Artist Statement:
We Can Do It! was the first Juror's Purchase Award winner in the 2020
Our young “Rosie The Riveter” is based on the iconic WWII morale poster promoting the huge role women played in our country’s industrial war production. They took over all the traditional men only tasks. Those men were then freed up to join the ranks of US combat soldiers around the world. Rosie has had a lasting impact on how we now perceive women’s equal role in our society. A whole new world has opened up to our young women.
Location: Jackson Park
About Lee Leuning & Sherri Treeby
Sherri Treeby and Lee Leuning have been co-creating sculptures for 30 years. They have placed over 250 sculptures in public and private venues.
They create Americana themed works and pride themselves in their highly representational style.
Working out of their studios on Richmond Lake in Brown county, SD and the Phillips Lofts overlooking the Falls of Sioux Fall, SD, they create a new sculpture each year designed specifically to appeal to the broadest urban sculpture walk public.