The big picture: This year's Minnesota State Fair crop art contest features depictions of all of these and more, made with Minnesota-grown seeds. By the numbers: Participation in the contest has ...

In the seed art section of this year’s fair, which runs through September 2, there’s a portrait of Walz wearing a Minnesota-emblazoned sweater, exclaiming “Ope!” like a typical Midwestern ...

There’s lots to see and do here at the Minnesota State Fair. And most importantly ... in a small room in the agriculture building: seed art. Minnesotans have painstakingly employed a variety ...

So I understand the state fair's commemorative art is created by a crop artist ... Ron is almost sure to be nearby educating fairgoers about Minnesota seed. He's got such great stories to share.

To be in the State Fair competition, the work has to have seeds grown in Minnesota. That's what makes it crop art, instead of just seed art. Gallery: State Fair Crop Art 2015 ...

Liz Schreiber demonstrates seed art at the Minnesota State Fair. “A crop art picture can take dozens and, in many cases, hundreds of hours to complete,” said Joel Alter, a former political ...

Minnesota's crop art community rocked by upcoming ban on popular seed at State Fair. Seeds of controversy as yellow mustard is banned from future crop art competitions.

Wisconsin and New York are about as far-flung as most entries get for the seed art creations at the Minnesota State Fair. Except this year. For the first time in the contest’s 45-year history ...

(Minnesota State Fair, 2023) The crop art piece, created by artist Liz Schreiber, is made from 29 types of seeds , according to a press release from the fair. All but one were Minnesota-grown seeds.

Schreiber’s commemorative artwork was a seed art creation, featuring a ... Ta-Coumba T. Aiken's commemorative art for the 2017 Minnesota State Fair captured the energy of the "Great Minnesota ...

The Minnesota State Fair added the crop art competition to the fair in 1965. Only seeds grown in Minnesota can be used to make the piece. “I’m honored to create the 2023 commemorative artwork.