County Fair Legacy Project

, Tiny School of Art is a rural mobile art school for young and old. Tiny School of Art brings art accessible in all mediums to rural communities. The Tiny School of Art facilitates a community mural. Fairgoers are able to paint on the pre-drawn mural by Lily Brutger. The murals are than displayed throughout the county in art galleries. Tiny School of Art has drawing stations throughout the fairgrounds for fairgoers to actively draw. Individuals are given a one-on-one experience with a professional artist. Tiny School of Art partnered with Raising a Farmer and the Morrison County Historical Society to create the theme of the mural of things, people and places that are important to Morrison County, bridging the urban/rural divide in the arts communities. In addition to the mural there will also be local artists demonstrating pottery, wool spinning, felting, woodworking and black smithing. , , Clogging is a truly American dance from that began in the Appalachian Mountains and now enjoys widespread popularity throughout the U.S. and around the world. Appalachians were settled in the mid 1700?s by the Irish, Scottish, English and Dutch-German. The folk dances of each region met and began to combine in an impromptu foot tapping style. This new style of dance became clog dancing as we know it today. The dance is accompanied by rousing fiddle and bluegrass music. As clogging made its way to the flatlands other influences began to shape the new dance. With the infusion of Cherokee Indians, African and Russian Gypsies dance styles, clogging has evolved creating a true melting pot of step dances. Clogging evolved as an individual form of expression using their feet as an instrument making rhythmic and percussive sounds to accompany the music. At the turn of the 20th century many cloggers began to add this step dance to square dancing. , , Haybale art contest: Bales are purchased and placed around the fair grounds. Individuals, community members, 4-H and FFA clubs and local businesses sign up to decorate a hay bale. Fairgoers vote on their favorite bale. The winning bale wins a traveling trophy. The community continues to support this activity through the years and looks forward to it coming up with new and creative ideas for their bale. This has been a positive activity creatively merging art and agriculture. , , Emotion in Motion is a mobile paint room experience. Bringing a 10x15 tent canvases and a non-toxic paint like substance that is safe for all aged children. Music plays while participants toss paint at their canvases using their body movements and movements of brushes. Canvases are able to be taken. Each piece is a one of a kind.