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Making Virtual Events Accessible and Inclusive Melanie Thornton Coordinator of Access and Equity Outreach University of Arkansas — Partners for Inclusive Communities Have you moved your humanities programming or events online using video conferencing technology? Providing virtual events is a great way to remove barriers to participation for many people during this pandemic and beyond. Following a few simple principles can extend your reach even further. Select an accessible platform. Some video INSIDE THIS ISSUE conferencing platforms are more accessible than captions and if you plan to provide the link to the others. Check the company’s commitment to archived event, it will be accessible to anyone accessibility by visiting their website. You might who accesses it later. Inspiring Change also consult with an organization that provides information about digital access or notice what Provide materials to attendees in an accessible Through the Art of platform those organizations use. digital format. Any slides or other materials that are shown on the screen during your event will Provide a way for attendees to request Hank Willis Thomas not be accessible to blind attendees or others who accommodations. When you set up registration access content using screen reader or for your event, make sure to provide a way for text-to-speech technologies. Sending those people to request accommodations such as materials in an accessible format before the event captioning, accessible materials or sign language is a great way to ensure everyone has access to interpreters. Make sure to also budget for them. accommodations so that you will be able to provide these services when requested. Making these few changes will go a long way toward making your event more accessible. You Provide captions proactively. If possible, it is can learn more about these and other strategies at: always better to provide captions even if you do https://exploreaccess.org/virtual/. not have a request for captions as an accommodation. Many people benefit from Allow Me to Say, Goodbye but Hello FROM THE DIRECTOR to Future Humanities Events Jama Best, Executive Director Dr. Felicia Petty Smith, Board Chair The Arkansas IN THIS ISSUE The moment of writing my last I inherited skills of strategic planning and Humanities Artist Hank Willis Thomas Inspires Change at article has arrived. Like history, lobbying US Congressmen in Washington, D.C. Council continues Crystal Bridges...... 2 there will always be memories through the AHC Board. Skill sets were gained to offer numerous of my experiences and my from national conferences too. It was an grant opportunities Arkansas Imagination Library: in the face of the Inspiring Young Minds Through Books ...... 6 colleagues’ interactions over experience on a different level to interview the past seven years that have qualified Director applicants. It was exciting to coronavirus Ordinary Happiness in Extraordinary Times ...... 8 extended my knowledge and approve grants that placed funding to make pandemic. Funds growth in the humanities. programs happen in small communities. The are available to Staff Highlight...... 13 Museum directors and Smithsonian Institute‘s Museum on Main Street cultural nonprofits, Hugh Manatee’s Corner ...... 14 librarians shared their passion to collect and share provided the “Hometown Teams: How Sports history. Professors debated their facts and Shape America” exhibit to Arkansas communities humanities-based Intrapreneurship: A Covid-19 Response opinions within their expertise. We are a where their own famous citizens were nonprofits, to Economics...... 15 hardworking board with humanities, education, recognized. colleges and universities, museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, historical societies, and In Memory of Ramona J. Roe ...... 19 and nonprofit experiences. Furthermore, we The CARES grant committee is a recent addition schools. depended on a fantastic Arkansas Humanities that funded some facilities under the humanities CARES Act Grants...... 20 Council (AHC) staff to provide their assistance and was an honor for us. With this said, I urge We offer grants for public programs (virtual or and knowledge. I applaud Jama, Tamisha, and you to review the grants on the AHC website and in-person), research, publications, film CARES ACT Grants ...... 21 Katie for their hard, dedicated work! production, and other media–virtual or apply. Visit the site also for events happening in Mini Grant Awards ...... 24 It saddens me to leave the board after this year. your area. Grow your programs for children and in-person exhibits, humanities-based web Future experts will continue to come. I have my adults to participate in your hometowns. In content, historical markers. The grant type will R.E.A.C.H. Grant Awards ...... 25 memories. One of the most memorable events for addition, utilize the wealth of information within depend on the amount of funds needed for me was when I was presented the 2017 Passing your libraries and museums. As an educator, I your project. We offer minigrants of up to Access to the Humanities: $3,000 (deadline January 15 and June 15) or a Making Virtual Events Accessible the Torch Legacy of Service Award (by the request for you to apply for the AHC REACH and Inclusive ...... BACK COVER Arkansas Martin Luther King, Inc. Commission at grants to expand your teaching experiences major grant of up to $15,000 (deadline a Fort Smith event). It totally caught me off guard! through workshops and to provide enriching September 15). Other memorable experiences include learning materials for your students. If you are a teacher or school librarian there about the Marshallese culture in Springdale from So, I will say goodbye but not farewell. I will are a number of grant opportunities just for representatives of the community. Viewing films continue to participate in the humanities. It has you. They include the REACH Grant, Helen T. by our own Arkansas, Larry Foley (film producer), been a pleasure serving the people of Arkansas Leigh Museum Field Trip Grant, and Arkansas that were funded by AHC grants was another and more so for Arkansans to enrich my State Park Field Trip Grant. These grants offer an experience to cherish. experiences in the humanities! array of possibilities for humanities activities, programs, and professional development. We continue to work remotely, but we are AHC BOARD MEMBERS available to answer any questions, review drafts of proposals, discuss ideas, or offer Felicia Smith, Fort Smith (Chair) Kim Coryat, Little Rock Robert Moore, Siloam Springs assistance throughout the grant application ON THE COVER: Part of an exhibit by contemporary Stuart Towns, Forrest City (Vice Chair) Jen Hughes, Cabot Leatrice Russ-Glenns, Little Rock process. We are here for you and can be artist Hank Willis Thomas at Crystal Bridges Museum in reached via email. If you would like to talk by Bentonville, Arkansas. Paul Babbitt, Magnolia (Secretary) Claudine James, Malvern Edma Solorzano, Little Rock phone, send us an email with your phone Laura McClellan, Little Rock (Treasurer) Joseph Key, Jonesboro Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis, Little Rock number and we’ll be glad to give you a call. Amelia Bowman, Batesville Tippi McCullough, Little Rock Sydney Westbrook, Texarkana CONNECT is a publication of the Arkansas Marynell Branch, Hot Springs Kaylin Mason, Springdale James Willis, Little Rock The Arkansas Humanities Council is here to Humanities Council. Kevin Butler, Little Rock James Metzger, Little Rock Mel Zabecki, Fayetteville serve Arkansans and will continue to do so in Scott Cashion, Little Rock Rachel Miller, Pine Bluff the months to come. Editor: Jama Best Assistant Editor: Ann Clements

