VHarris Writes

Laura Wheeler Waring was one of several prolific African American artists to illustrate The Brownies' Book, an early magazine (1920-21) created exclusively for "the children of the sun"... Here is Waring's Halloween tableau illustrating a poem for the season...

Settling into her summer sojourn, Laura began plotting her version of the grand tour. “From Paris I intended to go to Geneva and then to...

By the time she'd graduated from Hartford High School, Laura Wheeler had determined to become an artist. Her father was not pleased.

Part 2. An Elite Upbringing... Born into the black social elite Waring spent most of her adult life relatively secure, employed as an...

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...