CONNECTING WITH ART

For the past 22 years, the GSR Fine Art Festival has been giving buyers the opportunity to interact with professional artists working in a multiplicity of mediums as well as find unique goods and gifts that are handmade.

CONNECTING WITH ART

For the past 22 years, the GSR Fine Art Festival has been giving buyers the opportunity to interact with professional artists working in a multiplicity of mediums as well as find unique goods and gifts that are handmade.

CONNECTING WITH ART

For the past 22 years, the GSR Fine Art Festival has been giving buyers the opportunity to interact with professional artists working in a multiplicity of mediums as well as find unique goods and gifts that are handmade.

Live Show on Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2024

The Twin Rivers GSR Fine Art Festival is an annual, free event held in Mankato, MN, the weekend immediately following Thanksgiving. It is Greater Mankato’s only juried art festival dedicated to serving professional artists, and those working towards that goal, by connecting them with the Greater Mankato community. Over the past 22 years, the festival has grown from three visual artists to 100+ artists, authors and musicians.

During the summer of each year, artists submit an application with photos of their work. Artists pay a booth fee to participate and the funds pay for our event space and marketing. All sales go directly to the artists.

Artist and Author Applications Due Sept. 1, 2024.

Apply Today

 

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.

Learn More About Marian

 

Shop GSR’s Online Gallery Year-Round

GSR’s commitment to creating an outlet for professional artists to connect with the community became even more important during the past year. We are excited to include our artists in an eGallery called ShopART. ShopART is a non commission gallery that gives GSR artists and buyers the opportunity to connect year round.

ShopART Midwest Now

 

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Support Local Artists

Supporting Local Arts

The Twin Rivers GSR Fine Art Festival is dedicated to presenting an opportunity for the public to engage with creating artists. We encourage and support visual artists by producing an affordable, convenient, professional venue for them to gain exposure and display and sell their works. We also celebrate local musicians by inviting them to perform on our GSR stage.

Learn More About GSR

What does GSR stand for?

This is one of the most common questions we’re asked… the answer lies in our history! One evening in December, 2003, mentor and former apprentices reunited to share their jewelry creations with Mankato. The Goldsmiths Reunion or GSR for short, was created. We’ve come a long way in 19 years! In our first year, we had three artists gather for one evening and in 2020 we launched our new online gallery called ShopART.

Thank You to our Sponsors

Sponsorships 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 the GSR Up and Coming Artist.
Learn More About Our Sponsors

Meet Caitlin Lang

GSR 2024 Up and Coming Artist

Volunteer!

We’d love for you to lend a hand. Let us know how you want to help. Volunteer Form

Our 2024 Sponsors

Presenting

Mariam

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