely that taxidermy is rather trendy th...