Background
Dwight was born in the Kansas City, Kansas area on September 9, 1933 to Edward Dwight, Senior and Georgia Baker Dwight. His father played second baseman for the Kansas City Monarchs.
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As a child, he was an avid reader and enjoyed the arts and working with his hands, so long as the subject matter was black. In 1957, while serving as an Air Force test pilot, he earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University. He received the rank of captain while serving in the Air Force.
Astronaut training
As a result of this climate, he resigned from the Air Force in 1966.
He learned how to operate the University of Denver"s metal casting foundry in the mid 1970s, and received a Master of Fine Arts from the University in 1977.sculping is making art His first major works was a commission in 1974 to create a sculpture of Colorado Lieutenant Governor George L. Brown.
Soon after, he was commissioned by the Colorado Centennial Commission to create a series of bronze sculptures entreated "Black Frontier in the American West."
The series, "Jazz: An American Art Form", depicts the evolution of jazz and features jazz performers such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, and Charlie Parker. He is recognized as the innovator of the negative space technique in sculpting.
Notable sculptures.
