Alive orchestral performance accompanied by giant-screen multi-image photography.
Two men standing in a field that is being irrigated.
A teenager operating farm equipment.
A child on a toy tractor, next to a real one.

Growing Together:
Agriculture and the Arts

For over a year, farm families and photographers have been harvesting beautiful images that illustrate agriculture in Clark County, Ohio. These images will be presented during a live performance of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra by noted photochoreographer, James Westwater. Themes devoted to farming practices, rural living, and the beauty of the land will remind us all of the great privilege we have to participate in the noble enterprise of agriculture. This Thanksgiving Holiday, join us for a special celebration of agriculture, the land, and beautiful music.

8:00 p.m. Concert
(7:15 p.m. Concert Review)
Saturday, November 19, 2005		 3:00 p.m. Concert
(2:15 p.m. Concert Review)
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Kuss Auditorium, Springfield, Ohio

To order tickets contact the ticket office of the Clark State Performing Arts Center at 937-328-3874 or the Springfield Symphony Orchestra

A tractor silhouetted by the setting sun.
A lamb in its pen. Fall leaves framing a field after harvest.
A farmer with a cow.
A tabby cat.
Pumpkins.

Volunteer Photographers

Agriculture and the Arts would like to acknowledge our volunteer photographers, who have submitted over 3,000 photographs.

  • Jodi Miller (formerly of OSU Extension)
  • Galen Ludwick Harris (OFBF)
  • Marshall Gorby (Springfield News Sun)
  • Ryan Scott and Andrew Baasch (Abercrombie and Fitch)
  • Matt Reese (Ohio Country Journal)
  • Bill Hanusik (Ag Enterprises)
  • and over 30 community volunteers from Clark County

Collaborators

We would also like to thank some of the organizations that have helped us in this endeavor.

  • Springfield Symphony Orchestra
  • Clark County Farm Bureau
  • Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
  • The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  • Ohio State University Extension
  • Clark County Extension
  • Arts Interface Creative Group
  • The Heritage Center
  • Springfield Arts Council
  • Clark State Performing Arts Center
  • Turner Foundation
Agriculture and the Arts Logo.

Contact Information

Denny Hall
Leader, Ecological Paradigm
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Room 34 Agricultural Administration
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210
phone: 614-292-4188
mobile: 614-582-8025

"This material is based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, under Cooperative Agreement number 2004-38640-14464."