Background
Watts was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and grew up in the city"s Sugarhouse neighborhood.
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Stanley Watts
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Utah State University.
Career
While attending Salt Lake"s South High School he was already a noted artist, being recognized as a Sterling Scholar in art The Sterling Scholar designation being one of Utah"s highest academic recognitions for High school students. Watts went on to attend Utah State University in Logan, Utah, but only to fail sculpture.
After returning to Salt Lake City Watts was tutored by noted sculptor Avard Fairbanks.
One of Watts" most famous pieces is entitled, "To Lift a Nation", and is taken from the famous photo of New York City firefighters raising a flag over the collapsed World Trade Center site.
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