Periodicals:
Harold D. Smith, Jr.: Can You See Me?, Elisabeth Kirsch, www.kcstudio.com, September 2019
Harold Smith: Art As a Platform for Activism, Alice Thorson, KC Studio (online), May 2017
Artist Pages: The Art of Black Hair Braiding, July 2019, KC Studio
Last Glance: Harold Smith, May 2015, KC Studio
Le blues aux couleurs de la vie, Francoise Digel, Angouleme Sudquest, June 2014
JazzColors Magazine, 2013
Music, Life, History Meld in Art, Alice Thorson, Kansas City Star, April 2011
Jazzin Up Art, Marilyn Bellemore, Newport This Week, April 2006
Interview with Harold Smith, VERGE (online), Meana Kasi, July 2001
Intimate Images Explore Racism, Injustice, Kansas City Star, Caprice Stapley, June 2001
Books:
McGarvey, E. & Weiss, J. (2013). 2pac v. Biggie : an illustrated history of rap's greatest battle. Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press.
Koppelman, S. & Franks, A. (2008). Collecting and the Internet : essays on the pursuit of old passions through new technologies. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co.
Writings:
American Jazz Museum’s New Executive Director Will Lead Push to Prominence, March 2020, KC Studio
Arts News: Rare Daguerreotype Gives Insight into Issues of Race, January 2020, KC Studio
The Arts in Kansas City Have a Friend in Mayor Quinton Lucas, November 2019
Artist Pages: 25 Kemper Watchers Pick 25 Favorites, September 2019, KC Studio, (Contributing Writer)
Artist Pages: The Art of Black Hair Braiding, July 2019, KC Studio
Glyneisha Johnson: Bo͝ozəm, Haw Contemporary Crossroads, June 2019,
Honors: Sheri Purpose Hall, May 2019, KC Studio
Bold and Confrontational Display Reflects the Collective Consciousness of the Black Experience, April 2019, KC Studio
An Interview with Jade Powers, November 2018, KC Studio
Championing Kansas City’s Black Arts Scene, April 2018, KC Studio
Artist Pages: Black Art in Kansas City, April 2018, KC Studio
An Ode to True Black Manhood, March 2018, KC Studio