Shakopee Commemorated in Artist's Montage

It's been months and finally,  are available for purchase.

The  is selling the work for $20 per print, which Chamber officials say would work for any reception area, lobby or office. The hand sketched pen and ink montage done by Minnesota artist Bruce Loeschen represents old local landmarks and notable figures from the community including early settlers and founders of Shakopee.

Shakopee is the latest in a list of communities across the nation, from Colorado Springs, CO, to Wheeling, WV, and dozens of places in between, to receive a pen and ink commemorative montage created by Loeschen, who lives in Austin, MN. Recently, Loeschen has created montages for Minnesota cities including Mankato, Rochester, Northfield, Winona and Red Wing. 

Loeschen has been creating city montages since 1979 when he crafted his first one for an Austin art fair advertisement. When more people seemed interested in the advertisement than the event itself, Loeschen thought he might be on to something. He created two more city montages in 1980, and four in 1981, and the popularity of the pieces continued to grow exponentially from there.