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March 8, 2013
Athens
State Art Professor to Sculpt Bronze Memorial
PULASKI,
Tenn. - The Giles County (Tennessee) Leadership class of 2013 in Pulaski has
accepted a proposal for a bronze memorial by artist Pamela Keller for Pulaski’s
Sharewoord Park. Pamela Keller is a Professor
of Art at Athens State University at the Alabama Center for the Arts in
Decatur.
The memorial
will be life-sized of a man sitting on a park bench holding two dog tags close
to his face in his left hand while in meditation. In his right hand will be a small
American flag. The park surroundings and
nearby flags on flagpoles would provoke another level of appreciation for
freedom.
Keller states,
“The traditional sculpture of this man can be viewed with some mystery. Is he a
veteran? Are those his dog tags or those of a daughter, son or friend? Perhaps
it is Memorial Day or Veterans Day and he has come to the park to reflect? Or
is he on his way to the adjacent cemetery to visit the fallen soldier and plant
the small flag?”
There would be room on either side of the
bench for people to sit with this man and reflect on memories of veterans.
Keller has
taught at Athens State University since 1981. This is her 15th year as a public
sculpture bronze artist. Work on the
sculpture will begin in two weeks with an approximate installation and
unveiling in early 2014.
"It’s been
a privilege to create this proposed memorial,” continues Keller. “The work is so important to me that I have
donated half of the artists fee to the project itself in honor of my Father, Paul
Raymond Keller, a Korean war veteran."
Fundraising is
now underway and donations can be made at the Giles County (Tennessee) Chamber
of Commerce.
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Photo Attached: Artist’s conception of the future memorial.
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