In the News ... "Committee selects Sanborn to create memorial"

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• Sculptor has longstanding connection with West Texas

By Sam Waller, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Maryland sculptor Jim Sanborn has been commissioned to create Odessa’s memorial to commemorate the victims of last year’s mass shooting.

The Aug. 31 Memorial Committee selected Sanborn’s design “Bright Stars — A Memorial” from a field of three finalists. Sanborn, whose works include the encrypted Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, was one of 138 artists who applied for the commission ...

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