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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
May 14, 2019
Media Contact:
Betsy Arnett, Public Information Officer
barnett@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
“Kool Dudes” by Jim Koenig Receives 2019 ArtsPARKs People’s
Choice Award
Koenig’s work is one of five sculptures on the ArtsPARKs Sculpture Trail in Raflo
Park on display through June 2020.
Leesburg, VA (May 14, 2019) – The Leesburg Commission
on Public Art (COPA) is pleased to announce that the
winner of the 2019 ArtsPARKs People’s Choice Award in
Jim Koenig’s “Kool Dudes”.
For more than 20 years, Jim Koenig has been creating art
from natural and manmade objects found while hiking the
region’s mountains, woodlands, and riverbanks, as well as
walking the streets and sidewalks of the area’s towns. He
is currently the featured artist at the Gateway Gallery in
Round Hill, and his works have been displayed at the
Jefferson County Musuem in Charles Town, WV; the
Harpers Ferry National Park bookstore; and the annual
Waterford Fair in Waterford, VA. “Kool Dudes” portrays
three figures, made from locally sourced cedar, with a
skateboard and wearing sunglasses found along the
Shenandoah River.
The ArtsPARKs Sculpture Trail is a collaboration between COPA and the Friends of Leesburg
Public Arts. The five sculptures currently installed will remain on display until June 2020, at
which time a new round of sculptures will be installed. All the sculptures are available for
purchase. Twenty percent of the proceeds from the sales will be invested in the ArtsPARKs
program, paving the way for new artists to exhibit their work in subsequent years. The
ArtsPARKs Sculpture Trail is part of the Loudoun County Artisan Trail network.
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