1 Design: Lesley Cooper, Cooper Design, LLC Allow Me to Say, Goodbye but Hello FROM THE DIRECTOR to Future Humanities Events Jama Best, Executive Director Dr. Felicia Petty Smith, Board Chair The Arkansas IN THIS ISSUE The moment of writing my last I inherited skills of strategic planning and Humanities Artist Hank Willis Thomas Inspires Change at article has arrived. Like history, lobbying US Congressmen in Washington, D.C. Council continues Crystal Bridges...... 2 there will always be memories through the AHC Board. Skill sets were gained to offer numerous of my experiences and my from national conferences too. It was an grant opportunities Arkansas Imagination Library: in the face of the Inspiring Young Minds Through Books ...... 6 colleagues’ interactions over experience on a different level to interview the past seven years that have qualified Director applicants. It was exciting to coronavirus Ordinary Happiness in Extraordinary Times ...... 8 extended my knowledge and approve grants that placed funding to make pandemic. Funds growth in the humanities. programs happen in small communities. The are available to Staff Highlight...... 13 Museum directors and Smithsonian Institute‘s Museum on Main Street cultural nonprofits, Hugh Manatee’s Corner ...... 14 librarians shared their passion to collect and share provided the “Hometown Teams: How Sports history. Professors debated their facts and Shape America” exhibit to Arkansas communities humanities-based Intrapreneurship: A Covid-19 Response opinions within their expertise. We are a where their own famous citizens were nonprofits, to Economics...... 15 hardworking board with humanities, education, recognized. colleges and universities, museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, historical societies, and In Memory of Ramona J. Roe ...... 19 and nonprofit experiences. Furthermore, we The CARES grant committee is a recent addition schools. depended on a fantastic Arkansas Humanities that funded some facilities under the humanities CARES Act Grants...... 20 Council (AHC) staff to provide their assistance and was an honor for us. With this said, I urge We offer grants for public programs (virtual or and knowledge. I applaud Jama, Tamisha, and you to review the grants on the AHC website and in-person), research, publications, film CARES ACT Grants ...... 21 Katie for their hard, dedicated work! production, and other media–virtual or apply. Visit the site also for events happening in Mini Grant Awards ...... 24 It saddens me to leave the board after this year. your area. Grow your programs for children and in-person exhibits, humanities-based web Future experts will continue to come. I have my adults to participate in your hometowns. In content, historical markers. The grant type will R.E.A.C.H. Grant Awards ...... 25 memories. One of the most memorable events for addition, utilize the wealth of information within depend on the amount of funds needed for me was when I was presented the 2017 Passing your libraries and museums. As an educator, I your project. We offer minigrants of up to Access to the Humanities: $3,000 (deadline January 15 and June 15) or a Making Virtual Events Accessible the Torch Legacy of Service Award (by the request for you to apply for the AHC REACH and Inclusive ...... BACK COVER Arkansas Martin Luther King, Inc. Commission at grants to expand your teaching experiences major grant of up to $15,000 (deadline a Fort Smith event). It totally caught me off guard! through workshops and to provide enriching September 15). Other memorable experiences include learning materials for your students. If you are a teacher or school librarian there about the Marshallese culture in Springdale from So, I will say goodbye but not farewell. I will are a number of grant opportunities just for representatives of the community. Viewing films continue to participate in the humanities. It has you. They include the REACH Grant, Helen T. by our own Arkansas, Larry Foley (film producer), been a pleasure serving the people of Arkansas Leigh Museum Field Trip Grant, and Arkansas that were funded by AHC grants was another and more so for Arkansans to enrich my State Park Field Trip Grant. These grants offer an experience to cherish. experiences in the humanities! array of possibilities for humanities activities, programs, and professional development. We continue to work remotely, but we are AHC BOARD MEMBERS available to answer any questions, review drafts of proposals, discuss ideas, or offer Felicia Smith, Fort Smith (Chair) Kim Coryat, Little Rock Robert Moore, Siloam Springs assistance throughout the grant application ON THE COVER: Part of an exhibit by contemporary Stuart Towns, Forrest City (Vice Chair) Jen Hughes, Cabot Leatrice Russ-Glenns, Little Rock process. We are here for you and can be artist Hank Willis Thomas at Crystal Bridges Museum in reached via email. If you would like to talk by Bentonville, Arkansas. Paul Babbitt, Magnolia (Secretary) Claudine James, Malvern Edma Solorzano, Little Rock phone, send us an email with your phone Laura McClellan, Little Rock (Treasurer) Joseph Key, Jonesboro Tamela Tenpenny-Lewis, Little Rock number and we’ll be glad to give you a call. Amelia Bowman, Batesville Tippi McCullough, Little Rock Sydney Westbrook, Texarkana CONNECT is a publication of the Arkansas Marynell Branch, Hot Springs Kaylin Mason, Springdale James Willis, Little Rock The Arkansas Humanities Council is here to Humanities Council. Kevin Butler, Little Rock James Metzger, Little Rock Mel Zabecki, Fayetteville serve Arkansans and will continue to do so in Scott Cashion, Little Rock Rachel Miller, Pine Bluff the months to come. Editor: Jama Best Assistant Editor: Ann Clements

1 Design: Lesley Cooper, Cooper Design, LLC This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities In Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal…, Through sculpture, Thomas takes the punctum, or Council and National organized by the Portland Art Museum, Thomas’s compelling detail, of photographs from Endowment for the years of work in photography, sculpture, mixed apartheid-era South Africa and other notable media, video, and more came together in the moments in time, and transforms them in a new Humanities. artist’s first comprehensive survey. medium, giving them new life and new meaning beyond their original photograph. Hank Willis Thomas at Crystal Bridges The week before the exhibition’s opening at “With pieces like this, I’m interested in trying to Crystal Bridges, Thomas, along with his mother, remind us to get closer to history,” said Thomas. artist, photographer, and MacArthur Genius, Deborah Willis, and a host of other family The exhibition also featured Thomas’s work with members and artist collaborators, came to the various organizations, such as For Freedoms. Its museum for a director’s reception, exhibition namesake was inspired by American artist preview, and opening lecture. Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941) freedom of “Having Hank at the museum was like a dream,” speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, said Allison Glenn, Associate Curator, and freedom from fear, which were reflected for a contemporary art at Crystal Bridges and in-house new age in a photography project. curator of All Things Being Equal… “At this point, Hank is like family. We’ve known each other for “We at For Freedoms have been trying to over 10 years and have worked on projects in encourage artists to think about our country as Chicago and New Orleans. Being able to host their canvas and encourage people who don’t Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. him, his friends, and family felt warm, grounding, necessarily engage in the art world to recognize and reinforced the feeling of connection to the that the work artists do is about all of us,” said larger art world that visiting artists provide to our Thomas. Artist Hank Willis Thomas Inspires Change museum and community.” Just before the exit, near the Four Freedoms series, at Crystal Bridges All Things Being Equal… opened to the public at Head of Interpretation Stace Treat developed a Erica Harmon, Copywriter, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Crystal Bridges on February 8, 2020. Over the space for visitors to respond to their ideas of next month, visitors explored and engaged with freedom by writing on cards and hanging them in Earlier this year, only a month before coronavirus installed near the Brooklyn Bridge in 2019, and Thomas’s myriad past projects. In his the gallery. “The writing activity allowed guests to swept the country, Crystal Bridges Museum of his work can be found in the collections of Crystal Retroreflectives series, Thomas isolates symbolic reflect on and process their feelings and thoughts American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas opened a Bridges, the Whitney Museum of American Art in gestures from photographs of important historical about Thomas’s work and share their ideas about new traveling exhibition dedicated to the art of a New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and events. It is only when viewers hold up a flashlight freedom with others,” said Treat. single contemporary artist: Hank Willis Thomas. In the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, among or snap a flash photo that they are able to see the the midst of adversity and an energized movement others. full image. Organizing venue Portland Art Museum to end racism and police brutality, Thomas’s continued on page 4 exhibition brought a fresh perspective, a call to His work doesn’t stop at artmaking. Thomas is also action, and message of hope and love to its the co-founder of For Freedoms, a collaborative viewers at Crystal Bridges. project focused on making space for art and civic engagement through exhibitions and conversation. An Artist of (and for) Our Times He is also a member of the Public Design Thomas is a conceptual artist who knows how to Commission for the City of New York and was push boundaries and challenge ideas. For over 20 recently chosen to design Boston’s Martin Luther years, he has used photography, sculpture, and King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial with images from sports, advertising, and history to MASS Design Group. He has been an instructor in examine popular culture and show how art can the MFA program at Yale University and the raise awareness in the ongoing struggle for social Maryland Institute College of Art and is a 2018 justice and civil rights. His sculpture, Unity, was Guggenheim Fellowship award winner. Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. 2 3 This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities In Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal…, Through sculpture, Thomas takes the punctum, or Council and National organized by the Portland Art Museum, Thomas’s compelling detail, of photographs from Endowment for the years of work in photography, sculpture, mixed apartheid-era South Africa and other notable media, video, and more came together in the moments in time, and transforms them in a new Humanities. artist’s first comprehensive survey. medium, giving them new life and new meaning beyond their original photograph. Hank Willis Thomas at Crystal Bridges The week before the exhibition’s opening at “With pieces like this, I’m interested in trying to Crystal Bridges, Thomas, along with his mother, remind us to get closer to history,” said Thomas. artist, photographer, and MacArthur Genius, Deborah Willis, and a host of other family The exhibition also featured Thomas’s work with members and artist collaborators, came to the various organizations, such as For Freedoms. Its museum for a director’s reception, exhibition namesake was inspired by American artist preview, and opening lecture. Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941) freedom of “Having Hank at the museum was like a dream,” speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, said Allison Glenn, Associate Curator, and freedom from fear, which were reflected for a contemporary art at Crystal Bridges and in-house new age in a photography project. curator of All Things Being Equal… “At this point, Hank is like family. We’ve known each other for “We at For Freedoms have been trying to over 10 years and have worked on projects in encourage artists to think about our country as Chicago and New Orleans. Being able to host their canvas and encourage people who don’t Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. him, his friends, and family felt warm, grounding, necessarily engage in the art world to recognize and reinforced the feeling of connection to the that the work artists do is about all of us,” said larger art world that visiting artists provide to our Thomas. Artist Hank Willis Thomas Inspires Change museum and community.” Just before the exit, near the Four Freedoms series, at Crystal Bridges All Things Being Equal… opened to the public at Head of Interpretation Stace Treat developed a Erica Harmon, Copywriter, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Crystal Bridges on February 8, 2020. Over the space for visitors to respond to their ideas of next month, visitors explored and engaged with freedom by writing on cards and hanging them in Earlier this year, only a month before coronavirus installed near the Brooklyn Bridge in 2019, and Thomas’s myriad past projects. In his the gallery. “The writing activity allowed guests to swept the country, Crystal Bridges Museum of his work can be found in the collections of Crystal Retroreflectives series, Thomas isolates symbolic reflect on and process their feelings and thoughts American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas opened a Bridges, the Whitney Museum of American Art in gestures from photographs of important historical about Thomas’s work and share their ideas about new traveling exhibition dedicated to the art of a New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and events. It is only when viewers hold up a flashlight freedom with others,” said Treat. single contemporary artist: Hank Willis Thomas. In the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, among or snap a flash photo that they are able to see the the midst of adversity and an energized movement others. full image. Organizing venue Portland Art Museum to end racism and police brutality, Thomas’s continued on page 4 exhibition brought a fresh perspective, a call to His work doesn’t stop at artmaking. Thomas is also action, and message of hope and love to its the co-founder of For Freedoms, a collaborative viewers at Crystal Bridges. project focused on making space for art and civic engagement through exhibitions and conversation. An Artist of (and for) Our Times He is also a member of the Public Design Thomas is a conceptual artist who knows how to Commission for the City of New York and was push boundaries and challenge ideas. For over 20 recently chosen to design Boston’s Martin Luther years, he has used photography, sculpture, and King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial with images from sports, advertising, and history to MASS Design Group. He has been an instructor in examine popular culture and show how art can the MFA program at Yale University and the raise awareness in the ongoing struggle for social Maryland Institute College of Art and is a 2018 justice and civil rights. His sculpture, Unity, was Guggenheim Fellowship award winner. Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. 