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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The final of three artist
presentations for the USAO Public Art Project will be on </SPAN><?xml:namespace
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Year="2006" Day="9" Month="3"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March 9, 2006</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> at </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0"
Hour="11"><SPAN style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">11:00
a.m.</SPAN></st1:time></STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG> in the Davis Hall Little
Theater,</STRONG> USAO campus. Ulrich Pakker of
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Seattle</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN><st1:State><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washington</SPAN></st1:State></st1:place><SPAN
style="COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> will present his proposal for the
public art sculpture to be featured in front of the USAO Nash
Library. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Pakker
was born in </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Essen</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">,
</SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Germany</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.
He was introduced to metal work as a journeyman in
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Germany</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
and began his work in the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">United
States</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
in early 1990s.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His work can be
seen in galleries and installations from </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Philadelphia</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
to </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Maui</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
and </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Santa
Fe</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
to </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Seattle</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.
His work is the focal point and highlight of many public spaces including the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
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</SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
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</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
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</SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
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of Everett</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">,
</SPAN><st1:State><SPAN
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</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
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of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Pennsylvania</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">,
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Schattner</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
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</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Building</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">,
and the MacDonalds’s Corporation in </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Baton
Rouge</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">,
</SPAN><st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Louisiana</SPAN></st1:State></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #003300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While his primary medium for his artwork
is stainless steel, he has created works in titanium, silicon bronze, silver and
gold.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In his artist
statement, Pakker states that, “Each work of art begins in my mind’s eye
as geometrical shapes, shifting and aligning themselves. Circular forms stretch
and curve, bending together and apart, creating the voids or negative spaces and
the curvilinear forms I see in Nature.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>