Jack Gaughen Realtor’s Dillsburg office is once again sponsoring this exciting competition at the Dillsburg Farmer’s Fair. The category, called Crop Art, will be displayed in the Farmer’s Fair exhibit hall. The contest calls for entrants to create a piece of artwork entirely out of seeds and beans. Entries in this category would include but are not limited to portraits, landscapes, and other pictures that would normally be painted. Submitted artwork will be judged on overall artistic merit, cleverness of subject, technique, originality, and skill. The natural color of the seeds and beans provides the only pigment to the pictures as no paint or dyes are allowed. Only seeds and beans that are used for crops grown in Pennsylvania may be used. No portion of the seedpod is to be used in the artwork. The artwork is to be completely and exclusively created from whole and unadulterated naturally colored seeds and beans. Seeds should be affixed permanently to the flat surface with a clear or invisible adhesive. Seeds should not be layered on top of other seeds. The Crop Art pictures are to be no larger than 400 square inches in area and mounted on a stiff flat board such as plywood. Pictures may have frames but frames are not required. There should not be glass or plastic covering the artwork. An unsigned 4” by 6” legend card must accompany the artwork with samples of the seeds used in the artwork clearly identified.

Prizes for the contest are as follows: First prize- $100, Second prize- $75, and Third prize- $50

For more information on this competition call Paul Tucker at 432-8194 or email at pandktucker@comcast.net
For inspiration see the Minnesota State Fair Crop Art Gallery web page at www.cropart.com

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