2 3 commissioned Thomas to create an artwork And he’s not slowing down. to serve as inspiration for community engagement specifically for the exhibition titled 14,719. The and change in Northwest Arkansas and beyond. title refers to the number of stars stitched in rows The artist‘s quote that became the tagline of his on eight 30-foot banners that were suspended in exhibition is, “The most revolutionary thing a the museum’s corridor. Each star represents a person can do is be open to change.” Crystal Bridges’ next exhibition, Ansel Adams in person who was shot and killed by someone else Our Time, opens September 19. Similar to in the US in 2018. This sobering work is one of Audience Responses Thomas’s exhibition, Ansel Adams in Our Time many examples of how Thomas keeps a pulse on All Things Being Equal… was extended when the looks at the work of contemporary photographers, the current moment, utilizing art to raise museum reopened in June and officially closed on but the show places famous nature photographer awareness for social change, an effort that has July 13. In total, the exhibition welcomed more Ansel Adams squarely in our time to reassess his continued to build momentum. than 25,000 visitors to the physical space, with work and legacy side-by-side with today’s artists. many more viewing the works online. Visitor The show is on view until January 3. Adapting to 2020 Events feedback was highly positive, and concluded that In March, quarantine hit Northwest Arkansas. the exhibition was “very interactive and moving,” Over at the Momentary, Crystal Bridges’ satellite Crystal Bridges, along with the majority of “meaningful,” and “the conversation we should contemporary art space in downtown Bentonville, businesses, closed its doors to prevent the spread have.” Evaluation results show that this exhibition artist Nick Cave is, quite literally, taking over the of coronavirus. The museum did not want the introduced many visitors to Hank Willis Thomas galleries with his massive installations in a show closure to become a barrier to experiencing art, so for the first time, and achieved its goal of inspiring called Nick Cave: Until, organized by MASS images of the exhibition became available on the the public to reflect on struggles for equal rights MoCA. This work, similar in theme to Thomas’s museum’s website and Glenn filmed a curator across the globe, as well as the power of art. work, uses immersive visual art to question race, walk-through of the show which was posted on gender, and gun violence in America. This the museum’s YouTube channel. The museum hopes that the questions and exhibition is also on view until January 3, 2021 perspectives Thomas brought to life will continue and is free to view. In the summer, as Black Lives Matter protests rose in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, Crystal Bridges released a statement Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges online and on social media channels supporting Museum of American Art. Black Lives Matter and Black art, and declaring a commitment to change. “The most revolutionary thing a person can do is be

Meanwhile, Thomas continued to produce. In open to change.” May, Thomas projected prisoner letters expressing — Hank Willis Thomas fears of catching coronavirus, collected by Baz Dreisinger, Executive Director of the think tank Incarceration Nations Network, on the side of Manhattan criminal justice buildings. A banner reading “ALL LI ES MATTER’’ covered the five-story Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington DC this summer. For Freedoms billboards started popping up around New York City. Thomas’s sculpture All Power to All People, a 28-foot tall, 7,000-pound Afro pick, is currently touring cities around the US leading up to the presidential election in November.

These are just a few of the things Thomas has done in the past few months, but just like his exhibition shows, his work has always been focused on how Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. art can inspire change and influence social justice. 4 5 commissioned Thomas to create an artwork And he’s not slowing down. to serve as inspiration for community engagement specifically for the exhibition titled 14,719. The and change in Northwest Arkansas and beyond. title refers to the number of stars stitched in rows The artist‘s quote that became the tagline of his on eight 30-foot banners that were suspended in exhibition is, “The most revolutionary thing a the museum’s corridor. Each star represents a person can do is be open to change.” Crystal Bridges’ next exhibition, Ansel Adams in person who was shot and killed by someone else Our Time, opens September 19. Similar to in the US in 2018. This sobering work is one of Audience Responses Thomas’s exhibition, Ansel Adams in Our Time many examples of how Thomas keeps a pulse on All Things Being Equal… was extended when the looks at the work of contemporary photographers, the current moment, utilizing art to raise museum reopened in June and officially closed on but the show places famous nature photographer awareness for social change, an effort that has July 13. In total, the exhibition welcomed more Ansel Adams squarely in our time to reassess his continued to build momentum. than 25,000 visitors to the physical space, with work and legacy side-by-side with today’s artists. many more viewing the works online. Visitor The show is on view until January 3. Adapting to 2020 Events feedback was highly positive, and concluded that In March, quarantine hit Northwest Arkansas. the exhibition was “very interactive and moving,” Over at the Momentary, Crystal Bridges’ satellite Crystal Bridges, along with the majority of “meaningful,” and “the conversation we should contemporary art space in downtown Bentonville, businesses, closed its doors to prevent the spread have.” Evaluation results show that this exhibition artist Nick Cave is, quite literally, taking over the of coronavirus. The museum did not want the introduced many visitors to Hank Willis Thomas galleries with his massive installations in a show closure to become a barrier to experiencing art, so for the first time, and achieved its goal of inspiring called Nick Cave: Until, organized by MASS images of the exhibition became available on the the public to reflect on struggles for equal rights MoCA. This work, similar in theme to Thomas’s museum’s website and Glenn filmed a curator across the globe, as well as the power of art. work, uses immersive visual art to question race, walk-through of the show which was posted on gender, and gun violence in America. This the museum’s YouTube channel. The museum hopes that the questions and exhibition is also on view until January 3, 2021 perspectives Thomas brought to life will continue and is free to view. In the summer, as Black Lives Matter protests rose in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, Crystal Bridges released a statement Photo by Ironside Photography. Courtesy of Crystal Bridges online and on social media channels supporting Museum of American Art. Black Lives Matter and Black art, and declaring a commitment to change. “The most revolutionary thing a person can do is be

With help from local Imagination Library affiliate leaders and hospital staff and volunteers, welcome books are currently distributed to families of newborns in Chicot, Drew, Miller, and Phillips Counties. Additional books will soon be distributed to families at birthing hospitals in Desha, St. Francis, and Union Counties.

Dr. Charlotte R. Green, Executive Director of Arkansas Imagination Library, states, “We are excited to partner with the Arkansas Humanities Council to grow Imagination Library enrollment in areas where children may lack access to home libraries. Thanks to the Council’s generous support, books provided to newborns are going to families in high-poverty areas of the state that typically have lower than average third-grade reading comprehension test scores. By getting age-appropriate books to families, we can encourage parents to read to their children and inspire a love of reading from birth.”

