About The Art of Farming
Unveiled for the first time in 2025, at the Edmonton Expo Centre during Farmfair International, The Art of Farming offers visitors a fresh perspective on agriculture.
This exciting collaboration, now in its second year, between The Works Art & Design Festival, Farmfair International, and Explore Edmonton brings together the worlds of agriculture and visual art in a dynamic and unexpected way. The project reimagines the bounty of Alberta’s agriculture through the lens of contemporary art, celebrating the materials, skills, and stories that sustain our food systems. It invites exploration of the diversity, detail, and design shared by both farming and art, bringing together foods grown by local farmers into a colourful representation of Alberta’s bounty.
This year, you can even see this exciting display come to life. Visit Farmfair on November 5 to watch the artists at work putting the finishing touches on the display.
DESIGNED BY ARTIST THEODORA HARASYMIW
Theo is a Canadian visual artist whose practice bridges mosaic, painting, and ceramics to create vibrant, story-rich works rooted in community and culture. She graduated from the University of Alberta in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Painting and minoring in Classics, a foundation that continues to inform her deep engagement with history, myth, and narrative. In 2010, Harasymiw embraced mosaic as her central focus, studying extensively in the United States and Italy. This immersion opened new ways of storytelling through colour, texture, form, and material, allowing her to connect contemporary community voices with timeless traditions.
From Concept to Creation
The Art of Farming began with a vision in 2025, bringing together agriculture and contemporary art in a bold, unexpected way. What started as raw materials and an empty framework evolved into a vibrant installation celebrating Alberta’s agricultural story.
These behind-the-scenes moments capture the process behind the piece, from early construction to the final layered design. Each stage reflects the creativity, precision, and collaboration required to transform everyday agricultural elements into something extraordinary.
