Fresh Art Tour

Sponsor Form

BECOME A FRESH ART TOUR SPONSOR TODAY

Deadline: February 1, 2026 For Inclusion In Our Print Media

Promoted all year long, the self-guided Fresh Art Tours take visitors on beautiful journeys through our area’s backroads and villages, where local artists welcome visitors to their work studios and galleries for a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process. Those visitors will also plan to shop, eat, and stay!

Planning these two immensely popular tourist events is a volunteer effort, but advertising requires funding from sponsors and artist participants. We are grateful for community support of tourism and the arts, and we celebrate that by making sure our visitors know about you. We work tirelessly to promote the tours with a variety of media ads and on area calendars of events, and we are extremely proud to promote our Sponsors on our website and social media sites. Hundreds of posters and thousands of color brochures are mailed and hand-distributed at art shows and festivals all over the region throughout the year, and we make sure local businesses have a continuous supply on hand. Brochures direct customers to the Fresh Art Tour website, where they will find special sections dedicated to those who fill their bellies, quench their thirst, and entice them to stay an extra day (or two!). Your sponsorship also helps keep artist fees reasonable, encouraging artist participation.

You will be listed in two brochures, and in the weeks leading up to each tour you will be promoted on Fresh Art Tour social media sites. You will also appear on our website all year long, with an image and link to your website or social media page.

2026 SPRING TOUR

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

June 5,6,7

October 2,3,4

10:00am - 5:00pm

2026 SPONSOR FEE

Annual Fee: $125.00

Included In Print Media

(If You Respond By February 1, 2026)

Promoted On Website & Social Media

HOST VISITING ARTISTS!

To receive the promotional benefits listed above, complete this form and submit the $125 Sponsor Fee. For guaranteed foot traffic at no extra charge, consider hosting an artist too!

New tour sites must be pre-approved. Contact us. You must be within our tour perimeter, offer safe traffic access and a designated display space for each artist - secure overnight and weather-protected.

Tour Sites must be open all hours of the event with artist present. Expect a four-day commitment per tour; Thursday is artist set-up. Limit four artists per Site.

These are fine art events. New artists must be pre-approved and each artist pays a fee to participate. We prefer you find your own artist. If they are new to the tour, have them contact us for approval. We may have names of approved artists but we can’t guarantee we’ll find an artist for you.

Once site and artist are approved, the artist simply lists you as their Tour Site on their registration form. PLEASE NOTE: Tour Sites who do not pay the Sponsor Fee are listed as an artist’s site address only, your business will not be promoted.

Site/artist registration deadline for both tours is February 1, 2026.

You Will Receive A Confirmation With Payment Options

Explore scenic backroads and enjoy the seasonal art and artistry on self-guided tour to our home studios and galleries. Throughout the picturesque villages & countryside of Pepin, Pierce and Buffalo counties, the artists who call this area home welcome you. Come hear their stories and take home a bit of their inspiration. Grab a snack, pick up a tour map at any one of the many sites and watch for Fresh Art Tour signs along the way. We hope to see you on the tour in 2026!