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Dahlager-Melnick Family

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


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Mark Dahlager
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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
 Corn on Skateboard
2008
 American Splendor
2010
Crop Art QR Code
2011
 Vote No
2012
 Trayvon Martin
2013
 Trump's Comb
2015
Recipe for Disaster
2017
 Crop Art Texts
2018
 Words with Fiends
2019
 George Floyd
2020
Cleveland Guardians
2021
 Kamala and Tim
2024

Laura Melnick
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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
 The Very Hangry Caterwauler
2024
Elana Dahlager
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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
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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

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Making Masterpieces With Elmer's Glue and Mustard Seeds
By Alex V. Cipolle and Erinn Springer
The New York Times, October 24, 2024

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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