Sculptor and ceramicist, Carroll Harris Simms, was born on April 29, 1924 in Bald Knob, Arkansas. A city that was named after a treeless rocky ridge that served as a landmark to pioneers. 

Simms identified three major turning points in his development as a sculptor, “First the realization of certain permanent values which relate to the integrity of my grandparents inclusive of church folk and neighbors surrounding the environment of my early childhood, second, studies at the Toledo Museum of Art; Hampton Institute; Cranbrook Art Academy and in Africa and Europe - third, working at TSU and at the same time being allowed the privilege of creating art for the community.”

Source Material:

https://www.cranbrook.edu/

· A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, Romare Bearden & Harry Henderson, 1993, Pantheon, pp. 447-453

· https://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]:BqDUSGYi@1/Carroll-Harris-Simms-b-1924

· The University Museum at Texas Southern - https://www.umusetsu.org/carolsimmssculpture

· Tributes.com http://www.tributes.com/show/Carroll-Harris-Simms-87792109

·  Carroll Harris Simms, TSU professor and sculptor, dies at 85, Houston Chronicle https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Carroll-Harris-Simms-TSU-professor-and-sculptor-1710079.php

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