FREE EVENT 02/21, 1-3:30pm: COMMUNITY ART PARTY! You’re invited to meet the artists designing seven public art projects for Kindred. Share your ideas and memories to honor the legacy of St. Paul’s and Tidewater Gardens. Connect with neighbors and enjoy light refreshments in a welcoming space. Your voice matters — and this is your chance to help shape the art that will live in our community for generations!
The City of Norfolk and the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) have partnered to transform the former Tidewater Gardens public housing community in the St. Paul’s area into a mixed-use, mixed-income community of the future – an economically vibrant, environmentally resilient place where people of all incomes, backgrounds, ages, and cultures can live, learn, work, play, and thrive.
This public art initiative is part of the Critical Community Improvements (CCI) Plan, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and has been developed in collaboration with the St. Paul’s Transformation Cultural Trail Advisory Committee and the Norfolk Arts Committee.
The St. Paul’s Art Planning Committee created a pre-qualified list of artists/artist teams to create large-scale, place-making experiences and site-responsive public art as part of the new St. Paul’s Transformation Project.
The 1st project will be a mosaic mural designed by Poetry Jackson. Poetry will create a design using input received from the community and will install a colorful mosaic of the final approved artwork along a retaining wall at the entrance to the neighborhood.
Several additional projects are in the works. Members of the community weighed in and voted for their (2) favorite artists out of (4) in June of 2025. Those two projects will be created by Blessing Hancock and Wesley Clark. These artists rose to the top of this first round of voting.
In July 2025, the community was invited to cast their vote for (4) of (5) artists who will be creating artwork. Volkan Alkanoglu, Chris Fennel, Jim Gallucci, and Zachary Robinson rose to the top of this last round of voting.
Enjoy this video with Volkan Alkanoglu.
Enjoy this video by Chris Fennel.
Enjoy this video by Jim Gallucci.
Enjoy this video by Zachary Robinson.
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail 7 Selected artists
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail selected artist
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail selected artist
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail selected artist
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail selected artist
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail selected artist
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St. Paul's Cultural Trail selected artist
