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.
2026 Open Call for Art
Submission Deadline: January 11, 2026 at 11:59pm
Art About Agriculture Touring Exhibition 2026: Field Report invites submissions of fine art and craft that explores visual storytelling inspired by food, fiber and natural resources. Whether rooted in personal experience, research, legacy, mythology or a fleeting moment, Pacific Northwest artists are encouraged to share their agricultural narratives. The 2026 tour is currently scheduled to visit Giustina Gallery at Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR/OSU), Josephy Center for Arts and Culture (Joseph, OR), Grants Pass Museum of Art (Grants Pass, OR), and the Betty Feves Memorial Gallery at Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton, OR).
Art About Agriculture’s annual Open Call is a juried opportunity with no submission fees, open to Pacific Northwest artists and craftspersons, as well as students from OSU, Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, and Blue Mountain Community College. Works selected for the tour are eligible for purchase awards and acquisition into the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences’ Art About Agriculture Permanent Collection.
Featured artwork for the 2025 Open Call: Crista Ames, Unfurl, 2020, ceramic stoneware, 14" x 28" x 22”. 2022 winner of Margaret Hogg Memorial, and Glen S. & Carey L. Strome Art About Agriculture Purchase Awards sponsored by the late Margaret Hogg, the late Gayle Strome, and the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences.
Humberto González: Veiled Beauty
Strand Gallery
September 25 – December 11, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12 – 1pm
Or by appointment: (541) 737-5534 / artaboutag@oregonstate.edu
Reception
November 6, 2025
4:00 – 6:00pm, artist talk at 4:30pm
Strand Gallery
440 Strand Agriculture Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
Featured art: Humberto González, Oregon Autumn, 2010, watercolor, 22” x 30”. (detail)
Art About Agriculture Competition and Touring Exhibition 2025
The 2025 tour launches at Oregon State University’s Giustina Gallery with an opening day reception on Monday, May 5th from 5-7:30pm. The exhibition will visit Pendleton Center for the Arts (Pendleton, OR), and OSU Portland Center (Portland, OR).
Featured art: Doug Cooke, The promise of data #4, 2025, oil on canvas, 24” x 24”. (detail)