Littleton Alston grew up in an urban, African American community in Washington, DC. Alston attended Duke Ellington High School for the Arts, which was an important turning point in his life. He received his MFA from the Rinehart School of Sculpture in 1983. Alston is currently an Associate Professor of Sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha, where he has taught all levels of undergraduate sculpture and three-dimensional design since 1990.

Some of Alston’s most significant projects include: a 9 ft. bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King, Jr., which is displayed in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Plaza in Omaha, Nebraska; a 4 ft. bronze bust of Columbia Space Shuttle Astronaut, Michael Anderson, in the Creighton University Huxon-Lied Science Building; a 7 ft. bronze sculpture of St. Ignatius, located in the university’s campus central mall; and bronze sculptures of a life-size jazz trio located at Dreamland Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

On the Chavez project, Alston states, “I employ close observation and my classical training to create figurative sculptures in bronze which represent the presence and spirit of the person I am sculpting. The human form holds endless fascination for me, and it is the vehicle through which I believe I can best express the joys and sorrows of the human condition.” Alston has over twenty years of experience as a professional sculptor, in which he has maintained an active sculpture studio for a majority of that time.