With more submissions than ever before, it’s a bumper year for crop art at the Minnesota State Fair. So MPR News host Cathy Wurzer, a hobby mosaic artist in her own right, decided that it was finally time to give it a try.

She called Jill Moe, who teaches crop art classes at Wet Paint in St. Paul, to set up a lesson.

To start, Moe laid out a slew of materials — including canola, quinoa, wild rice and hominy — for Cathy to try. For her part, Cathy brought an MPR logo of a loon wearing headphones. • Photos:Check out the some of the 451 pieces of crop art at the Minnesota State Fair • Minnesotans are celebrating Melissa Hortman,one seed at a time • New Smithsonian exhibit highlights American fairs,including crop art, butter from Minnesota • State Fair Rejects:Art that didn’t make th

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