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“Verdant Orb” Arrives on K Street

Friday September 20, 2024

No, it’s not AI; it’s the newest piece of public art now installed on the sculpture pad located at 400 K Street NW! “Verdant Orb” is a sculpture by John Ruppert who creates works “inspired by the landscape, the processes that have formed it, and humanity’s relationship to it.” Verdant Orb is made out of coated chain-link fence and invites the viewer to “reimagine where things begin and where they end.”

We invite you to check it out for yourself, and plan to stop by the official ribbon cutting and reception on Friday, September 27. Read more below!

Verdant Orb was funded through DC Office of Planning’s “Streets for People” grant program and was sponsored by Mount Vernon Triangle CID in collaboration with HEMPHILL ArtworksThe Wilkes Company & Quadrangle Development Corporation.