VHarris Writes

“Dear Miss Wheeler, I am returning herewith one of the pictures which you made for Jessie Fauset’s story…. “ Laura’s work as an...

“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...

“Miss Laura Wheeler, a colored girl of Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a European Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy of...

While still in her teens, Laura Wheeler determined to leave Hartford for study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, believing that if...

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