The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation is proud to announce our 2021 Artists on Main Street projects. After receiving many strong proposals, a volunteer Public Art Review Committee (established through the City of Northfield’s Arts and Culture Commission) selected five applicants to receive $2,000 each out of the $10,000 grant budget. These five artists will spend the summer and fall implementing their creative placemaking projects in downtown Northfield!
| Project title | Lead artist | Brief summary |
| A Breath for Change | Epic Enterprise Arts Learners | A collaborative installation featuring 3-D self-portraits and birds moving among 3-D trees, culminating in an accessible and inclusive community event and exhibit at the Brick Oven Bakery. |
| Framing the Scene | Erin Ward | A free-standing, three-dimensional, mosaiced open frame to be placed along the Riverwalk area. The interactive sculpture could be used by individuals, friends, groups or families to take pictures. |
| Literary Steps | Kathy Ness | Painted replicas of children’s book spines (with titles crowdsourced from the community) on the 16 steps going up to the Division St. side of the Northfield Public Library. |
| Recipes for Life | Catherine Stricklan | A mobile screen printing workshop that will pop-up in downtown Northfield and engage the public in creating a screen printed tea towel of a beloved family recipe or treasured words of wisdom from a loved one. |
| Resilience + the Freshwater Drum Along the Cannon | Sophie Rogers | A series of workshops and installations of large, performative drawings focusing on the freshwater drum fish and the Ames Mill Dam, cultivating a dialogue on adaptability, resilience and inclusion of our interspecies communities. |
Be on the lookout for future news and announcements as these projects develop and begin to take shape throughout downtown!
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
