<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[VHarris Writes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vharris Writes]]></description><link>https://www.vharriswrites.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:30:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Long-Lost Waring Painting Continues Its Recovery Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[A long lost Laura Wheeler Waring watercolor that I authenticated two years ago is being restored for public exhibition.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/a-long-lost-waring-painting-continues-its-recovery-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21df771f44c606b37533ab</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><category><![CDATA[PA Academy of Fine Art]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_7d1adeb2cb2346d5abeedfcf305321b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authenticating a Painting: The Biographer’s Method]]></title><description><![CDATA[An auction house in the Netherlands asked me to verify if this was a Laura Wheeler Waring painting. Here's why I know it is not.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/authenticating-a-painting-the-biographers-method</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994c8022bc359bc35cf9283</guid><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Portraitist of Note]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding Laura]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:54:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_1600033672ec430a9ecdc4b4bb83fe42~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing the Joy of Writing A Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently a group of member writers from Biographers International have begun meeting online as the Black Lives Roundtable. Participating in this group only amplifies my joy in writing the biography of Laura Wheeler Waring. 







]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/sharing-the-joy-of-writing-a-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693c6ac2c5a82c28b607fe31</guid><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:42:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_59cd71ea0b7247f488c5b7a99097e537~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brownies' Book and                        Laura Wheeler Waring's                                        Halloween Tableau]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/the-brownies-book-and-laura-wheeler-waring-s</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e7f8bfa5a8e77456dee9bb</guid><category><![CDATA[The Brownies Book]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illustrating The Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harlem Renaissance Years]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[LWW's Noted Associates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Images of Children]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:38:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_ebedbf3cf1f14b50a9d11a110bec3772~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I answer six questions...on writing about Laura Wheeler Waring]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've spent much of the past several weeks working on the proposal for my book about Laura Wheeler Waring---the most successful African...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/i-answer-six-questions-on-writing-about-laura</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bb2c698c49b59a196cab19</guid><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:30:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_6a4ef91971ec4e7eaf732735367ce13b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching up at the 2025 Biographers International Organization Conference]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2025 Biographers International Organization Conference offered a slate of practical and inspiring discussions for biographers at every stage of their project--- from developing the nonprofit book proposal (with sample takeaway) to narrative use of perspective and voice to digging up the dirt and sticking with your project for the long haul--perhaps 10 years or more. There was something for everyone!]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/catching-up-at-the-2025-biographers-international-conference</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6861b91a228c788692f48d17</guid><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding Laura]]></category><category><![CDATA[Public Events]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:10:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_4e91d43af82c4df2bf5ce11f4e680454~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking Legacy at NY Art Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valerie Harris spoke about the legacy of artist Laura Wheeler Waring at Future Fair 2025 during New York Art Week. Valerie was a guest of Less Than Half, the women artists advocacy platform founded by Hall W. Rockefeller.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/talking-legacy-at-ny-art-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6838aed7d569a830f8ab750b</guid><category><![CDATA[Harlem Renaissance Years]]></category><category><![CDATA[Portraitist of Note]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 20:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_ca2de60601a34e86ba92c361288ec6e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape: A Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book chronicles the rich history of African Americans in Philadelphia, PA, as reflected in the city’s built landscape.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/black-history-in-the-philadelphia-landscape-a-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67dc7445c4c8d64ec978412f</guid><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:07:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_87b56aa3fc0a46e0a563ae338bfd8cae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Who Deserves To Be Remembered?" Biography as Cultural History]]></title><description><![CDATA["Who deserves to be remembered?" Historic Eden Cemetery is the final resting place of many Philadelphia notables and everyday heroes alike.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/who-deserves-to-be-remembered</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d351c6b4708ff7f8129cff</guid><category><![CDATA[Finding Laura]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_2f95daed572c4729a31656e2b56b5d2b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Black biography as cultural preservation]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/the-importance-of-black-biography-writers-musicians-and-artists</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d9bc3a7190489f19659232</guid><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Portraitist of Note]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:56:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_a4e44c7a565d46d093946c036866e5cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Legacy of Black Artists of the 1920s in Shaping Cultural Narratives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Legacy of Black Artists in Shaping Cultural Narratives during the "Jazz Age" in America.