Kingfield PorchFest Map 2016

The Kingfield Home-Based Professionals are gathering at Victor’s 1959 Cafe at 38th & Grand for breakfast–and are planning on patio dining. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP on their LinkedIn Group here so management knows how big of a table to reserve.

Celebrate this series of public artworks by Ben Janssens and Marjorie Pitz with mosaic artist Lori Greene and Ramsey Middle School Students. This series of works, spanning 8 blocks of Nicollet Avenue South from 32nd to 40th Streets, includes gateway sculptures and benches.

11:30 am Kick-off, Kingfield Farmer’s Market, 4310 Nicollet. Join Chicks on Sticks in a Parade to Ellwood Auto, 3948 Nicollet.

11:50 am Performance by Chicks on Sticks, Arts Activities, and Refreshments for the Entire Family

*In the event of rain, the celebration will be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Rec. Center, 4055 Nicollet, noon-1 :30

For more information visit here or contact .

 

 

Note: This Open House will be held immediately before the KFNA Board Meeting in the same location

The format of this informational meeting will be an “open house” style where folks can come and view the exhibits and the County / City staff will be available for individual questions and discussion.  There will be a handout summarizing the project and its schedule and a large layout on hand for folks to review. County Staff will be available to answer questions or accept comments at any time prior or after these neighborhood meetings. [Read more…]

Artist Seitu Jones has been selected to design the railing for the new 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge which will span I-35W at 40th Street. This bridge will serve pedestrians and bicyclists and link the east and west sections of the River Lake Greenway. The railing project was selected for Art in Public Places—the City’s percent for art program—by the Public Art Advisory Panel from the City’s Capital Improvement Program. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) is the lead agency on this project and the City is working in partnership with them on the bridge.

Jones’ application shared his interest in connecting public art design with neighborhood identity. As he stated in his application, “I aspire to create artwork that honors and inspires communities. Typically, my designs are informed by and recall elements of the social and natural context of a site and the surrounding neighborhoods. If selected to create art for the 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge, these principles will inspire my work.” For more information about this project, contact Mary Altman at .

Visit the KFNA Board Meeting in May to share your ideas and vision for this important environmental and cultural connection between neighborhoods, as well as a visible marker of our City to those passing under it on the highway. Follow KFNA’s FB page and/or web site to find out how the community can continue beyond this meeting to give Seitu feedback and direction on the artistic design and feel of this important bridge.