Basil Watson calls it an honor to create a likeness of Smalls, the first Black person honored with a statue at the SC State ...

Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and ...

Artist Basil Watson is creating the first statue of an African American, Civil War hero Robert Smalls, to be placed on South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.

Watson said, “To see how it resonates with people and the connections that it is making.” The Public Arts Commission committed the largest contribution in its history to the sculpture—$245,000.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Basil Watson emigrated to the United States in 2002, setting up a home and studio in Lawrenceville. In addition to creating the local Hope Moving Forward monument of the ...

Work crews gently rested the 12-foot-tall (3.7-meter-tall) statue into place as the internationally acclaimed sculptor, Basil Watson, looked on carefully.

Mr Watson is originally from Jamaica but has worked in Atlanta for the last two decades. “I am very proud and find it a distinct honor to be chosen to reflect John Lewis,” Mr Watson told ...

It was a brief encounter, but as with nearly everyone who ever met the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the meeting was impactful. It was 2005 at an art fair and sculptor Basil Watson, just three years ...

Thankfully, the same cannot be said for USC’s Desegregation Monument. Crafted by the world-renowned sculptor Basil Watson, the monument is balanced, just and a symbol of equality. Watson based ...

World-renowned artist Basil Watson is tasked with capturing the soul and spirit of Lewis in a statue, which will be displayed in Decatur Square.

A model by Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson for a statue the University of South Carolina commissioned him to create honoring Henrie Monteith Treadwell, Robert Anderson and James Solomon Jr., the ...