Artist and teacher Hollie Newton chairs the Oregon State Fair’s Fine Art Department and Willamette Wakeup host Stella Shaffer talked with her about a new award and a new push to get artists from around the state to enter their works early, in time for the end-of-August State Fair.The Oregon State Fair runs from August 23rd through September 2nd , at the fairgrounds in Salem.For more information, see www.oregonstatefair.org .