Public Art in Hopkins

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Hopkins ArtStreet is an ongoing program established in 2010 to showcase original public art in Hopkins and enrich the lives of residents and visitors by making art accessible.


Learn more about the Public Art Advisory Committee

2025-26 ArtStreet Sculptures

The Sculptures are on display throughout downtown Hopkins from June 2025 until May 2026 and are available for purchase. Please take a walking tour and then vote for your favorite sculpture by April 27, 2026!  

  • To inquire about purchasing or sponsoring a sculpture, please contact Jim Clark at 952-548-6489 or jclark@hopkinsmn.com. 

View our most up-to-date Public Art Brochure

CLEAN UP CREW, by Judd Nelson, Wayzata, MN, hot hammered steel, $10,000

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THIS IS LIVING, by Damian Radice, Grand Junction, CO, steel, bronze, aluminum, $8500

Damian Radice

JOURNEY, by Hilde DeBruyne, Cummings, IA, Corten steel, $22,000

DeBruyne Journey low res

SAXOPHONE, by Victor Yepez, Minneapolis, MN, welded metal/found object assemblage, $3000

Yepez ArtStreet 24.25

THE 'EYES' HAVE IT, by Tim Adams, Webster City, IA, aluminum, painted aluminum, $10,000

Tim Adams

3 AMIGOS, by Judd Nelson, Wayzata, MN, hot-hammered steel, $7900

Image of a welded steel sculpture of 3 marsh birds, approximaelty life size

BIKER, by Victor Yepez, Minneapolis, MN, welded metal/found object assemblage, $12,000

Victor Yepez Biker

GREAT BLUE HERON, by Jon Kamrath, St. Paul, MN, steel, aluminum, paint, $9500

Jon Kamrath

Thank you to the 2025-26 Hopkins ArtStreet Sponsors who make this program possible:

Allen & Carrie Clark Friends of Hopkins Center for the Arts myHealth for Teens & Young Adults
Bolton & Menk Fran & Herb Hesch Family Chris & Lisa Nelson, in honor of Access Hopkins
Driskill's Downtown Market City of Hopkins Enclave Companies
Hopkins Business & Civic Association Billee Kraut & Butch Johnson *******

Hopkins Bird Mural Project

The Audubon Mural Project is a public-art initiative of the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery that draws attention to birds threatened by climate change. The City of Hopkins is proud to be the first city in Minnesota participating in the national movement. The Audubon Mural Project in Hopkins was spearheaded by local resident Françoise Shirley, who worked with City staff and the Hopkins Public Art Committee to bring the project to life. The City commissioned three local artists to complete three mini-murals in Downtown Hopkins featuring birds from the Audubon Society’s Vulnerability Species list for Hennepin County. Read more about the Audubon Mural Project.

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To learn more about bird conservation in our community, visit Land of Lakes Bird Alliance.


Birds: Red-headed Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, by Adam Turman, Golden Valley, MN. Location: LTD Brewing, 723 Mainstreet, completed in 2025

Turman LTD 3-2

Birds: Clay-colored Sparrow and Field Sparrow, by Audrey Carver, Minneapolis, MN. Location: Hoagie's Family Restaurant, 824 Mainstreet, completed in 2025

Carver Hoagies Complete-2

Birds: Golden-winged Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, and Indigo Bunting, by Kada Goalen, St. Paul, MN. Location: Dragonland Tattoo, 923 Mainstreet, completed in 2025

Goelen Dragonland complete 2-2

Thank you to the Audubon Mural Project Public Donors

Scott & Sara Ackermann Christopher Fuller Megan & Neil Oftelie Paul Taylor
Karen & Reade Bailey Stephanie Hinrichs Wende Sansing Estelle Willems
Louise Bonach Kim & Roger Hunwardsen James Shirley Douglas & Linnea Manske
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Employee Matching Fund
 Dan & Jennifer Johnson Andrew Shirley Nathan & Melissa Miller
Amy Clauson Todd Kadoun Kaye & Tim Sweeney The Gesthsemane Green Team
Karin Cotter & David Bailey Mary & Thomas Kerns Chaya & Scott Swenson Land of Lakes Bird Alliance,
Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis
Gary & Peggy DeVaan Aili Langseth Victoria Swenson ***

Public Arts in Hopkins

The following pieces are part of the permanent collection

Kyle Fokken

“Shoo-Shoe Train”
Kyle Fokken, Minneapolis, MN
Painted Steel, Copper

Fokken of Minneapolis reveals his love of antique toys in his mixed media work, but always with an idiosyncratic and modern take-his sculptures combine nostalgia with futuristic fantasy. The sculpture in Hopkins is from a series based on locomotive forms and also includes a wooden shoe, a reoccurring image in Fokken’s work that speaks to humble origins but to the idea of a mundane object that also possesses the power to sabotage. Donated in 2011 by Hopkins Business, Civic Association and Think Hopkins.

Richards D. Poey

“Like A Tree, Rooted in the Earth”
Richards D. Poey, Eden Prairie, MN
Bronze

Poey, a resident of Eden Prairie, is known for both bronze and stone sculptures. This bronze sculpture depicts the “Tree Pose,” a balancing pose in yoga which focuses on concentration, clarity of thought, awareness and balance of mind and body. The sculpture portrays a human figure as growing upward like a tree from the planet earth, its arms like branches reaching for the sun. Donated in 2011 by Hopkins Historical Society.

Shoe Shoe Train public arts
Like a Tree Rooted in the Eath Public Arts

Michael F. Pilla

“Books”
Michael F. Pilla, St. Paul, MN
Stained glass

This piece of stained glass can be found in the Hopkins Library.

Stained Glass window Books

Thomas Calhoun

“The Wellness Monument”
Thomas Calhoun, Taylor Falls, MN
Aluminum, cedar trim

Hopkins Health and Wellness Center

The Wellness Monument

Deb Zeller

“Goddess of the Grapes”
Deb Zeller, Victoria, MN
Bronze

Zeller Studio

ArtStreet Goddess of Grapes. Zeller

Philip Noyed

“Flying Rainbow Diamonds”
Philip Noyed, Hopkins, MN
Dichroic film, wire

Hopkins Center for the Arts

Flying Rainbow Diamonds. Noyed