Arkansas Imagination Library, established in 2017, is a state-wide partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Currently, 42,747 books are mailed to Arkansas children each month through Mark Bledsoe (first from left) and Molly Riley (second from right), representing United Way of Greater Texarkana, receive independent Imagination Library affiliates operating welcome books from Dolly Parton (second from left) and Brooke Bridges (fourth from left) with Arkansas Imagination Library. in all 75 Arkansas counties. Shelby Brown with Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Arkansas, accepts welcome books for Arkansas Imagination Library (ARIL) is grateful to as a gift for registering their newborns for Dolly newborns delivered at the medical center. the Arkansas Humanities Council for partnering Parton’s Imagination Library through a local Since launching in 1995, Dolly Parton’s with ARIL to promote the humanities among Imagination Library affiliate. Along with this gift Imagination Library has become the world’s growing families in underserved areas of from the Arkansas Humanities Council, newborns preeminent early childhood book gifting program. Arkansas. With financial support from the also receive a gift that continues to give: one free The program’s impact has been widely researched, Council, nearly 1,500 copies of The Little Engine book mailed to the family’s home each month and results suggest positive increases in key early That Could have been distributed to birthing until the child turns five years old. childhood metrics. The flagship program of The hospitals in south and southeast Arkansas. These Dollywood Foundation has mailed well over 100 books are the first step to helping children Each book provided by Dolly Parton’s Imagination million free books in Australia, Canada, The develop a love of reading. Library is selected by a national committee of Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, and the teachers, child development specialists, librarians, United States. Families of newborns receive The Little Engine publishers, and others specializing in early That Could, the welcome book for Dolly Parton’s childhood literacy. Special attention is given to For more information, visit imaginationlibrary.com Imagination Library, soon after their child is born age-appropriateness and the development of such and arkansasimaginationlibrary.org. at a partnering hospital. Families receive the book positive themes as promotion of self-esteem and

6 7 confidence, regard for diversity, and appreciation of Arkansas Imagination Library: art. The Little Engine That Could — one of Dolly Parton’s favorite books — was selected for its Inspiring Young Minds Through Books positive, inspiring message that encourages readers Brooke Ivy Bridges, Affiliate Resource Director, Arkansas Imagination Library of all ages.

6 7 Ordinary Happiness in Extraordinary Times William “Bill” Tsutsui, Ph.D. “What really makes us Scholar, author, specialist in economic, environmental and cultural history of modern Japan Even before any of us had ever heard of a immigration to the Me Too movement). And coronavirus or social distancing, we lived in very escape is all but impossible, as our cellphones are happy? And what can stressful times. In recent years, politics have been almost always at hand, pinging or vibrating or more polarized, society more fragmented, our lighting up with each new text and email and we all do, in this shared sense of national community more tweet. Is it any wonder that, in these days of strained, public discourse more contentious, and pandemic, protest and isolation, “doomsurfing” consensus (even on topics as fundamental as and “doomscrolling”—the obsessive practices of extraordinary time, to democracy and humanity) more elusive than ever combing the web and social media for the latest before, at least in my lifetime. Technology, despite despairing news—have become national its promise of liberation and empowerment, has pastimes? overcome all the bad often seemed more of the problem than the solution: the internet has facilitated (and even While stress today weighs heavily on us all, it is a news and fake news accelerated) the tribalization of our society; social particular challenge for young people. Gen Z, the media has shortened our attention spans, generation now in their college years, have grown redefined community, and challenged our faith in up in a world of school shootings, of economic and to find some things like facts and news and truth; the ubiquity precarity after the financial crisis of 2008 and the of the digital has allowed us all to be tracked and Great Recession, of protective helicopter and profiled and churned through algorithms in ways steamroller parents, and of worries about student simple joy within and that were never conceivable in an analog age. debt, a shrinking middle class, and the new gig economy. Howard Gardner, a well-known beyond ourselves?” I suspect I am not alone in feeling my blood developmental psychologist and professor at the pressure go up every time I listen to political news Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been on the radio, or see a Facebook post about the working for the past six years on a huge study of latest from Washington, or think about any the attitudes of college students, interviewing number of subjects that divide our society and our more than 2000 at campuses across the nation. finances or politics or gender identities or free cat pictures on Instagram are all well and good, world (from climate change to racial justice, What Gardner has found is foremost among speech, are two things: first, alienation (the sense but what is the secret to a deeper sense of health care costs to the Second Amendment, students’ concerns these days, more so than that they somehow don’t fit, with their schools or genuine happiness in life? with other people or in the larger society) and second, anxiety (an often debilitating sense of fear As I ponder this question, which I do quite that undermines their personal wellbeing and regularly these days, I find myself almost mental health). One of the great challenges for inevitably returning to something I read, a book higher education today, Gardner concludes, is that took on the issues I have been struggling how America’s colleges and universities can better with, made me think, and inspired and help young people in their struggle to find empowered me to reflect, respond, and imagine. belonging and inner peace. Willard Spiegelman’s Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness is a slim, unassuming Needless to say, this search for personal volume, now about a decade old. I first picked it contentment is a challenge for us all, not just up not out of particular interest in the topic, but 18-year-olds, in the complicated, uncertain, because the author was a friend and colleague. fractured world in which we all live. We all Before coming to Arkansas, I spent four years as desperately need to step back, put down the Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences cellphone, breathe deeply, and ask ourselves, at SMU in Dallas, where Spiegelman was (prior to “What really makes us happy? And what can we his retirement not too long ago) a distinguished all do, in this extraordinary time, to overcome all professor of English, the editor of the venerable the bad news and fake news and to find some literary quarterly Southwestern Review, and a simple joy within and beyond ourselves?” Cute legendary scholar and teacher. Spiegelman is a

