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<font color="black"><font size="3"><b>The public is invited to the
presentation by internationally known artist Archie Held of Point
Richmond, California, of his proposal as the second of three artists
under consideration for the sculpture to be erected in the Alumni Walk
of Fame in front of the USAO Nash Library on the University of Science
and Arts of Oklahoma campus. His presentation is scheduled at 11 a.m.
Thursday, <font color="#cc0000">Mar. 2</font>, in the Davis Hall
Theater at USAO.<br>
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Archie Held holds an undergraduate and a graduate degree in Sculpture
from UCLA and has 26 years of professional experience. His works are in
collections from California, to Canada and from Germany to Japan. Mr.
Held works primarily with bronze and stainless steel for his public art
projects. Mr. Held’s philosophy of public art is one of inclusion,
“Through the simplicity and elegance of my sculptural designs, I strive
to enhance an complement the environs and the architecture while making
a dynamic statement that will draw people to the location and reward
them with a visual experience.”<br>
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USAO has selected three artists from a pool of 82 state, national and
international sculptors competing in USAO’s Nash Library Public Art
Project. Characteristic examples of their work can be viewed on the
USAO website: <a href="http://www.usao.edu/gallery/finalists.htm">http://www.usao.edu/gallery/finalists.htm</a>
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