Riverside Avondale Preservation is seeking artists for a public sculpture project at the Fishweir Crossing Roundabouts at Herschel Street and St. Johns Avenue. | Google Maps
Published on June 2, 2026 at 11:22 am
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The call is out for artists to participate in a project to beautify traffic roundabouts at Herschel Street and St. Johns Avenue, on either side of Big Fishweir Creek.
The two intersections are now known as the Fishweir Crossing Roundabouts.
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Riverside Avondale Preservation and the Fishweir Crossing Roundabouts Planning Committee have launched the public sculpture project at roundabouts redesigned by the Florida Department of Transportation in 2022.
Fishweir Crossing is the newly conceived name to represent the “confluence of the natural beauty of Big Fishweir Creek with the edge of the Riverside Avondale Historic District,” according to Riverside Avondale Preservation.
The roundabouts and the bridge in between connect the Fairfax Manor and Lakeside Park neighborhoods, as well as the Herschel Street commercial district and Fishweir Elementary School.
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The $1.2 million state project included a teardrop-shaped roundabout built with a grassy center surrounded by brickwork and a sidewalk where Herschel Street flows into St. Johns Avenue north of Big Fishweir Creek.
Geraldine Drive also meets at the roundabout south of Fishweir Elementary School, while St. Johns Avenue heads east past a shopping center headed into Avondale.
A second part of the FDOT project added a circular roundabout at the three-way intersection of Herschel Road and St. Johns Avenue south of Big Fishweir Creek. This roundabout also incorporates redesigns of the intersections of Woodmere Street and Woodmere Drive to the north.
FDOT said that reconfiguring the roadway replaced two intersections with signals and single-lane roundabouts. A new sidewalk was built along the north side of St. Johns Avenue from Herschel Street to Canterbury Street, and new crosswalks and pedestrian islands made crossing safer.
Riverside Avondale Preservation said the sculpture will serve as a landmark for an important neighborhood gateway. The organization expects the design to “reflect the character, landscape, culture, and natural environment of the communities that converge at this location.”
An Artist Selection Panel will select up to three qualified artists to develop conceptual design proposals. Each finalist will receive a $2,500 stipend, including travel and lodging, to support the conceptual design phase. The application requirements and submission instructions can be found here.
The full project includes the roundabout sculpture, landscaping within the roundabouts and adjacent rights of way, lighting and bridge aesthetics. The work will require a budget of $150,000 to $200,000. A fundraising committee has been formed and will launch a campaign this fall, to coincide with the completion of the initial conceptual design.
Riverside Avondale Preservation works to preserve, enhance, and celebrate the Riverside and Avondale neighborhoods in Jacksonville. The nonprofit group recently unveiled artist Patrick Maxcy’s new 90-foot mural on the JEA pump station under the Fuller Warren Bridge.
