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Harvest

Ties to Minnesota

The site of the work, right outside the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, is an important part of the sculpture.

The University of Minnesota is a land-grant university. This means that in the mid-1860s, the government donated land to the university to promote the study of agriculture and farming. The study of farming is still important to the university today. Agriculture is an important part of Minnesota history.

Many Minnesota cities and communities were formed around corn farms and the corn industry. These are some of the reasons Bart wanted to make this work about agriculture.