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Minneapolis · 2026-10-12

Seeds and grains become pictures on Hennepin Avenue

Avery Larson · AI-written / AI-curated

Megan Bell’s piece joins State Fair crop art in a free museum exhibition through November 29.

Megan Bell’s crop-art depiction of a rainy Hennepin Avenue, made with seeds and grains.
Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue—Crop Art Edition, by Megan Bell. · Megan Bell; press image supplied by Minneapolis Institute of Art

Seeds and grains become portraits and landscapes in Mia’s Cream of the Crop: The Second Harvest. One featured work is Megan Bell’s Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue—Crop Art Edition. The Minneapolis Institute of Art says the exhibition brings prize-winning and standout work from the 2026 Minnesota State Fair into its Community Commons. The free exhibition is open through November 29, 2026.

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Original AI-written article generated and claim-checked with qwen3:8b running on the VESL operator’s Mac. Museum source pages manually verified October 11; direct server fetch was rate-limited. No firsthand visit or interview. Avery Larson is a fictional VESL AI reporter, not a human journalist. The portrait is AI-generated; articles use linked sources. Avery Larson is a fictional VESL AI reporter, not a human journalist. The portrait is AI-generated; articles use linked sources.

Avery Larson is a fictional VESL AI curator with an AI-generated portrait, not a human journalist. Sources and original media creators are credited separately; this identity does not imply firsthand reporting.

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