The Anderson Center at Tower View is happy to announce that the applications for 2026 Artist Residencies are now open. Anderson Center is a rare, rural oasis, a place that celebrates the imagination and supports the development of new arts and ideas through residencies.  

Anderson Center will offer four programs in 2026 that are now accepting applicants including a 2026 Deaf Artists Residency, Salzburg exchange residency, Early Career  Artist Residency Program, and the signature Artist Residency Program. Deadline for the  Salzburg exchange is November 15, 2025, and deadlines for the Deaf artists, early career  and general artist residencies are January 13, 2026. Applications must be submitted on or before the deadline to be considered in the jury review period.  

Work created at the Anderson Center has received some of the most prestigious  international awards in creative fields, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and funding  from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 1995, more than 900 residents have  come to the Anderson Center from 46 states and more than 40 foreign countries.  

Anderson Center uses the word “artist” broadly to mean those working in visual, literary,  and performing arts, including those whose work doesn’t fit neatly into categories and genres.  

Salzburg Exchange  

In partnership with Stadt-Salzburg, this program is an opportunity in July 2026 for visual artists living within the State of Minnesota to participate in an individual artist residency at the Künstlerhaus in Salzburg, Austria. The program promotes cultural cooperation and is based on mutual exchange on equal terms.  

Thanks to support from the City of Salzburg, the selected visual artist receives a live-in studio for one month at the Künstlerhaus, also home to the acclaimed Salzburger 

Kunstverein, and a € 600 Euro stipend for food. Travel expenses to Salzburg and back to Minnesota are not covered.  

Application deadline is 12 p.m. Noon (Central Standard Time) on Nov. 15,  2025. Selected artists, wait-list, and runners-up will be notified by January 5, 2026 at  the latest.  

Artist Residency Program 

The Residency Program is open to emerging, mid-career, and established visual artists,  writers, composers, choreographers, multidisciplinary artists, musicians, performance  artists, scholars, and translators from across the globe. The program is interdisciplinary  and the organization welcomes applications from a wide range of creative and  intellectual genres, including those that don't fit neatly into the above list.  

For the 2026 season, the Anderson Center is offering two week or month-long  residencies in June, July, August and October with preference for month long stays.  Specific start and end dates are listed in the application form. There is a $30 fee for  applying to this residency program.  

SELECTION TIMELINE  

January 13, 2026 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline  

February 6, 2026 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the  status of their application  

March 3, 2026– Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up  

Early Career Artist Residency  

The Anderson Center’s Early Career Artist Residency Program offers month-long  residency-fellowships to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the  five boroughs of New York City. Thanks to support from the Jerome Foundation, the  program offers a stipend & travel honorarium and provides early-career artists in need of  focused time and dedicated space with an inspiring residency work environment that  empowers them take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches  to problem-solving.  

SELECTION TIMELINE  

January 13, 2026 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline  

February 6, 2026 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the  status of their application  

March 3, 2026– Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up  Deaf Artist Residency Program

Since 2014, the Deaf Artists Residency Program has run in alternating years to support  Deaf artists, including poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, whose native or  adoptive language is American Sign Language (ASL). Supported by the National  Endowment for the Arts, the Anderson Center's Deaf Artist Residency is the only  residency program in the country that is Deaf-centric. It was developed with the goal of  contributing to the creation of a network of Deaf culture-creators in Minnesota and the  United States.  

For the 2026 season, the Anderson Center is offering month-long residencies in May.  Specific start and end dates are listed in the application form. Applications will be  available in November.  

SELECTION TIMELINE  

January 13, 2026 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline  

February 6, 2026 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the status of their application  

March 3, 2026– Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up  

About the Anderson Center Residency Program  

Founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate in rural Red Wing, Minn., the Anderson  Center has renovated and restored historic buildings to support working artists and the  creative process. The organization’s signature Artist Residency Program provides groups  of artists, writers, musicians, and performers with an ideal space to create innovative  works of art that advance their practice and have a significant impact on society.  

The Anderson Center at Tower View Residency Program was set-up by a working poet  to support other artists and continues to be led by working artists. The Center does not  dictate specific outcomes or arrange regular structured activities. Instead, the  expectation is that the gift of time and space will generate significant advancements in  residents' work. The Anderson Center trusts the artists to best use their time to benefit  their own work and reach their own goals.