continued on page 10 8 9 Ordinary Happiness in Extraordinary Times William “Bill” Tsutsui, Ph.D. “What really makes us Scholar, author, specialist in economic, environmental and cultural history of modern Japan Even before any of us had ever heard of a immigration to the Me Too movement). And coronavirus or social distancing, we lived in very escape is all but impossible, as our cellphones are happy? And what can stressful times. In recent years, politics have been almost always at hand, pinging or vibrating or more polarized, society more fragmented, our lighting up with each new text and email and we all do, in this shared sense of national community more tweet. Is it any wonder that, in these days of strained, public discourse more contentious, and pandemic, protest and isolation, “doomsurfing” consensus (even on topics as fundamental as and “doomscrolling”—the obsessive practices of extraordinary time, to democracy and humanity) more elusive than ever combing the web and social media for the latest before, at least in my lifetime. Technology, despite despairing news—have become national its promise of liberation and empowerment, has pastimes? overcome all the bad often seemed more of the problem than the solution: the internet has facilitated (and even While stress today weighs heavily on us all, it is a news and fake news accelerated) the tribalization of our society; social particular challenge for young people. Gen Z, the media has shortened our attention spans, generation now in their college years, have grown redefined community, and challenged our faith in up in a world of school shootings, of economic and to find some things like facts and news and truth; the ubiquity precarity after the financial crisis of 2008 and the of the digital has allowed us all to be tracked and Great Recession, of protective helicopter and profiled and churned through algorithms in ways steamroller parents, and of worries about student simple joy within and that were never conceivable in an analog age. debt, a shrinking middle class, and the new gig economy. Howard Gardner, a well-known beyond ourselves?” I suspect I am not alone in feeling my blood developmental psychologist and professor at the pressure go up every time I listen to political news Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been on the radio, or see a Facebook post about the working for the past six years on a huge study of latest from Washington, or think about any the attitudes of college students, interviewing number of subjects that divide our society and our more than 2000 at campuses across the nation. finances or politics or gender identities or free cat pictures on Instagram are all well and good, world (from climate change to racial justice, What Gardner has found is foremost among speech, are two things: first, alienation (the sense but what is the secret to a deeper sense of health care costs to the Second Amendment, students’ concerns these days, more so than that they somehow don’t fit, with their schools or genuine happiness in life? with other people or in the larger society) and second, anxiety (an often debilitating sense of fear As I ponder this question, which I do quite that undermines their personal wellbeing and regularly these days, I find myself almost mental health). One of the great challenges for inevitably returning to something I read, a book higher education today, Gardner concludes, is that took on the issues I have been struggling how America’s colleges and universities can better with, made me think, and inspired and help young people in their struggle to find empowered me to reflect, respond, and imagine. belonging and inner peace. Willard Spiegelman’s Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness is a slim, unassuming Needless to say, this search for personal volume, now about a decade old. I first picked it contentment is a challenge for us all, not just up not out of particular interest in the topic, but 18-year-olds, in the complicated, uncertain, because the author was a friend and colleague. fractured world in which we all live. We all Before coming to Arkansas, I spent four years as desperately need to step back, put down the Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences cellphone, breathe deeply, and ask ourselves, at SMU in Dallas, where Spiegelman was (prior to “What really makes us happy? And what can we his retirement not too long ago) a distinguished all do, in this extraordinary time, to overcome all professor of English, the editor of the venerable the bad news and fake news and to find some literary quarterly Southwestern Review, and a simple joy within and beyond ourselves?” Cute legendary scholar and teacher. Spiegelman is a

continued on page 10 8 9 genuine intellectual, in the best sense of the word: a joyful, stress-free life. Instead, it is almost a urbane, elegant and exact in writing and speech, memoir, an introspective journey into what has distressingly well read, and a fine arts maven (for made Willard content over six-plus decades of a many years he wrote opera and art reviews for the life marked by a happy childhood, no bouts of Wall Street Journal). And Professor Spiegelman depression, no major catastrophes, and much to very much looks the part: silk sport jackets and take pleasure in. “I have enjoyed good physical immaculate bow ties, never a hair out of place, health,” he notes. “I have not known tragedy or shoes always of leather and no doubt chronic darkness, only more modest shades of custom-made in London. His tongue, of course, gray. Everyone has what I call the phantom vita: was and is as sharp as a sabre, and generations of prizes not won, jobs applied for but not offered, SMU administrators shared the same nightmare of unrequited love. So what? If you miss a bus, you Willard Spiegelman raising his hand during a can get on the next one. We should not overly contentious faculty meeting. lament life’s ordinary disappointments, but we must celebrate — soberly, not giddily or smugly Seven Pleasures is a marvelous read: smart, lyrical — its ordinary pleasures. If we are lucky, these at points, engaging, funny, moving at times, and will suffice.” always (on every page) thought-provoking. Spiegelman’s goal with the volume is deceptively Spiegelman goes on in the subsequent chapters to simple and outrageously ambitious. “This is a explore seven of those “ordinary pleasures” that, book about happiness,” he writes. “About the for him, at least, have sufficed over the course of a pleasurable things you can do to promote it and lifetime: reading, walking, looking, dancing, to increase a sense of general well-being.” But this listening, swimming, and writing. These seven Spiegelman’s playful mind, I suspect, by the seven interesting, busy place. Looking is a joy as well, is no self-help text, no one-size-fits-all roadmap to unexceptional activities (the number inspired in deadly sins) make a useful starting point for us all especially the kind of looking that Spiegelman to reflect on what brings us happiness. describes, which is not so much looking at TV or looking at a smartphone, but rather losing oneself If you are anything like me, your first thought is visually in art or the landscape or anything of We should not overly lament life’s probably to cross things off Spiegelman’s list. beauty and depth. Listening would not be at the Swimming doesn’t make the cut for me, since I very top of my list, as I have a tin ear and music ordinary disappointments, but we must have never learned how to swim and “flailing in appreciation is largely lost on me, but being the water” or “drowning” do not even make my attentive to what others may say, or to birds in personal Top 100 of pleasurable things to do. song, or to the cicadas in summer, or to the celebrate — soberly, not giddily or Dancing is also easily eliminated, both out of crunch of snow under my feet in winter all have a intense self-consciousness and a healthy respect certain satisfying appeal. for the happiness of others, as the sight of me smugly — its ordinary pleasures. If we dancing is likely to inspire immediate revulsion or And, of course, I could add to Spiegelman’s list in the concern I was having some sort of seizure. my own personal ways. Cooking would certainly are lucky, these will suffice. Writing is something I personally associate with be a strong candidate for me, especially since (as pain and torment, with perpetual disappointment so many people have discovered in these days of at not achieving the style and clarity that I strive pandemic) baking cakes and loaves sustains the for, and so would not make it onto my happy list soul as well as the body. I am also uplifted by either. being in nature, as few things provide me with the wonderment and joy of witnessing a Monarch But Spiegelman’s other