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The Harlow | Kleven Collection is exhibited regularly in the Watermark Art Center with selected prints and ceramics loaned to other public areas on campus and in the community.

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Fauna Vitae

EXHIBIT September 1 – November 30, 2026

Animals have served as central subjects in art since the dawn of human creativity. In prehistoric times, cave paintings featured vivid depictions of bulls and horses, reflecting a deep spiritual connection to the natural world. In more recent eras, animals often symbolized human virtues, vices, or social status. In contemporary art, animals are often used to explore deeper ecological and philosophical themes. Artists use them to comment on environmental destruction, captivity, and the blurry line between humans and nature. Animals in art are like a mirror for human emotion, culture, and our changing relationship with the living world.

hand drawn sheep that are very puffy and all facing the same way
"Group of Sheep" by Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1973
painting of re-headed woodpeckers pecking on a white splotchy tree
"Woodpeckers" by Kaoru Kawano, 1953
"F is for Farm" text and farm landscape in black and white
"F is for Farm" by Mary Azarian, 1981