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/the-legacy-of-black-artists-in-shaping-cultural-narratives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">675a07e832de1d85ac9053de</guid><category><![CDATA[Illustrating The Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harlem Renaissance Years]]></category><category><![CDATA[PA Academy of Fine Art]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_e3d2356e87b644528aa9d8eb7fe7f91a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illustrating "The Crisis" Pt. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Dear Miss Wheeler, I am returning herewith one of the pictures which you made for Jessie Fauset’s story…. “ Laura’s work as an...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/illustrating-the-crisis-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6671f0d4429db080b5b02ea9</guid><category><![CDATA[Illustrating The Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[LWW's Noted Associates]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:04:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_081c9fa4047a40b79bddf18934ea81c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illustrating The Crisis: Pt 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Laura Wheeler Waring was one of the first women artists to regularly contribute illustrations to The Crisis magazine.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/illustrating-the-crisis-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6650d6fade5ab3e251388b35</guid><category><![CDATA[Illustrating The Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[LWW's Noted Associates]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 12:30:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_8a22a104681d4ab5955a029da47f11ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_511,h_785,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Paris? Enter: W.E.B. DuBois and The Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Laura Wheeler Waring begins a long association with W.E.B. DuBois as an illustrator for The Crisis magazine.]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/after-paris-enter-w-e-b-dubois-and-the-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">663a6b8f6667c665967e0327</guid><category><![CDATA[Illustrating The Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[LWW's Noted Associates]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 12:30:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_0d64da7c73b0421f8bd5da9e2f3059a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building Blocks for Black Heritage Preservation: The Conference, The Mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[The movement to preserve Black Heritage Sites is underway in Philadelphia! Storytelling and Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/building-blocks-for-black-heritage-preservation-the-conference-the-mission</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6635648965c969e2bb5f106f</guid><category><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biography as Cultural Preservation]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 12:31:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_df1baa95d6954cda9e7aaf84e8e43a57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Found! A Long-lost Painting By Laura Wheeler Waring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it your painting, Laura? “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 a storage space, then to an empty room in my house following her passing. Now retired, I am finally going through the rest of my mother’s things. I believe this painting to be a Wheeler Waring. On the back of the frame was a taped “tag” that is so old that it fell off as I tried to view it.  Any guidance you can provide would be...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/found-a-long-lost-painting-by-laura-wheeler-waring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6615bf4cf35978bbed6e9075</guid><category><![CDATA[Exhibitions]]></category><category><![CDATA[PA Academy of Fine Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding Laura]]></category><category><![CDATA[Education and Artistic Development]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:30:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_63317cd2315142aa9939baea5087026f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_940,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WURD Radio Honors              Laura Wheeler Waring for Women's History Month                   ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Laura Wheeler Waring Elementary School is the first Philadelphia public school named in honor of an African American woman. I shared the...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/wurd-radio-honors-laura-wheeler-waring-for-women-s-history-month</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6615ace5879cfced4f7b3f58</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_46586b4b073549c6aa80e2bb0e622cbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_940,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Darn This War!" The dream summer in Paris ends abruptly ]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/darn-this-war-the-dream-summer-in-paris-ends-abruptly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6605dfce3e8de61197a40e86</guid><category><![CDATA[Study in Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[LWW's Noted Associates]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:37:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_69ef26c9b5c34ed1bb308df023039e62~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sisters Abroad:  Laura Wheeler Waring and Jessie Fauset, Paris, 1914]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although Laura was now in Paris independent of her Academy classmates, she was not alone for long. Visiting Paris at the time were two...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/sisters-abroad-laura-wheeler-waring-and-jessie-fauset-paris-1914</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f9efc2d6c5f59be9f60693</guid><category><![CDATA[Education and Artistic Development]]></category><category><![CDATA[PA Academy of Fine Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Study in Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[LWW's Noted Associates]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_594060c8afcc4f71a463f112ac274a8e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_825,h_833,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Time She Saw Paris... Laura Wheeler Waring, 1914]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Miss Laura Wheeler, a colored girl of Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a European Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy of...]]></description><link>https://www.laurawheelerwaring.blog/post/the-first-time-she-saw-paris</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f890e8a46f00b52adebb8f</guid><category><![CDATA[Education and Artistic Development]]></category><category><![CDATA[PA Academy of Fine Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Study in Europe]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:37:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b915a0_22c7ef3762554480b11d70608a7931d0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_479,h_543,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Valerie Harris</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>