Manuelita Brown is an American sculptor from

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Biography

Early life and education

Brown has beginning in 1961, through the 1990s; Fine Art - Sculpture with Bruno Lucchesi, Scottsdale Artists, Nigel Konstam, Verrocchio Art Centre, Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy, studied and internship at Fire Arts Foundry, Layne Campbell, also earned a B.S. in Mathematics from

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in 1962, a teaching credential in secondary-level mathematics in 1966, and a M.S. in Psychology from the

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in 1976.

Career

Sculpting in her own studio, she has created many portraits of noted African Americans, and countless multi-cultural style sculptures in abstract, figurative realism and designs for monumental bronzes that she personally works through clay on armatures to the lost wax process. She retired from teaching in 2000 to pursue sculpting full-time, as noted in many publications as referenced. In 2018, Brown's work was on display at the "Legacy in Black" at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park. Brown's name has been suggested as a possible artist for the statue of

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, the first Black woman elected to Congress.

Notable works

*1993:

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bust, Thurgood Marshall College,

*1995: Matthew Henson bust, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD *1997: Almas del Mar,

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*2006: Dr. Howard H. Carey bust, Neighborhood House, San Diego, CA *2008: ''Encinitas Child'', Encinitas, CA *2008: ''Triton'', University of California, San Diego *2015: Sojourner Truth statue, Thurgood Marshall College, University of California, San Diego

Awards

*2000: Finalist,

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Memorial statue competition, Florence, Massachusetts *2002: Woman of Distinction, Soroptimist *2015: Villager Award - Afram Global Organization Inc , #villageprojects.net

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Manuelita Living people African-American women artists Sculptors from California Oregon State University alumni University of California, San Diego alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American women artists African-American sculptors 21st-century African-American artists 21st-century African-American women