Events, Exhibitions, and More!
The Guild’s Visual Arts Program offers multiple annual opportunities for artists to exhibit and sell their works and advance their careers – and for audiences to engage with art and artists from our region. We also offer visual art classes and camps throughout the year.
Our Visual Arts program presents a wide variety of exhibitions featuring works by emerging and established regional artists in our Main Gallery and Up Gallery in our downtown building and at five satellite galleries located throughout Northfield. Exhibitions include juried and invitational exhibitions, exhibitions of student enrolled in area schools and colleges, an annual holiday presentation of regional Fine Craft Collective artists, and our annual Riverfront Fine Arts Festival September 12 & 23, 2026.
- Solo Exhibition for Jim Bohnoff: September 11 – October 4
- Opening Reception: Sept. 11 (5-8pm)
- Tim Lloyd’s Retrospective: October 8 – November 6
- Opening Reception: Oct. 10 (6-8pm)
- Fine Craft Collective: November 11 – December 24
- Emerging Artists: January 7 – February 12 (2026)
- Opening Reception: Feb. 5 (6-8pm)
- All School Art Show: February 19 – March 28 (2026)
- Imagination Celebration: Saturday, March 7th 10 – 2 pm
- Members Showcase: April 2 – May 9 (2026)
- Opening Reception: April 23 (6-8pm)
- High School Honors: May 12 – June 6 (2026)
- Opening Reception: Friday, May 15th
- Unquiet Landscapes by Andrew & Amelia Wykes: June 16 – July 11 (2026)
- Teacher’s Showcase: July – August (2026)
- Landscape Artists (Jill Ewald, Bernice Ficek-Swensen, Linda Gammell, Meg Ojala, River Rossi, and Holly Swift): September 16 – October 17 (2026)
UP GALLERY
- Ivete De Castro Martinez: September 9 – October 4
- Opening Reception: Sept. 11 (5-8pm)
- Heriberto Rosas and Ashely Marcial Rodríguez: October 7 – November 10
- Opening Reception: October 18 (7-9pm)
- Izabella Lawrence: November 15 – December 22
- Esperanza en Accion: January 25 – February 15 (2026)
- Opening Reception: February 14
- Kent McInnis: February 16 – March 27 (2026): What Lights Our Way
- Opening Reception: February 19 (6-8pm)
- Northfield Union of Youth: April 1 – 30 (2026)
- Opening Reception: April 23 (6-8pm)
- Esperanza en Accion: April 30th – May 15
- Opening Reception: May 9th
- Fran Hall – Photography: May 18 – June 1
- Emerging Artists (TBD): June 2 – September 1
Riverfront Fine Arts Festival – Sept. 12 & 13 from 10 – 5
Each September the Guild presents our arts festival along the banks of the beautiful Cannon River in downtown Northfield, where regional artists and craftspeople sell their work. Our festival is held in conjunction with the Defeat of Jesse James Days – the city’s busiest time of year when over 200,000 people come to Northfield over a single weekend.
Guild Gift Shop
Our gift shop features handmade, unique gifts by of over 100 member artists, including ceramics, jewelry, greeting cards, glasswork, apparel, kitchen tools, framed artworks and so much more. Quarterly rotation means there is always something new!
Artist Professional Development
Our APD program presents free workshops, panel discussions, Lunch and Learns, networking opportunities and more for area artists. As we aim to serve the wider region, we also partner with regional nonprofits to ensure artists have meaningful access to professional development events and activities. If you are interested in exhibiting or participating in any Visual Arts Program, please contact Executive Director, Michael Johnson: michael@northfieldartsguild.org or 507.645.8877.
