Hunter Franks is an artist and founder of the League of Creative Interventionists, which Knight Foundation supports. The league is carrying out a series of resident-led creative projects in Akron, Ohio’s Summit Lake neighborhood that includes efforts to transform a vacant pump house building into a community space. Ramon stands about 6 feet 3 inches. All he […]
Article · April 14, 2017 by Hunter Franks
This blog was originally posted at The League of Creative Interventionists, which is supported by Knight Foundation. The branches bent up to the sky, aching to dream, or escape the arid desert. I was nine years old on a road trip with my family, teetering on the edge of the Grand Canyon, staring at a short […]
Article · July 28, 2016 by Hunter Franks
500 Plates from Adam Grenley on Vimeo. Above: Akron, Ohio. Photo credit: Hunter Franks. The shining promise of the suburban lifestyle of the ‘60s tore straight through neighborhoods near downtown Akron. The Innerbelt Freeway, built in 1970, was built to connect the core of downtown Akron to the surrounding highways to the north and south. The […]
Article · October 1, 2015 by Hunter Franks
Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Detroit for three weeks using creativity to build community with Knight Foundation support. Not many Detroiters have been to the Lindale Gardens neighborhood, located near 7 Mile and I-75. Like many Detroit neighborhoods, it faces challenges of […]
Article · September 29, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Photo: First Love Project installation at Eastern Market. Credit: Hunter Franks. Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Detroit for three weeks using creativity to build community with Knight Foundation support. I could see the stark blue of the sky piercing through the […]
Article · September 19, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Photo: A passerby reads stories of people’s first love outside Summit Artspace during the Downtown Akron Artwalk. Credit: Hunter Franks. Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Akron, Ohio, for three weeks using creativity to build community with Knight Foundation support. There is nothing to do in […]
Article · August 6, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Local residents add to a crowdsourced mural where participants were invited to participate via randomly distributed invite cards complete with tube of paint and brush. Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Philadelphia for three weeks using participatory art to create connections between people […]
Article · July 9, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Photo: Philadelphia residents are encouraged to express their feelings for their neighborhood in creative ways by artist Hunter Franks. Credit: Hunter Franks. Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Philadelphia for three weeks using participatory art to create connections between people and neighborhoods with Knight […]
Article · June 24, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, recently concluded a three-week residency in Macon, Ga., where he used creativity to build community with Knight Foundation support. Photo credit: Hunter Franks. The words bounced off the cold brick walls: We tryna make a difference Imma let that […]
Article · April 10, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Macon, Ga., for three weeks using creativity to build community with Knight Foundation support. Photo credit: Hunter Franks. Ten-year-old Kefa saw a sign that contained the word “party” and she knew just what to do — join […]
Article · April 1, 2014 by Hunter Franks
Hunter Franks, an artist and founder of the Neighborhood Postcard Project and League of Creative Interventionists, is in Macon, Ga., for three weeks using creativity to build community with Knight Foundation support. Photo credit: Hunter Franks. Towering Corinthian columns stare down at me. It’s the first thing most people notice when they come to Macon. Gorgeous buildings are abundant […]
Article · March 21, 2014 by Hunter Franks