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Govenor's Art Award: Metalpoint With Marjorie Williams-Smith,

Majorie Smith-Williams
https://www.arkansas-catholic.org/news/article/5867/A-Catholic-you-want-to-know-Aj-and-Marjorie-Williams-Smith

Metalpoint artist Marjorie Williams-Smith is known for her intricate drawings and flowers in metalpoint and is credited for her design on the Congressional Medal of Honorpresented by President Bill Clinton in 1999 to the members of the Little Rock Nine. This year, she received a Governor’s Arts Award for individual artist. Williams-Smith has recently retired as a professor in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where she worked for 33 years.