Kammala wannan magana: A New York, Ward ya shiga Ƙungiyar 'Yan Koyarwar Art kuma ya yi karatu a karkashin Augustus St. Gaudens, Daniel Chester Faransanci, da Siddons Mowbray. Kusan 1898, Ward ta yi tafiya zuwa Paris inda ta ƙirƙiri "Boy and Frog" wanda daga baya aka ba shi lambar yabo a
1904 St. Louis Duniya Fair. Kafin komawa Denver a 1900, Ward ya shiga wani yanki don baje kolin a Society of American Artists a Paris.