Upcoming Calls for Entry
2026 Red Wing Area Studio Tour
The 2026 Red Wing Area Studio Tour is co-presented with Red Wing Arts. The Fifth Annual Studio Tour will be held on July 25 & 26, 2026. Applications are due by Friday, April 10 at 5 p.m. Central Time.
ON-GOING RFPs/RFQs and FESTIVAL or EXHIBITION CALLS FOR ENTRY
The Anderson Center facilitates RFQs and RFPs and also presents gallery exhibitions and events, such as the Red Wing Area Studio Tour, throughout the year at the historic Tower View campus. Any open calls for both artworks and artists are also sometimes posted below, along with residency opportunities.
The Anderson Center provides equal opportunity for all people to participate in and benefit from the activities of the Center, regardless of race; national origin; color; age; religion; gender; sexual orientation; disability, in admission, access, or employment. Please call before applying to discuss accommodations.
Description
Red Wing Arts and the Anderson Center at Tower View are proud to present the fifth annual Red Wing Area Studio Tour July 25 & 26, 2026. This self-guided tour and sale connect scores of visitors & buyers with 30+ artists across locations in and around the Red Wing area.
Dates
Saturday, July 25, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. & Sunday, July 26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 10 at 5 p.m. Central Time
RW Area Studio Tour Region:
The Studio Tour stretches from Red Wing to Lake City and may include Prairie Island, Welch, Vasa, and Wacouta. Artists with studios outside of this area are encouraged to apply as guest artists.
Don't have a studio? No problem!
Artists can apply as either studio artists (hosting visitors at your location) or a guest artist (showing your work at another studio or location). On your application you’ll be asked to indicate whether you're hosting or a guest, and if you already have a relationship with a studio.
Fees:
Artists apply and pay to participate individually, versus by studio. Artists may participate as an Established Artist (those who have been selling or showing art for more than 2 years) or as an Emerging Artist (those who have not shown work publicly or have very limited selling or exhibition experience). Emerging Artists may qualify for a one-time reduced fee of $100. Please email heather@redwingarts.org to request the Emerging Artist Application link.
$155 - Established Artist Participation Fee
$100 - Emerging Artist Participation Fee
Anderson Center invites submissions in any medium for a juried group exhibition, With the Grain. This show will feature artwork that incorporates wood in the making process or finished work, including sculpture, wall-pieces, wood-block prints, and multi-media art. Both functional and non-functional artworks are welcome.
Exhibition timeline (all in 2026)
April 8 at midnight Central Time: Application deadline
April 14: Notification to artists
May 9: Deadline for delivery of work
May 22 – August 15: Exhibition on view
Friday, July 10, 6-8 pm: Artist Reception
August 17 – September 14: Deinstallation and return of unsold work to artists
Anderson Center encourages (but doesn’t require) work to be available for sale. The organization takes a 35% commission (25% for members).
About the Anderson Center
Anderson Center at Tower View is celebrating 30 years of service to the national arts and humanities community and the citizens of Minnesota. Founded in 1995, the organization has grown into one of the North's top artistic destination points. Anderson Center is based at Tower View, a grand national registered historic landmark and a rare, rural oasis for creative work in the scenic Mississippi River town of Red Wing, Minnesota. The organization celebrates the imagination and supports the development of new arts and ideas through residencies, studios, and public engagement.
About the Gallery/Specifications
The exhibition will take place in the Anderson Center’s Gallery Three. This gallery is approximately 800 square feet with plywood-backed sheetrock on the north, east, and west walls and natural light coming from the south. The gallery contains LED track-lighting, has a variety of small and mid-sized pedestals available, and has some ability to hang artworks weighing 40 lbs or less from the ceiling. The gallery has 50” TV screens available for wall-mounting, 4 Micca Spark Media Players, and up to 4 pairs of headphones available. Each wall has access to one or two wall outlets.
Exhibition Requirements
Artists are responsible for delivering and picking up work within the drop-off/pick-up timeframes above, or making and covering costs for shipping of work in the same timeframes. All work must be installation-ready when delivered, including frames with hanging wires and any specialty hardware required. Framing, mounting, and display techniques should meet professional exhibition standards. Anderson Center will handle installation.
Submitted works must be 100 inches tall or less, and able to fit through a door that is 82 inches high by 34 inches wide. Works must weigh less than 60 pounds.
Anderson Center encourages, but does not require, works to be available for sale. The Anderson Center’s commission is 35% (25% for members). Work will be insured while at the Anderson Center for either the artists portion of the sale price (if for sale) or an insurance value stipulated by the artist (if not for sale). Artists are responsible for insurance while in transit to the Center.
Artists submitting work to the Anderson Center retain all copyright to their work but agree to grant the Anderson Center a non-exclusive license to reproduce images in order to promote and document the exhibition.
Submission Process
Each artist or collaboration may submit up to 5 different works. The application asks for contact information, an artist statement of one page or less, a bio or CV of one page or less, and an image, title, media, and dimensions for the work. Space to note special considerations, installation needs, and/or additional information is available, but only if necessary to understand the work or plan for its installation.
Images may be submitted as jpegs or pdfs. If the artist wishes to submit detail shots, please combine all images of the work onto a single page of a PDF.