CHECK OUT OUR NEW FEATURES!
-In addition to the new layout of the website, we have also added a new page for each artist. Watch out for new videos and photos in both the blog and artist pages. Many of the new videos will be a part of our Potter Profile series, which will give gallery visitors an opportunity to see how each piece is made, and a look at each artist in their own studio!
-We have also added a new contact form to make signing up for our mailing list and leaving questions or comments a snap!
-Look out for the launch of our new online retail store coming very soon!!!
-We have also added a new contact form to make signing up for our mailing list and leaving questions or comments a snap!
-Look out for the launch of our new online retail store coming very soon!!!
WELCOME TO THE COOLEY GALLERY!
The Cooley Gallery, located at 12 South King Street in downtown Leesburg, opened December 2010. This fabulously spacious art gallery is owned by Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley and his wife Christy, who live in Leesburg with their three dogs and two cats.
The art gallery's winter hours are 11am to 6pm Thursday through Saturday, and Sunday 12 to 4pm. However, on Leesburg's monthly First Friday and Girl's Night Out events, the gallery is open to 9pm. Extended hours for Special Events will be announced.
The Cooley Gallery will regularly feature ceramics, painting, photography, and artwork in other mediums. Much of the work will be Chris's own pottery, painting and his Redskins' memorabilia, along with work from local and regional artists.
Cooley was an art major at Utah State, where he played football. He was drafted in the third round in 2004. Chris was elected to the Pro Bowl twice, in 2008 and 2009. Though football has been Chris's primary occupation for the past seven years, he has kept alive his interest in painting and pottery. The Cooleys recently built a large pottery studio in their home as well as a wood-burning kiln where his work is fired over a period of 10 to 12 hours to a white-hot temperature of 2350 degrees F.
"I'm so excited to have the opportunity to operate an art gallery in downtown Leesburg," said Chris. "Art has always been a major interest of mine and for the last couple of years pottery has become more of an obsession. I can't wait to get the doors open and really give everyone a chance to see my work and the work of other regional artists."
The art gallery's winter hours are 11am to 6pm Thursday through Saturday, and Sunday 12 to 4pm. However, on Leesburg's monthly First Friday and Girl's Night Out events, the gallery is open to 9pm. Extended hours for Special Events will be announced.
The Cooley Gallery will regularly feature ceramics, painting, photography, and artwork in other mediums. Much of the work will be Chris's own pottery, painting and his Redskins' memorabilia, along with work from local and regional artists.
Cooley was an art major at Utah State, where he played football. He was drafted in the third round in 2004. Chris was elected to the Pro Bowl twice, in 2008 and 2009. Though football has been Chris's primary occupation for the past seven years, he has kept alive his interest in painting and pottery. The Cooleys recently built a large pottery studio in their home as well as a wood-burning kiln where his work is fired over a period of 10 to 12 hours to a white-hot temperature of 2350 degrees F.
"I'm so excited to have the opportunity to operate an art gallery in downtown Leesburg," said Chris. "Art has always been a major interest of mine and for the last couple of years pottery has become more of an obsession. I can't wait to get the doors open and really give everyone a chance to see my work and the work of other regional artists."
THE COOLEY GALLERY
12 S. KING ST
LEESBURG, VA 20175
703 779 4639
LEESBURG, VA 20175
703 779 4639
