Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A New York, Ward ya shiga Ƙungiyar 'Yan Makarantar Art kuma ya yi karatu a ƙarƙashin Augustus St. Gaudens, Daniel Chester Faransanci, da Siddons Mowbray. Kusan 1898, Ward ta yi tafiya zuwa Paris inda ta kirkiro "Boy and Frog" wanda daga baya aka ba shi lambar yabo a 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair
Ka yi haƙuri. Kafin komawa Denver a 1900, Ward ya shiga wani yanki don baje kolin a Society of American Artists a Paris.