four might. Like all who caterpillar transform into a butterfly, or the tiny are passionate about the Humanities, I cherish little bunnies that appear each spring in my reading and especially that tactile joy of turning backyard become rabbits, or the honking the pages in a good, old-fashioned hardback formations of geese move across the fall sky. book. Walking surely makes the cut for me too, as While I would never include cleaning on my Top nothing clears my head and lifts my spirit quite Seven list (there is no happiness for me in like a good brisk walk amidst nature or in an mopping or scrubbing), I would put tidying in continued on page 12 10 11 genuine intellectual, in the best sense of the word: a joyful, stress-free life. Instead, it is almost a urbane, elegant and exact in writing and speech, memoir, an introspective journey into what has distressingly well read, and a fine arts maven (for made Willard content over six-plus decades of a many years he wrote opera and art reviews for the life marked by a happy childhood, no bouts of Wall Street Journal). And Professor Spiegelman depression, no major catastrophes, and much to very much looks the part: silk sport jackets and take pleasure in. “I have enjoyed good physical immaculate bow ties, never a hair out of place, health,” he notes. “I have not known tragedy or shoes always of leather and no doubt chronic darkness, only more modest shades of custom-made in London. His tongue, of course, gray. Everyone has what I call the phantom vita: was and is as sharp as a sabre, and generations of prizes not won, jobs applied for but not offered, SMU administrators shared the same nightmare of unrequited love. So what? If you miss a bus, you Willard Spiegelman raising his hand during a can get on the next one. We should not overly contentious faculty meeting. lament life’s ordinary disappointments, but we must celebrate — soberly, not giddily or smugly Seven Pleasures is a marvelous read: smart, lyrical — its ordinary pleasures. If we are lucky, these at points, engaging, funny, moving at times, and will suffice.” always (on every page) thought-provoking. Spiegelman’s goal with the volume is deceptively Spiegelman goes on in the subsequent chapters to simple and outrageously ambitious. “This is a explore seven of those “ordinary pleasures” that, book about happiness,” he writes. “About the for him, at least, have sufficed over the course of a pleasurable things you can do to promote it and lifetime: reading, walking, looking, dancing, to increase a sense of general well-being.” But this listening, swimming, and writing. These seven Spiegelman’s playful mind, I suspect, by the seven interesting, busy place. Looking is a joy as well, is no self-help text, no one-size-fits-all roadmap to unexceptional activities (the number inspired in deadly sins) make a useful starting point for us all especially the kind of looking that Spiegelman to reflect on what brings us happiness. describes, which is not so much looking at TV or looking at a smartphone, but rather losing oneself If you are anything like me, your first thought is visually in art or the landscape or anything of We should not overly lament life’s probably to cross things off Spiegelman’s list. beauty and depth. Listening would not be at the Swimming doesn’t make the cut for me, since I very top of my list, as I have a tin ear and music ordinary disappointments, but we must have never learned how to swim and “flailing in appreciation is largely lost on me, but being the water” or “drowning” do not even make my attentive to what others may say, or to birds in personal Top 100 of pleasurable things to do. song, or to the cicadas in summer, or to the celebrate — soberly, not giddily or Dancing is also easily eliminated, both out of crunch of snow under my feet in winter all have a intense self-consciousness and a healthy respect certain satisfying appeal. for the happiness of others, as the sight of me smugly — its ordinary pleasures. If we dancing is likely to inspire immediate revulsion or And, of course, I could add to Spiegelman’s list in the concern I was having some sort of seizure. my own personal ways. Cooking would certainly are lucky, these will suffice. Writing is something I personally associate with be a strong candidate for me, especially since (as pain and torment, with perpetual disappointment so many people have discovered in these days of at not achieving the style and clarity that I strive pandemic) baking cakes and loaves sustains the for, and so would not make it onto my happy list soul as well as the body. I am also uplifted by either. being in nature, as few things provide me with the wonderment and joy of witnessing a Monarch But Spiegelman’s other four might. Like all who caterpillar transform into a butterfly, or the tiny are passionate about the Humanities, I cherish little bunnies that appear each spring in my reading and especially that tactile joy of turning backyard become rabbits, or the honking the pages in a good, old-fashioned hardback formations of geese move across the fall sky. book. Walking surely makes the cut for me too, as While I would never include cleaning on my Top nothing clears my head and lifts my spirit quite Seven list (there is no happiness for me in like a good brisk walk amidst nature or in an mopping or scrubbing), I would put tidying in continued on page 12 10 11 there, as evening up the piles on my desk or lining intentional in treasuring, nurturing, and up all the volumes neatly on my bookshelves celebrating those unexceptional little Staff Highlight provides me with a soothing spiritual balm of all interpersonal interactions that affirm and uplift being right with the world. and connect and bond us together as a Clements Named Education Outreach Coordinator community, a nation, and a world. What I love about Spiegelman’s Seven Pleasures is Executive Director Jama Best is pleased to announce the addition of that it challenges readers to appreciate the small Bill Tsutsui served as President of Hendrix College Ann Clements to the AHC staff as the new Education Outreach things, to do the difficult work of taking pleasure from 2014 to 2019 and is currently the Edwin O. Coordinator beginning October 1, 2020. in the ordinary, to lose oneself in the joys of daily Reischauer Distinguished Visiting Professor at Harvard life, to recognize that real happiness need not be University. He was Chair of the Board of Directors of Clements has extensive experience creating public programming and about the occasional fireworks so much as the the Federation of State Humanities Councils from classroom lesson plans. In her almost 28 years in the Secretary of regular, ongoing glow from everyday activities. 2017-2019 and was appointed in May 2020 to the State’s office, Clements served under four different Secretaries of State Japan-United States Friendship Commission. He lives with her responsibilities growing under each administration. As the What I don’t love so much about those Seven in Conway with his wife, Marjorie Swann. first state Capitol Historian, she curated over 30 quarterly exhibits for Pleasures is that they are all, with the exception of the Capitol building, and served as the Project Director for “Building dancing, solitary activities. “This is a book,” An earlier version of this piece was presented at the Forever,” a permanent exhibit about the Capitol’s construction story, Willard Spiegelman writes, “about aloneness.” Founder’s Day Luncheon of LifeQuest of Arkansas in funded by a major grant from the AHC. She also was the statewide Ann Clements While I have always valued “me time” as much as Little Rock on October 2, 2019. director for the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial, the Education anyone, I wonder if we had enough aloneness in Education Outreach Coordinator Coordinator and the Director of the Communications and Education this world even before lockdowns and social Department. After leaving the Secretary of State’s office, Clements distancing imposed unprecedented isolation upon worked for the Arkansas State Archives as a program specialist, writing us all. The withdrawal from “normal” life has lesson plans, developing