doi:10.7916/vjf4-ky27Oral history interview with Arthur R. Tanderup and Helen Tanderup, 2022Tanderup, Arthuroral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesEnvironmentalism--United StatesSite-specific installations (Art)--United StatesPolitical art--United StatesEnvironmental protection--United StatesEnvironmental policy--Citizen participation.--United StatesTanderup, ArthurTanderup, HelenObama, BarackKeystone XL ProjectArt and Helen Tanderup discuss their lives working and farming in Neligh, Nebraska, and their activism in opposition to the proposed extension of the Keystone XL pipeline, the course of which was projected to cut through their farm. The Tanderups describe learning about the proposed course of the pipeline, researching its likely local environmental impact, and joining Bold Nebraska, the alliance organized to oppose the construction of the extension. They also provide details about the creation of large crop art installations in their fields; the media interest the installations attracted; and their participation in Cowboy Indian Alliance protests in both Nebraska and Washington, D.C., including the Reject and Protect demonstration at which Art stood in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Also discussed are the Harvest for Hope concert featuring Willie Nelson and Neil Young that the Tanderups hosted on their farm in September 2014, memories of the 2008 presidential campaign, meetings with legislators in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. to advocate against the approval of the pipeline extension, and the evolution of the Tanderups' identities as activists and environmentalists