The Art & Ag Project cultivates a dialogue between artists, farmers, and the community to raise awareness about the importance of preserving farmlands and the visual arts in Yolo County. A nationally recognized creative place making project, Art & Ag has invited farmers to open their land to local artists, providing unique opportunities to capture private landscapes that would otherwise remain inaccessible and unseen.
Each month, artists visit a different farm where they can meet the farm owners, paint en plein air, or take photographs. Artists are invited each Fall to exhibit their agriculturally –inspired artwork at YoloArts annual Art Farm Gala, the first Friday in November.
May 17, 19
June 14, 16
July 19, 21
Aug 16, 18
Sept 20, 22
Oct 18, 20
* dates subject to change
YoloArts’ Art & Ag Project, in partnership with The Yolo Land Trust and Yolo Farm to Fork, is pleased to offer two awards of $200 each to elementary school teachers in the Yolo County public school system.
We are proud to offer this grant for the second year in a row, to honor the memory and continue the legacy of our friend and Art & Ag partner, Dorothy Peterson. Dorothy was a beloved educator, community leader, and arts advocate who touched many lives with her indomitable spirit and leadership in school gardening and district wide recycling programs.
Award Selection Criteria
2018 Due Date: September 10
School: Plainfield Elementary, Woodland
Teacher: Jessica Friedman
Project: Pointillism Pollinators
Part of the Art & Ag project, Artful Plate creates an opportunity to enhance the full farm to plate experience by commissioning original works of art by local artists to be printed onto dinner plates. Dinner plates are then featured and sold at restaurants or non-profit and community events serving locally sourced meals. The project is supported by YoloArts’ collaborative partner the County of Yolo.
YoloArts will be celebrating 10 years of farm visits Friday November 3 from 6-9 p.m. at Hotel Woodland, 436 Main Street in downtown Woodland during the 10th Annual Art Farm Gala, a fundraiser for the arts and land preservation. Cultivating Creativity: 10 Years of Art & Ag will be for sale at the Art Farm … Continued
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Frank Muller has agriculture in his blood. He was raised on a farm, and now runs Muller Ranch in Yolo County, California, northwest of Sacramento, with his two brothers, son, and nephew. The ranch boasts several thousand acres of walnut groves, sunflowers, vineyards, tomato fields, almond trees, and pepper plants. But despite his close ties with the landscape and all it produces, … Continued
From the wheat fields of South Dakota to the ranch lands of Colorado, artists have provided iconic images of America’s rural landscape. Today, one rural community in northern California is providing a unique opportunity for artists to come out to the farm. Yolo County’s “Arts & Ag” program invites artists and photographers to farms and … Continued