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Excerpt video from Ben Smith's documentary
God Make Me an Artist.
July 2019
So honored to have been recognized by the 150th Conclave of Kappa Sigma National Fraternity as the Kappa Sigma Sculptor Emeritus.
February, 2018
Columbia artist Ben Watts was honored on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, by the Mississippi Senate with presentation of Senate Concurrent Resolution 593 for his achievements, including his latest success, having William Carey University on January 11, 2018, to unveil his work, "The Great Physician" statue at the entrance to its College of Osteopathic Medicine. The sculpture was created at the request ... See More
— with Ben Watts, Ken Morgan and Lori Watts.
THE GREAT Walter Payton
Nuff said!
He is from my Hometown Columbia, MS
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God Make Me an Artist has been accepted in eight film festivals so far!
Benjamin Smith's film on my family's art journey is an Official Selection in the "short film" category! Wish him luck on his entries!
Charley Pride
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It's Columbia, MS's Ben Watts Sculpture. It has been installed at the entrance of their ball fields, known as The Yards. This sculpture warmly welcomes all who enter and invites them into play grounds that visitors curious and engaged.
Fred Bear, The father of modern archery
Ben's Latest Monument sculpture
Grayling, MI.
Ricky Scaggs
Unveiling Bill Monroe
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN.
Bill Monroe
The Father of Bluegrass
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In April 2023, Rozene Pride, the wife
of Charley Pride, along with son Dion, revealed a sculpture of Charley Pride at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Opening Gala at the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience, Meridian Mississippi with actress Sela Ward, her husband Howard Sherman, bust of Paul Ott and Ben Watts
Jack Lee
This sculpture of Jack Lee and his dog PupPup is in the private collection of Jack's son Francis C. Lee
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS
Eudora Welty, author, and Welty scholar
Dr. Suzanne Marrs
John Wesley, founding of the United Methodist Church
William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS
The Great Physician
Outside of the Health Sciences Building
Jesus Healing a blind man and a cripple man
Robert Whitehead
Missions supporter.
Carry Turns to the World
The Father of Protestant Missions
A shoe cobbler who left it all for forty years in India
Eudora Welty, author and Welty scholar Dr. Suzanne Marrs.
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church