Harvesting Agriculture’s Aesthetics
2010 Theme: Faces of Ag

A Juried Exhibition of Fine Art Photography
2010 submissions deadline is July 23, 2010
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Capturing distinctive and original farm, family and rural landscapes found in Whatcom County.

Debuting at Farming For Life Exhibit
August 16-21, 2010

Continuing at Lynden Pioneer Museum for the Lynden Harvest Festival
August 25th through Octobber 18th, 2010

Introduction and Background

In honor of our Whatcom County agricultural land base, Whatcom Farm Friends is pleased to announce
a call for artists for the second annual photographic exhibition highlighting farming’s beauty. The exhibit,
Harvesting Agriculture’s Aesthetics, will celebrate both the creativity of our county’s amateur and
professional artists, and uniquely capture our rural people, crops and product diversity, livestock,
equipment and machinery, and rural vistas. It’s well known that “a picture is worth a thousand words”
and we want help telling Whatcom County agriculture’s story.

From the entries submitted, up to 150 images will be selected by a panel and placed on public exhibition
during the Northwest Washington Fair as a part of the Farming For Life! exhibit in the Mt. Baker Rotary
Building. Following the fair, the Harvesting Agriculture’s Aesthetics "Faces of Ag" exhibit will move to the Lynden
Pioneer Museum for display through October 18th, 2010. Selected works will also be featured on
Whatcom Farm Friends website, www.wcfarmfriends.com.

The initial Farming For Life! exhibit began in August 2002, as collective works were gathered from local
professional photographers who voluntarily captured the beauty, way of life, and products of Whatcom
County’s rural landscapes. This exhibit has won numerous awards. It received the coveted and
prestigious Black & White Award from the State Fair Commissioner both in 2002 and 2003. In 2007, it
won the International Association of Fairs and Expositions sweepstakes award for the Best Agricultural
Educational Exhibit. Some 12,000 to 20,000 visitors peruse this exhibit annually.

Exhibition Dates

The exhibit will be on view in the Mt. Baker Rotary Building within the Farming For Life! exhibit August
16-21, 2010. Entry is free with fair admission and will be open 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. From
August 25th through October 18th, 2010, the Harvesting Agriculture’s Aesthetics "Faces of Ag"  will move to the
Lynden Pioneer Museum. Admission to the Museum is $7 for Adults, $4 for Seniors and Students, Kids 6
and under are Free.  Hours are Monday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Members get in free every day.
(www.lyndenpioneermuseum.com).

Subject

Harvesting Agriculture’s Aesthetics is that farmer, son, daughter, farm worker, crop, product, farm
equipment/machinery, livestock, wildlife, field, and/or vista that is unique and special to you as an artist
and as a resident of Whatcom County. It may be tilling, growing, harvesting, daily chores, or relaxing –
something special, somewhere special, someone special - capturing rural farm life.

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