ANDERSON CENTER 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Please join us as we celebrate the Anderson Center’s 25th Anniversary with a family-friendly festival event on Saturday, July 24^th, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring artist demonstrations & activities, live music & readings, food vendors, exhibits, and tours. Admission is $5 for the general public and free for Anderson Center members and youth age 17 & under.

Experience live music throughout the day by Jillian Rae, Chastity Brown, and the students of Universal Music Center at an outdoor stage on the lower lawn near the North Studios. Enjoy literary readings in the Tower View Barn by Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen and current Anderson Center artists-in-residence. Learn more about the creative process through open studios and artist demonstrations throughout campus, including a monotype demo on the etching press in the printmaking studio by Minnesota printmaker Richard Stephens. Meet artists and explore their work at a closing reception for “Long Story Short,” a group retrospective art exhibition showcasing 25 years of art and ideas by past & current Anderson Center residents and studio artists. Tower View’s iconic namesake water tower will also be open and available to tour.