Crop Art at the 2025 Minnesota State Fair
My son and I were in the horticulture building before it was open on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair last Thursday. I was entering cherry tomatoes (I ended up earning a 3rd place ribbon!), and the drop off was 6:30 a.m. through 9 a.m. when the building itself didn’t open to the public until after that.
So we had the opportunity to do something amazing: look at the “crop art” with NO ONE else around! Usually that room has a huge line, and it’s packed with viewers during normal fair hours! Here are a few pics:
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"American Gothic" with the 2 MN State Fair mascots, Fairchild and Fairborne.

"Saturn Devouring His Son" but with a corn cob.

Another version of "The Son of Man"

"The Birth of Venus."

"Migrant Mother" - one of the most famous photographs of all time!

"This is not a corn dog" which is a take on "The Treachery of Images,"
and you can see it won an award from the Minneapolis Institue of Arts!