Valerie Harris
Illustrating "The Crisis" Pt. 2
“Dear Miss Wheeler, I am returning herewith one of the pictures which you made for Jessie Fauset’s story…. “ Laura’s work as an...
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Laura Wheeler Waring Biography Blog
Valerie Harris
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Found! A Long-lost Painting By Laura Wheeler Waring
“Dear Ms. Harris, My mother moved to a senior facility prior to passing away in 2016. In downsizing, some of her pictures were moved into...
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Valerie Harris
- Mar 26
- 3 min
Sisters Abroad: Laura Wheeler Waring and Jessie Fauset, Paris, 1914
Although Laura was now in Paris independent of her Academy classmates, she was not alone for long. Visiting Paris at the time were two...
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Valerie Harris
- Jan 29
- 3 min
The Spark of Ambition
By the time she'd graduated from Hartford High School, Laura Wheeler had determined to become an artist. Her father was not pleased.
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Valerie Harris
- Nov 4, 2023
- 4 min
Laura Wheeler Waring and Me
Part 2. An Elite Upbringing... Born into the black social elite Waring spent most of her adult life relatively secure, employed as an...
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Valerie Harris
- Nov 2, 2023
- 3 min
Laura Wheeler Waring and Me
Part 1. I was looking for my next project and she chose me.... I had just finished “A Highway Runs Through It…” a film that documents the...
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