Join Us in Connecting Art with Our Community
Greater Mankato is passionate about its creative culture and so is the Twin Rivers Arts Festival. Over the past 23 years, the festival has grown from three artists to 70+. Our mission is to encourage and support visual artists by producing an affordable, professional venue for them to display and sell their art. Please join us. Your sponsorship will help provide a wide variety of benefits to the artists and the community including increased exposure and interaction for artists, stipends for festival musicians and underwriting of our Up and Coming Artist. This artist is provided a prime location and the opportunity to engage with attendees during the festival, though they do not sell their work. The artist stipend ensures they are compensated.
For information on our 2025 sponsorship opportunities, please see Sponsorship Opportunities.
About Our Presenting Sponsor – the Marian Anderson Fund of the Mankato Area Foundation
Local artist, Marian Anderson, has been a household name for decades. Her lifetime of work in the Mankato area enriched all our lives. Her paintings adorn the walls of homes and businesses throughout our communities, and her dedication to arts education was demonstrated through the many school-workshop visits she made, and the countless young lives she touched. She dedicated her life to giving back to this area she called home. Years ago, Marian made the decision to continue her philanthropic spirit well beyond her lifetime by designating the Mankato Area Foundation as a beneficiary of her estate in order to establish a fund that celebrates her dedication to this region and her devotion to the arts.
Marian’s charitable legacy is now realized through the Marian Anderson Fund of the Mankato Area Foundation, which concentrates its granting in Blue Earth County and North Mankato. The emphasis of the fund is promoting arts and aesthetics while focusing on the visual arts and history. Through this ongoing activity, Marian Anderson will continue to enrich our community and our lives.
Grant Underwriter
This project is partially funded by the City of Mankato Neighborhood Engagement Grant program.
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
IN-KIND SPONSORS
IN-KIND SUPPORTERS
Hilton Garden Inn
Radio Mankato
SignPro
TWIN RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL 2025 EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Our Exhibiting Artists will be featured in the Ellerbe Room at the Twin Rivers Arts Festival.
They are sponsored by: Blinds & More and Hatanpa Insurance Agency.