J. Kim Sessums | |
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 Monument to U.S. Colored Troops in the
Vicksburg National Military Park. | |
| Born | Joey Kim Sessums |
| Nationality | American |
Joey Kim Sessums [1] is an American artist and physician, best known for his sculptures. Sessums resides in Brookhaven, Mississippi. [2]
Sessums earned his medical degree at the University of Mississippi. [3] The University later installed his six-foot statue of University of Mississippi football coach Johnny Vaught on the campus. [4]
Andrew Wyeth offered to pose for Sessums. When the sculpture was finished, Wyeth remarked,
We've done it. I think we've really got something here. This is why I waited. The other works just didn't have the bite yours does. [5] [6]
Sessums' sculptures of Wyeth, Eudora Welty and Billy Graham were parts of those individuals' personal collections. [3]
Sessums was honored with a Mississippi Senate resolution in 2004 for his work on the then recently dedicated African-American Monument in the Vicksburg National Military Park, commissioned by the National Park Service. [3] [7]
Sessums sculpted the Cellular South Howell Trophy, which is given to the top four-year college men's basketball player in Mississippi. He also sculptured the Cellular South Gillom Trophy, which is given to the top four-year college women's basketball player in Mississippi. [8]
Personal life
Sessums has four children with his wife, Kristy. [9] His daughter, also named Joey Sessums, is a pediatric dentist. [10] Though he is best known as an artist, he maintains his medical practice. [3] His brother is writer Kevin Sessums. [11]
External links
References
- ^ http://health.usnews.com/doctors/joey-sessums-514786 [ bare URL]
- ^ "Personal website of Dr. Kim Sessums". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b c d "Mississippi Legislature — First Extraordinary Session 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Vaught Statue Arrives, Set For Dedication Saturday Morning". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Wyeth's Black Models". Archived from the original on 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ J. Kim Sessums - A Portrait of Andrew Wyeth. Accessed 27 January 2009.
- ^ "NPS Vicksburg Campaign brochure" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Cellular South Outstanding Player Awards". Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ "Kim Sessums - King's Daughters Medical Center". KDMC.
- ^ "J. Kim Sessums, Doctor of Arts". UMC.
- ^ "New York City: A Southern Family Visits". Travel and Leisure.