Welcome to the College of Agricultural Sciences' Art About Agriculture
Art About Agriculture encourages artists to investigate the visual resources of the science and practice that sustains human life: agriculture. It strives to develop an understanding and appreciation of food and fiber production, especially among people not traditionally acquainted with agriculture.
Art About Agriculture was established in 1983 as the first annual arts competition and tour exhibit with an agricultural theme. It recognizes professional and emerging Pacific Northwest artists, creates a growing, dynamic, permanent collection of fine art based on, stimulated by, and portraying agriculture, and presents the permanent collection and tour exhibit to rural and urban audiences. The collection is exhibited by loan agreement throughout Oregon and other parts of the Pacific Northwest.
We hope you enjoy the artwork. You are welcome to contact us with comments about the exhibition.
Bounty and Community – Beginning with Food and Agriculture
Hendrick Martensz Sorgh (c. 1611-1670). The Vegetable Market (c. 1662). 20 by 28 inches.
To celebrate and be inspired by agricultural bounty and by people who are part of food and agriculture communities, the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University is organizing its 31st annual Art About Agriculture exhibition for 2013, embracing artistic perspectives on the theme, Bounty and Community – Beginning with Food and Agriculture. The College convened a committee of art professionals to nominate artists living in the Pacific Northwest region for this invitational. (Read more...)
Contact Information:
Shelley Curtis
Curator and Manager
Art About Agriculture
127 Strand Agriculture Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2213
Phone: (541) 737-2662
Fax: (541) 737-4574
Electronic mail: shelley.curtis@oregonstate.edu
