Crop Art at the State Fair draws huge lines, locals call for a gallery

artAug 29, 2026341,094

Crop Art at the Minnesota State Fair is the fair’s seed-and-agrarian-material art exhibit, currently drawing very long lines and calls to relocate it to a museum or a dedicated building. Today's submissions include political resistance pieces such as anti-ICE seed art, a Minneapolis/Guernica crop art piece, and a commissioned portrait of Marym Mack by Liz Schreiber. Visitors also point out small standout displays like a simple but powerful whistle piece and community favorites like quilts on a stick. Organizers and locals are proposing moves to the MIA, Walker, or Minnesota Historical Society, and a post notes a post-fair show at Can Can Wonderland after September 14.

Kevin T. Houle

@kevinthoule.bsky.social

The absolute, hands-down, no contest, without a doubt, best thing at the Minnesota State Fair. #startrek #batman #cropart

Crop art (made with colored seeds) depicting Spock from Star Trek slapping Robin from Batman and the words:

Robin: "Holy Crop Batm –"
Spock "No Robin! I'm a Vulcan not a superhero!"
"Bean me up!"
"60 Years of...Star Trek and Batman TV"

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Laurel Krahn12

This one made me laugh.

Alison Purnell is chasing that PhD!2

I'm not at this fair but I'm inclined to agree.

Robert Moffitt

@justplainbob.bsky.social

It would be great if all the anti-ICE crop art, fine art, and fiber arts and crafts pieces from the 2026 Fair could be gathered together for a combined free exhibit at the MIA. Select pieces would go to MN Historical Society.

2134h ago

Naomi Kritzer

@naomikritzer.bsky.social

People have been sharing the fabulous crop art but too many are sleeping on all the other amazing anti-ICE folk art pieces at the Minnesota State Fair!

1335h ago

Zilla3

We saw the mini quilts today and they were amazing!

Sjkrig2

I was there at the same time as the woman who made the crochet figure on the left. Her creation is actually wearing a rebel loon super hero costume under the robe! She wasn’t able to display the full thing but she shared a peek at the photos on her phone. So very cool.

Sarah1

I keep mentioning this--and the Fine Arts building as well! So great it's so widespread.

MKSutherland1

I love the comeback with the warrant ones are particularly poignant and hilarious!

Daniel Suitor

@danielsuitor.com

Minnesota is a convenient place to live! People here are used to almost everything being incredibly easy to get to and do. More busses or bike parking would be great! Build a dang train right to the Fairgrounds! But maybe there's no fix for hundreds of thousands of people wanting to see the crop art

774h ago

Daniel Suitor21

I'm not trying to say people shouldn't try or that it's wrong/dumb to discuss ideas. I just that if the vicious capitalists at the Walt Disney Corporation can't solve lines or congestion, maybe we shouldn't get too torqued about it.

Lydy3

Oh, man, I kinda want to see the crop art, this year, and as a general rule, I HATE the state fair.

I'mNotAHRHitter2

They should build a dang train to the State Fairgrounds

audreyii_fic1

I do hope that crop art gets its own art-gallery building one day

Keith Harris

@usefulnoise.bsky.social

*whispers* I am actually fine with just looking at photos of crop art on social media.

504h ago

Erik Ostrom7

For me this year it was worth it to be surrounded by the scale of it and the conversation. Also there were some great pieces that used texture and dimension in a way that doesn’t come across in a photo.

Anon Absorbing5

That line was 90 minutes yesterday and my 10yo was not having it. More pics pls

Getting Gophery1

Yes, but let me try the baked goods.

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Stacey Burns16

I can enlarge details on my screen that there’s no way I’d be able to make out in person, gasping for air between several other crowd-weary fairgoers, squinting at the wall and clumped together as if trying to get a glimpse of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Not to yuck y’all’s yum. To each their own.

Dex Anderson

@dexanderson.com

Just got confirmation that my first ever piece of Crop Art is at the fair! The second E in STEVE is mine!

A crop art piece with the names of all the statewide DFL candidates this year: PEGGY & AMY & BEN & STEVE & KEITH & ZACK

523h ago

Lydy3

That's a very fine E. Congratulations. The one reason I am thinking about the State Fair this year is the crop art.

Christy Klancher

@stpauligrrrl.bsky.social

Deviant Art crop art show will be at Can Can Wonderland after the fair, including pieces that include swearing not allowed at the fair, sometime after Sept. 14 (details to come)

385h ago

Kate

@kateclayy.bsky.social

Hot tip if you don't care to wait in the crop art line, the quilts on a stick are small but mighty as well

Two small quilts. One says "land back on turtle island." The other is a collage of different protest songs from different periods of American history

273h ago

Doug Mack

@douglasmack.bsky.social

crop art line was 2 hours long at *9am* so we decided to pass, but we did see some excellent resistance arts and crafts this whistle display was oddly powerful in its simplicity

Framed series of 28 colorful plastic whistles of the kind used in ICE resistance

272h ago

geri katz

@gerikatz.bsky.social

Free political tactic for the @dfl.org: send candidates to shake hands up and down the crop art line. Hundreds of people willing to wait an hour to see anti-ICE seed art are the demographic you want to turn out in November.

People standing in line beneath a sign that says Crop Art Show

293h ago

Ryan Ricard

@firewally.bsky.social

In my extremely well-informed opinion, the state fair urgently needs: * Twice as much bike parking * Twice as many @metrotransitmn.bsky.social A-Line buses at the end of the night * A new building dedicated to Crop Art

285h ago

Brandon Hundt

@brandonhundt.com

Hot take: Crop Art has outgrown the State Fair. The MIA, Walker, or MNHS should be lining up to host a 6-8 week crop art exhibit. Or it becomes MNs best roadside attraction, ala the Corn Palace.

194h ago