Arts – Friendly Streets Initiative

Our work with local artists in the communities our projects touch is ever evolving. Here’s highlights of the artists and art projects we’ve brought to our events and project sites from 2010-present. Please email our Artist Organizer Robyn Hendrix at robyn@fsimn.org if you are interested in future art opportunities with Friendly Streets or would like to get in touch with one of these artists.

2015 Friendly Streets Artists

Haitian Dancers at National Afternoon Out at Aurora & Victoria

Aztec Dancers at Aurora & Victoria National Afternoon Out

Streetcorner Letterpress by Jon Reynolds

Happy hula hoopers! © Pavlica Photography

Drumming by Babatunde Lea. © Pavlica Photography

Heart & Soul Drum Academy. © Jon Pavlica Photography

Pierre Fulford. © Jon Pavlica Photography

The Lex-Ham Community Band. © Jon Pavlica Photography

Maliya Gorman-Carter. © Jon Pavlica Photography

Eemanna Rivers. © Jon Pavlica Photography

Tom and Mira Kehoe with Tim O’Keefe and Maliya Gorman-Carter.© Jon Pavlica Photography

Tina Jackson Soul Line Dance. © Jon Pavlica Photography

Hmong Breakers Leadership Council © Jon Pavlica

Constellation Revelation by Heather Cole / DesignHMC

Lite Brite by ThreeSeven at Fairview Underpass © Jon Pavlica

Streetcorner Letterpress by Jon Reynolds. © Jon Pavlica

Underpass lights by Kyle Waites w/construction support by Josh Capistrant

Illuminated Hula Hoops by Kelsey and Kyle © Jon Pavlica

Ice sculpture by John Cooper and John Njoes. Photo by David R. Gonzalez, MnDOT

Labyrinth by Conie Borchardt. Photo by David R. Gonzalez, MnDOT

Temporary Table Tennis by Peter Haakon Thompson. Photo by David R. Gonzalez, MnDOT

2014 Friendly Streets Artists

Birdhouse Rainbow by Lisa Hassebrock & Tod Skallerup. © Jon Pavlica

Writer Susan Solomon reads her cat poetry at Fairview North

Xibaba – Spark Your Imagination at Fairview North. © Jon Pavlica

Greg Herriges performing at Fairview & Selby. © Jon Pavlica

Robyn Hendrix’s game The Land of Parcheesopoly at a Frogtown Crew Block Party

Patricia Ohmans & Caroline Devany with their Veggie Golf

Temporary Paint the Pavement with Frogtown Crew, design by Kabao Thao

Water Under the Bridge living statue by Mira Kehoe at the Fairview Underpass © Jon Pavlica

Walk-in Cinema, curated by Robyn Hendrix

Special Underpass lighting by Heather Cole

Everyone’s Silverware by Adj Marshall created shared storytelling & a silverware installation at the Fairview Underpass Party

Everyone’s Silverware by Adj Marshall & Lighting by Heather Cole. © Jon Pavlica

2011 Charles Avenue Placemaking Artists

In 2011 the first Friendly Streets Initiative project to created space for neighbors to get involved in the transformation of Charles Avenue into a bike boulevard, with five block parties in Hamline Midway and Frogtown. The initiative got a little creative help via a partnership with Springboard for the Arts, hiring 10 artists to concoct and implement creative placemaking activities at the events.

Artists: Rudy Arnold, Molly Balcom Raleigh, Bridget Beck, Conie Borchardt, Amelia Brown, Talia Galowitch, Robyn Hendrix, Jennifer Johnson, Shakun Maheshwari, and Annabella Miller Sardelis. Full project descriptions from 2011 can be found beginning on page 8 of the Charles Avenue Phase 1 Report.