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	The family that does Crop Art together produces a lot of Crop Art in a short time. Since first entering the Minnesota State Fair's Crop Art Exhibit in 1998, the Dahlager-Melnicks have produced a lot of very nice Crop Art. Mark Dahlager, Laura Melnick, Elana Dahlager, Ari Dahlager News stories about the Dahlager-Melnick family Click on individual picture to get a closer view.

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Chia Head 1998	Mr. Natural (detail) 1999	Jerry 2000	July is National Hot Dog Month 2001
Behold the Seed 2002	Croppy T-shirt (detail) 2003	Harvey Pekar 2004	Wave (bored) 2005
Safety First 2006	Senator Al 2007

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Kayo 1998	Pure Lard 1999	Bad Dog, Dino 2000	Where the Wild Things Are 2001
Goodnight Buffoon 2002	Curious George Looks for Weapons of Mass Destruction (detail) 2003	Elephant King (detail) 2004	Fractured Fairy Tails (detail) 2005
Addicted to Oyl 2006	That's All, Folks! 2007	Thidwick 2008	Precious Moments 2009
Tea Bag 2010	Calvin 2010	Snowy Day in Hell 2011	November 2012
Charlton's Web 2013	Scotus had a battleaxe 2014	Carmen Moo-Randa 2014	No, Dogs, No! 2015
Hey, Betsy 2015	Donny the Dirty Dog 2016	I'm Yuge 2016	Potus the Tortoise 2017
Busytown 2018	Here or There? 2019	No Fair! 2020	Little Golden Book of Sedition 2021
Dick and Jane 2022	Thoughts and Prayers (detail) 2023

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Kitty 1998	Give Peas a Chance 1999	Saxophone 2000	Porky's 2001
Uten-Seeds 2002	Blah Blah Blah 2003	Fred Bassett 2006

Ari Dahlager Back to Top
Mom 1999	Dad 2000	My Cat Bobo 2001	I Love Baseball 2002
Me and My Sister 2003	My Canine Cousin Brandy 2004	I'm Hungry 2005	The Say Hey Kid 2006
My Mom Loves Crop Art 2007

A Mona Lisa made of seeds: the quirky craft of crop art
By Colony Little
The Guardian, U.S. Edition, October 20, 2023

Sowing Discord At Minnesotas Seed Art Competition
By Isabella Segalovich
Hyperallergic, September 5, 2023

The irreverent, wacky, thoroughly Minnesotan practice of 'crop art' at the Minnesota State Fair
By Casey Selix
Insider, September 3, 2021

Even without a State Fair, Minnesota's crop artists are in full flower
By Jenna Ross
Star Tribune, August 26, 2020

Politics at the 2019 Fair
Daughter Number Three blog, August 25, 2019

TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME COMES TO SEED ART
By John Hinderaker
Powerline Blog, September 3, 2017

A State Fair fan pops the question to his beloved -- in crop art
Pioneer Press, August 26, 2015

Gay Marriage Seed Art at the Minnesota State Fair
By Kiera Butler
Mother Jones, August 31, 2012

Cropaganda 2012: Crop artists take on the marriage amendment
By Mark W. Olson
Chaska Herald, August 28, 2012

Cropaganda
By Mark Olson
Chaska Herald, September 1, 2009

Obama birth certificate as seed art at the Minnesota State Fair
By Chris Steller
Twin Cities Daily Planet, August 30, 2009

Seed of an Idea: Political Crop Art
By Dane Smith
Star Tribune, August 28, 2006

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