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“A true work of art is an infinite resource. If you look it will give forever.” Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Don Shaw has pursued a long, varied and distinguished career as both artist and educator, bringing to both aspects of his work a tremendous breadth and depth of experience. Don Shaw studied at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and subsequently studied under sculptor John Bergschneider. He has taught and lectured at countless colleges and universities including Harvard, the University of Houston, Southern Arkansas University and Rice University. His work has been exhibited at museums both at home and abroad. Mr. Shaw has been a visiting artist for the South Arkansas Arts Center's AEGIS Middle School Project in El Dorado. He also has experience working with "at-risk" students and has traveled in Arkansas as a visiting artist and lecturer. He has been to Batesville, Conway, El Dorado, Hope, Magnolia, Southside, Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Sheridan, and Watson Chapel public schools and various colleges and universities. Mr. Shaw's creative work can be seen in public collections in Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Texas, and Virginia. In Arkansas, his work can be viewed at the Arkansas Arts Center and Bio-Medical Research Center in Little Rock, at Hendrix College in Conway, Lyon College in Batesville, University of Arkansas Community College at Hope, AR and Bank of America in Pine Bluff.