Current & Former Artists-in-Residence
Anderson Center at Tower View is welcoming 34 artists from 13 U.S. States and 5 foreign countries for residencies in 2026. Residencies were granted from a pool of 453 applications from around the world.
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.
Artists selected for 2026 residencies are listed below. Select a year or a program at the bottom of the page to see more information about each artist for 2026 or another category.
This program is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Header image: July 2022 Anderson Center Artists-in-Residence (L to R): Michael Masaru Flora, Agustín Castilla-Ávila, Davu Seru, Ucheoma Onwutuebe, and Jordan Young. Photo by Stephanie Lynn Rogers.
May
Deaf Artist Residency
Ebony Gooden
Canada - Playwright - 4 weeks
Rachel Kolb
NM - Non-fiction - 4 weeks
Kah Mendoza
CA - Photography - 4 weeks
Rowan OBryan
CA - Mixed Media - 4 weeks
June
Emma Binder
WI - Fiction - 4 weeks
Melissa Hacker
NY - Film & Media - 4 weeks
Hassaan Mirza
OH - Fiction - 2 weeks
Margaret Pearce
Anderson Center Public Artist in Residence
ME - Interdisciplinary - 4 weeks
Eric Schultz
SC - Composition - 2 weeks
Tammy West
TX - Mixed Media - 4 weeks
July
Delight Ejiaka
NV - Fiction - 4 weeks
Jessica Johnson
NM - Mixed Media - 4 weeks
Borey Shin
NY - Composition - 4 weeks
TC Tolbert
AR - Poetry - 4 weeks
Josué Morales Urbina
NY - Sculpture - 4 weeks
Emily Quandahl
Salzburg - Minnesota Artist Exchange
Minnesota - Painting - 4 weeks
August
Darrel Alejandro
NY - Poetry - 2 weeks
Julian Carlier
Belgium - Dance - 2 weeks
Pamela Lawton
MD - Printmaking - 4 weeks
Rivers Qinnan
Japan - Textiles - 4 weeks
Amy Saikia Wilson
MA - Animation - 4 weeks
Amna Chaudhry
University of Minnesota Writing Fellow
MN - Fiction - 2 weeks
Rebecca Kilroy
University of Minnesota Writing Fellow
MN - Fiction - 2 weeks
September
Early Career Artist Residency
Early Career Artists Residencies are made possible by the generous support of the Jerome Foundation
Amir Khadar
MN - Textiles - 4 weeks
Suriya Khuth
MN - Mixed Media - 4 weeks
Stefani Kuo
NY - Playwright - 4 weeks
A. E. Wynter
MN - Poetry - 4 weeks
Kohana Wilson
NY - Animation - 4 weeks
October
Jazz Szu-Ying Chen
Taiwan - Painting - 4 weeks
Susan Duncan
Pacific Lutheran University Writing Fellow
CA - Poetry - 2 weeks
Rick Kagigebi
McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellow
MN - Textiles - 2 weeks
SanSan Kwan
NY - Dance - 4 weeks
Simona Ledl
Salzburg - Minnesota Artist Exchange
Austria - Painting - 4 weeks
Paul Metzger
McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellow
MN - Composition - 4 weeks
McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowships are made possible through the generous support of the McKnight Foundation and Artist Communities Alliance.
Former Artists-in-Residence
The Anderson Center has hosted more than 900 residents from 45 different states and more than 40 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, and Uganda.
The Center also engages in artist exchange programs with the city of Salzburg, Austria, and with Red Wing's Sister City, Quzhou, China. The Center participates in annual scholarship programs with the MFA programs at The University of Minnesota and Pacific Lutheran University in Washington.
The portal below of program alumni / former artists-in-residence is a work-in-progress. Pictured here is the May 2016 cohort of artists in residence: (L to R) Marcus Wicker, Ray Minge, Cate Hennessey, Cynthia Hogue, and Kevin Kling.