To celebrate 100 years since artist Jon Schueler’s birth, the Weisman Art Museum presents “Clouds, Temporarily Visible,” an exhibit centered around his work painting clouds.

Diane Mullin, curator at the Weisman, said the exhibit intends to draw attention to the subject of clouds in art, rather than the more common focus on landscapes and seascapes.

“We were trying to highlight the fact that sometimes there is a skyscape,” Mullin said. “Sometimes people focus on clouds specifically and we often misread those as being about the landscape.”

According to Mullin, the exhibit features various art styles, including interactive sculptures, paintings, photographs and immersive videos designed to fit the museum’s architecture. She said each work includes subject matter centered around clouds.

Freshman Joanna Bruse, who hopes to attend “Clouds, Temporarily Visible,” said the variety of artwork and immersive nature of art featured in the exhibit interests her.

“I like the way the exhibit is designed and the different pieces to it,” Bruse said. “It sounds very artistic and interesting. I like to be immersed in my surroundings.”

In addition to incorporating a variety of artistic styles, the exhibit includes works from the early 19th century through 2016, stretching across a 200 year arc of art, according to Mullin. She said the exhibit intends to show the importance of clouds throughout time in Western thought.

“Clouds themselves have been very interesting and important in philosophical thought since Aristotle,” Mullin said. “We’re talking about the way that many people talked about clouds because, throughout time, clouds were difficult for people — Descartes, Plato, Constable and Luke Howard, who was the one who categorized them — to understand.”

According to Mullin, the exhibit features earlier works, including paintings by John Constable, reproduced as prints. Yu-Wen Wu and artists from Aniccha Arts also created new pieces specifically for the show. Mullin said the exhibit is unusual for the Weisman, because it features both older and very modern pieces.

“For us it’s unique to be able to show older pieces along with commissioned works,” Mullin said. “It’s quite unique that we commissioned three new pieces.”

Mullin said she hopes the exhibit will inspire students and attract them to the subject of clouds and meteorology.

“The historical imagination that’s hopefully being lit up here is perfect for high school and college students to start thinking about how there was an excitement around this subject that we take as so mundane,” Mullin said. “You’re not going to get meteorological information from this show, but hopefully it will spark one’s interest in that, and the notion of what it meant to think about meteorology in the last two centuries.”

Bruse said she views the exhibit as an important medium for the communication of ideas and beliefs that develop a greater understanding of the world.

“(Students) should know their community and how the world works,” Bruse said. “There’s all these different perspectives, and art really shows those perspectives.”

Admission to the Weisman is free. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. “Clouds, Temporarily Visible” is available until May 22.