“Mind Connect” Warr Acres Public Art

A new statue by Broken Arrow, OK, artist Randy Vaughn will soon be installed outside the Warr Acres library.  The statue, entitled “Mind Connect,” will be unveiled at the library’s Customer Appreciation Reception on Saturday, October 26, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM.  The artwork is a 56” tall steel structure depicting interconnected books in vibrant colors.

Randy Vaughn grew up in Tulsa, OK, and became fascinated with classic cars and metal art as a child.  His work reproducing classic car parts and fabricating sheet metal components for the oil and aerospace industries also led him to explore abstract steel sculpturing.  Randy’s first public sculpture, “Memories,” commemorates the life of University of Oklahoma basketball star and jazz artist Wayman Tisdale and is on display at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in Tulsa.  His sculpture “Endurance” has been displayed in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s events center.  He describes the “Mind Connect” statue as “an inspirational piece showing the unified spirit characterized in the way our minds connect with books.”