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| July 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| NEW — Mike is producing Large Marble Bas Reliefs. | |||||||||||||||
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| Watch Mike's segment from OPB's Oregon Art Beat on his new YouTube Channel! | |||||||||||||||
| Original air date June 3, 2010. Watch "The Reading Girl" progress from a 4300 lb. block of marble into the finished piece now sitting in front of the Albany Public Library. Click here to watch. | |||||||||||||||
| November 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| "The Reading Girl" installation at the Albany Public Library! | |||||||||||||||
| This beautiful marble sculpture made her debut in 2009. She sits 5 feet tall and greets each visitor as they enter the Albany Public Library in Albany, Oregon. | |||||||||||||||
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| July 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Mike is tapped to create the official iconto represent Mac Wilkins' non-profit organization. Mac Maurice ("Mac") Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.
Wilkins competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada in the discus throw where he won the gold medal with a distance of 221' 5" to defeat Wolfgang Schmidt of East Germany by four feet.
Wilkins also won a silver medal in the discus at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles after missing the 1980 games due to the American boycott. |
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| November 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Mike is commissioned to create The Sydney Frank Award. | |||||||||||||||
![]() This life-sized, bronze award is given out by the liquor industry for Excellence in Advertising. Sidney E. Frank (October 2, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was an American businessman who became a billionaire through his savvy promotion of Grey Goose vodka and Jägermeister. |
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| July 2, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Read about Mike at the Olympic Trials! | |||||||||||||||
| Here is Abby Haight's wonderful story "Sculptor Finds Art In Athletics" in the Oregonian from Wednesday, July 2. |
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| June 27, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Big opening at Mike's Eugene08 Olympic Trach and Field Trials booth | |||||||||||||||
| The Eugene08 Festival at the Olympic Track and Field Trials opening today and the opening morning crowds flocked to Mike's booth. Full story on MIke at the Festival below. |
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Mike Unveils New Series at Eugene08 Festival |
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Mike will unveil a new series of four bas-relief sculptures as part of the Eugene08 Festival, June 27, 2008 - July 6, 2008.
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MIKE AT LESLIE/LOHMAN GALLERY |
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Mike has shown at Leslie/Lohman Gallery in New York City in a group show called "Art Actually" |
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The gallery is located at 26 Wooster Street. |
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Included in this show:
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mike.leckie@gmail.com |
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