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Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am unless specified. Just wear your painting clothes and we’ll provide everything else! You do not need to live in the neighborhood or have any painting skill at all to help in these fun community-building projects. More about the RColorful

Thursday, September 15, 9 am-noon RNeighbors was one of 16 prototyping proposals chosen to participate in the upcoming Placemaking Prototyping Festival. We were awarded a grant to paint “Creative Crosswalks” across 1st Avenue downtown to help bring art to a barren space and emphasize safe crosswalk space for the one of the most heavily used pedestrian areas in downtown Rochester. We are working with Greg Wimmer, the muralist who designed the street murals that are assets in several of our

Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am. Just wear your painting clothes and we’ll provide everything else! You do not need to live in the neighborhood or have any painting skill at all to help in these fun community-building projects. More about the RColorful Corners street

In the summer of 2014, RColorful Corners repainted 2 street murals with the help of over 90 volunteers that dedicated 270 hours of time! These events brightened the streets of Rochester and brought together members of the different neighborhoods and partnering organizations. We thank Sherwin Williams for selling the street paint to us at a contract price. Slatterly Park Neighborhood-Flower Kaleidoscope, location: 5th Avenue and 7th Street, July 19 Northrop Neighborhood-Goose, location: 2nd

Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am. Just wear your painting clothes and we’ll provide everything else!  You do not need to live in the neighborhood or have any painting skill at all to help in these fun community-building projects. More about the RColorful Corners street

In the summer of 2013, RColorful Corners repainted 4 street murals with the help of over 175 volunteers that dedicated 525 hours of time! These events brightened the streets of Rochester and brought together members of the different neighborhoods and partnering organizations. We thank Sherwin Williams for selling the street paint to us at a contract price and for the downtown Rotary Clubs donation to help us purchase paint brushes and supplies. Historic Southwest Neighborhood-Funky Flower,

Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am. Just wear your painting clothes and we’ll provide everything else!  You do not need to live in the neighborhood or have any painting skill at all to help in these fun community-building projects. More about the RColorful Corners street

Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am.  More about the RColorful Corners street mural program can be found on our website. Come out and help add some color to our neighborhoods! RColorful Corners 2012 Street Mural Painting Schedule Painting starts at 9 am for each mural.

In the summer of 2011, RColorful Corners repainted 5 street murals with the help of over 290 volunteers that dedicated 939 hours of time! These events brightened the streets of Rochester and brought together members of the different neighborhoods. The street paint used for these projects was donated by generous local businesses including Hitachi and Sherman Williams. Historic Southwest Neighborhood-Funky Flower, June 24 Location: 7th Street SW and 7th Avenue SW Cimarron Neighborhood-Unity, July

Salt, sand and snow plows give our street murals quite a beating during tough Minnesotan winters. But have no fear, we’re ready to help neighborhoods spruce up their street murals. Everyone is welcome to these street mural paintings, each start at 9 am.  More about the RColorful Corners street mural program can be found on our website: http://www.rneighbors.org/?page_id=183. Come out and help add some color to our neighborhoods! RColorful Corners 2011 Street Mural Painting Schedule

Written by Taryn Upmann, RNeighbors Summer 2010 Intern Photo: Standing on the Goose Egg mural prior to summer 2010 painting is Taryn Upman, RNeighbors Intern; Robert DeYoung, Northrop staff; Greg Wimmer, muralist; and Cassie Runke, RColorful Corners Chair. This year our RColorful Corners program worked on refreshing and creating new artwork on neighborhood intersections across the city. It takes much time and coordination ahead of time in order to get the paint where it needs to be. Thankfully,

A brand new mural now graces the streets of a NE Rochester neighborhood. The Tree of Knowledge street mural was finaly painted after a month of sweltering humidity and storms that caused the paint date to be postponed several times until August 14. Thankfully neighbors and volunteers alike braved the heat throughout the day and brought this mural to life. With their help, this new tree now blooms on the corner of 17th St and 2nd Ave NE, just across the street from the Multicultural Learning

2010 RColorful Corners Street Mural Schedule Photo: The Historic Southwest neighborhood first painted their “Funky Flower” street mural in 2008. Each year the join together to repaint this public art project that brightens up their neighborhood. RColorful Corners is a grassroots project that works to bring neighbors together to create colorful street murals.  We transform public space into neighborhood assets, while creating stronger relationships between neighbors. This project is

Want to help brighten up a neighborhood? Multi-Cultural Learning Center • Subject: Tree of Knowledge (shown) Location: 17th Street and 2nd Avenue NE Date: Saturday, August 14 (rain date-August 15), 9 am Come on out to the Multi-Cultural Learning Center at the intersection of 17th Street and 2nd Avenue NE by Kellogg Middle School this Saturday July 17.  No painting skills needed, all ages are welcome, you just need a willingness to paint in the lines and get to know some new people. Paint,

After days of rain, RNeighbors and volunteers from the Historic Southwest neighborhood could not have been happier to see the sun shining on the morning of June 16.  With all of our ducks (and paintbrushes) in a row and weather finally permitting, the re-painting of the Historical Southwest Funky Flower mural at 7th Street SW and 7th Avenue SW was a colorful success. Participation was excellent with over 75 neighbors and other assorted community members joining in on the fun.  Little bare feet

Early Saturday, May 22, RNeighbors prepared for the Slatterly Park neighborhood to come out and re-paint the existing street mural at 5th Avenue and 7th Street.  And come out to help they did, from Slatterly and across Rochester. Thanks to the teamwork of about 60 enthusiastic volunteers, there is now a freshly painted work of art brightening an intersection of this neighborhood. The oldest of our Rochester street murals, this “Flower Kaleidoscope” was designed by a Slatterly neighbor, Susan

Artwork Title Flower Kaleidoscope Location 5th Avenue and 7th Street, by the Hawthorne Literacy Center Paint Date Saturday, May 22 (rain date of Sunday, May 23) Designer Slatterly Park neighbor, winner of 2007 mural art contest, Susan Waughtal Want to help brighten up a neighborhood? Come on out to the Slatterly Park neighborhood at the intersection of 7th Street & 5th Ave SE by Hawthorne School this Saturday May 22.  No painting skills needed, all ages are welcome, you just need a

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation  Awards Free Paint Throughout Southern Minnesota  For the 13th year, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) awarded free paint to local organizations through their annual ‘Picture It Painted’ (PIP) program.  This year approximately $13,500 worth of free paint is helping to beautify communities across the 20-county region.  PIP, a partnership between SMIF and Valspar Corporation, is designed to support collaborative community beautification and

This summer, we will work with one deserving neighborhood to create a new street mural. Tell us your story and make a case for why your neighborhood is deserving of this grant. Applications can be filled out online (see below) and will be accepted through April 8.  The art for the street mural will be designed collaboratively with a local artist and input from the winning neighborhood.  Each application must ensure: Your neighborhood will give input to the RColorful Corners mural artist to help

On Wednesday, August 12th, the Goose Egg mural near the Northrop building and Goose Egg park received a makeover thanks to neighborhood volunteers and Summer of Service Teams. Part of the volunteer team added a fresh coat of paint to the mural, while another group of SOS kids held a “carnival” (complete with face painting) in the park for neighborhood kids. Special thanks to the many volunteers, especially Summer of Service (SOS) youth, for making the repaint possible and to Robert,