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CORVALLIS - The Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences will launch its 20th statewide Art About Agriculture touring exhibition Tuesday, March 12, with an artists' reception and awards presentation from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in OSU's Memorial Union lounge. The public is invited.

The 2002 exhibit will be on display at OSU from March 12 until April 26 in the Memorial Union's Concourse Gallery. Other exhibit sites include the High Desert Museum in Bend, May 11 to Sept. 2; and the Klamath County Government Center in Klamath Falls, Sept. 9 to Oct. 8.

According to Shelley Curtis, Art About Agriculture coordinator, 168 artists from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon and Washington entered the 2002 competition. Jurors selected 46 works by 39 artists for the tour and awarded cash prizes totaling $6,000.

Artists whose work was selected for Art About Agriculture Tour 2002, including award winners:

• Blodgett: Beatrice Rubenfeld, "The Last Blue Berries," oil.

   

• Corvallis: Signe Davis, "Willamette Valley," oil; Nelson Sandgren, "Lunch Break at Adair Meadows," oil (Humberto Gonzalez Juror's Award).

   

• Eugene: Jon Jay Cruson, "Summer Fields," acrylic; Karen Hendricks, "Last Summer's Poppies," watercolor (Larry and Sherry Kaseberg Purchase Award); Donna Sakamoto Crispin, "Cedar Bark Vase," western red cedar, hemp thread, and beads.

   

• Grants Pass: Judy Weiner, "Farm Birds," oil on canvas.

   

• Portland: Katherine Ace, "I'll Fly Away," oil and mixed media on canvas (Cande and Gene Buccola Award); Mabel Astarloa-Haley, "Ready to Sow," oil pastel; Marlene Bauer, "Bramble," acrylic on wood, and "Willow," acrylic on wood (Roy D. Nielsen Art About Agriculture Award); Sidonie Carson, "Grape Harvest," acrylic on paper; Dave Darraugh, "Untitled (88)," house paint on paper; Baba Wague Diakite, "Large Platter #719," glazed ceramic; Betty Durham, "Ganga with Grass," acrylic; Jeana Edelman, "Threshold," wax paint on board (Reese Lamb and Paul Lamb Purchase Award); JoAnn Gilles, "Windbreak," water based mixed media (Capital Press Purchase Award); Andrew Haley, "Composition II," pastel (Betty Brose Art About Agriculture Purchase Award), and "Composition IV," pastel; Richard Hoyen, "Tomato Bed," oil on board; Mary Josephson, "Vision of Eden," oil on wood (Ronna Neuenschwander Juror's Award); Kevin Kadar, "Golden Landscape," acrylic, and "Paris-Autumn'99," acrylic (Oregon State University Dean of Agricultural Sciences Award);Cynthia Lahti, "Enchanted Tree," painted ceramic, and "Cat Tails," painted ceramic; Laura Ross-Paul, "Five Spheres/ Fingertips," monotype (water) and "Find," watercolor (Glen S. and Carey Strome Agricultural Art Memorial Purchase Award); Monte Shelton, "Reflecting Pool #3," oil on canvas (University Honda Award); Anne Thompson, "Rotting Chayote Squash" mixed media; Phyllis Trowbridge "Orange Trees at Rooster Rock," oil on masonite; John Waddingham, "Breakfast in Puerto Vallarta," watercolor; Walter Weber, "Seasons End II," watercolor; Sherrie Wolf, "Two Plums and Pear after Carot," oil on canvas (OSU Extension Directors' Award); Renee Zangara, "Untitled (IP#PC13)," oil on canvas (Oregon State University President's Award).

   

• Salem: Susan Trueblood Stuart, "Buttercups and Hops," mixed media.

   

• Sherwood: Hoss Daiisadghi, "The Leaved Image," oils.

   

• Silverton: Jim Shull, "Silverton Hill Grass 4," acrylic.

   

• Wilsonville: Carol Perrenoud, "Corn for Dinner," woven breadwork. West Linn; Marlana Stoddard Hayes, "Two," oil on panel.

Washington

• Aberdeen: Erik Sandgren, "Gaylord Burner," watercolor, and "A Pragmatic Poetry of Mist," watercolor (Betty Brose Art About Agriculture Purchase Award).

   

• Blaine: Rob Gischer, "Hand Trowel," oils.

   

• Seattle: John W. Sisko, "Goat," bronze.

   

• South Prairie: Jim Rittiman, "Leafhead #17," mixed media (Martha Wehrle Juror's Award).

   

• Vancouver: Vickie Nelson, "Cabbage," watercolor.

Volunteer jurors for the 2002 exhibit were Humberto Gonzalez, painter, Lebanon; Ronna Neuenschwander, sculptor, Portland, and Martha Wehrle, sculptor and assistant professor, OSU Department of Art.

The E.R. Jackman Board of Directors, part of the OSU Foundation, sponsors the awards. Artworks purchased from the competition, including five this year, will become part of OSU's Art About Agriculture Permanent Collection of contemporary fine art.