2026 NE IA Tour applications are now available! Deadline to apply is March 1, 2026. New and exciting are the Emerging Artist and Guest Artist programs. Open link for an application to download and print or go to www.iowaarttour.com, click on the events/news tab, or contact Darla Ellickson at darla@earloops.com or 563-382-2295. For more information about the additional Emerging and Guest Artist information sheet click here.

Mark your calendars and book your lodging for the 29th Annual Studio Tour October 9, 10 & 11, 2026!

The 2025 Tour featured 36 Artists at 29 locations!
Featured on the ’25 cover was: Rebecca Kobos, George Lowe, and Susan Kuennen!
Print or find one of our Lodging and Dining Sponsors, or an Artist on the last year’s 2025 google artist map!
Print the 2025 Lodging & Dining Guide.pdf
Print the word doc form 2025 Lodging & Dining Guide.pdf

To see and print the 2025 brochure, and meet all the 2025 Artists • view this 2.5 minute video… 

The Tour Artists nestled among the wooded hills and winding rivers will be open daily from 10-5. Decorah, is the hub, the central community from which the tour radiates, up to 40 miles in all directions, in Iowa. Each studio is the Artist’s personal space, guidelines vary as do the studios.

Discover the tools, inspirations and surroundings where art begins! 

Call for more information, or more on lodging, dining and specially scheduled entertainment:
Winneshiek County Development and Tourism 563-382-6061

To contact for more information or to print a brochure:

Go for a scenic drive and fill your car with original art along the way! Use the 2025 google map on your mobile device to find the nearest Artist and pick up a brochure!

Due to the ever changing situation of Covid-19, masks may be required at some locations. Please observe measures in place at each studio.

Mark your calendars and book your lodging for the 29th Annual Studio Tour October 9, 10 & 11, 2026!

Drive-yourself and go on an “art”venture in the driftless!

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