outreach programs and assisting staff with given me a heightened awareness of so many archival projects. In each position, Clements wrote and received trivial everyday acts — paying with cash, ironing multiple grants from the AHC for various projects. my shirts, shining my shoes, grazing on free samples at the grocery store — that I only really Clements graduated from Ouachita Baptist University where she appreciated when the fear of a virus stripped them studied History and Political Science. Her love of history and civics from my daily routine. But, of course, what I miss education has been a touchstone throughout her government service, the most — what I expect we all miss most including developing topic specific tour programming for the Capitol, acutely about our pre-COVID lives — is that easy working with Secretary Priest’s History Advisory Council to research sociability we enjoyed with family, co-workers and publish an updated version of the Arkansas State Symbols and friends, the pats on the back and handshakes, coloring book, and overseeing a teacher-led curriculum committee to the gatherings in the neighborhood or at church, develop over 25 K-8 civics lesson plans for distribution to classrooms the passing conversations in line at the post office across Arkansas during Secretary Daniels’ term. or around the proverbial water cooler. And while I am truly thankful, under the circumstances, for “The Arkansas Humanities Council has supported educators and the magic of Zoom and webcams and streaming students for many years. Now more than ever, AHC wishes to increase video, these extraordinary times have awakened that support by working with and learning from educators statewide me to the ordinary happiness of being with others and Ann will be a vital part of that effort. Ann’s wealth of knowledge that I used to take for granted. and expertise is invaluable and will build upon our success to take that support to a whole new level. We are so excited to welcome her When, at last, we can all take off our facemasks to our team,” Jama Best, Executive Director stated. and ease up on the hand-sanitizer, I for one will not be quick to forget the simple pleasures that I “I’m so honored to be joining the staff of the organization that made discovered — as well as those that I lost — during so many of my professional projects a reality,” Clements stated. “To be the global pandemic. I’ll still be baking and able to work with teachers — especially in underserved areas — to walking and thumbing through Willard spread humanities education across Arkansas is exciting and a great Spiegelman’s book, but I will also be more responsibility in these challenging times,” she continued.

12 13 there, as evening up the piles on my desk or lining intentional in treasuring, nurturing, and up all the volumes neatly on my bookshelves celebrating those unexceptional little Staff Highlight provides me with a soothing spiritual balm of all interpersonal interactions that affirm and uplift being right with the world. and connect and bond us together as a Clements Named Education Outreach Coordinator community, a nation, and a world. What I love about Spiegelman’s Seven Pleasures is Executive Director Jama Best is pleased to announce the addition of that it challenges readers to appreciate the small Bill Tsutsui served as President of Hendrix College Ann Clements to the AHC staff as the new Education Outreach things, to do the difficult work of taking pleasure from 2014 to 2019 and is currently the Edwin O. Coordinator beginning October 1, 2020. in the ordinary, to lose oneself in the joys of daily Reischauer Distinguished Visiting Professor at Harvard life, to recognize that real happiness need not be University. He was Chair of the Board of Directors of Clements has extensive experience creating public programming and about the occasional fireworks so much as the the Federation of State Humanities Councils from classroom lesson plans. In her almost 28 years in the Secretary of regular, ongoing glow from everyday activities. 2017-2019 and was appointed in May 2020 to the State’s office, Clements served under four different Secretaries of State Japan-United States Friendship Commission. He lives with her responsibilities growing under each administration. As the What I don’t love so much about those Seven in Conway with his wife, Marjorie Swann. first state Capitol Historian, she curated over 30 quarterly exhibits for Pleasures is that they are all, with the exception of the Capitol building, and served as the Project Director for “Building dancing, solitary activities. “This is a book,” An earlier version of this piece was presented at the Forever,” a permanent exhibit about the Capitol’s construction story, Willard Spiegelman writes, “about aloneness.” Founder’s Day Luncheon of LifeQuest of Arkansas in funded by a major grant from the AHC. She also was the statewide Ann Clements While I have always valued “me time” as much as Little Rock on October 2, 2019. director for the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial, the Education anyone, I wonder if we had enough aloneness in Education Outreach Coordinator Coordinator and the Director of the Communications and Education this world even before lockdowns and social Department. After leaving the Secretary of State’s office, Clements distancing imposed unprecedented isolation upon worked for the Arkansas State Archives as a program specialist, writing us all. The withdrawal from “normal” life has lesson plans, developing outreach programs and assisting staff with given me a heightened awareness of so many archival projects. In each position, Clements wrote and received trivial everyday acts — paying with cash, ironing multiple grants from the AHC for various projects. my shirts, shining my shoes, grazing on free samples at the grocery store — that I only really Clements graduated from Ouachita Baptist University where she appreciated when the fear of a virus stripped them studied History and Political Science. Her love of history and civics from my daily routine. But, of course, what I miss education has been a touchstone throughout her government service, the most — what I expect we all miss most including developing topic specific tour programming for the Capitol, acutely about our pre-COVID lives — is that easy working with Secretary Priest’s History Advisory Council to research sociability we enjoyed with family, co-workers and publish an updated version of the Arkansas State Symbols and friends, the pats on the back and handshakes, coloring book, and overseeing a teacher-led curriculum committee to the gatherings in the neighborhood or at church, develop over 25 K-8 civics lesson plans for distribution to classrooms the passing conversations in line at the post office across Arkansas during Secretary Daniels’ term. or around the proverbial water cooler. And while I am truly thankful, under the circumstances, for “The Arkansas Humanities Council has supported educators and the magic of Zoom and webcams and streaming students for many years. Now more than ever, AHC wishes to increase video, these extraordinary times have awakened that support by working with and learning from educators statewide me to the ordinary happiness of being with others and Ann will be a vital part of that effort. Ann’s wealth of knowledge that I used to take for granted. and expertise is invaluable and will build upon our success to take that support to a whole new level. We are so excited to welcome her When, at last, we can all take off our facemasks to our team,” Jama Best, Executive Director stated. and ease up on the hand-sanitizer, I for one will not be quick to forget the simple pleasures that I “I’m so honored to be joining the staff of the organization that made discovered — as well as those that I lost — during so many of my professional projects a reality,” Clements stated. “To be the global pandemic. I’ll still be baking and able to work with teachers — especially in underserved areas — to walking and thumbing through Willard spread humanities education across Arkansas is exciting and a great Spiegelman’s book, but I will also be more responsibility in these challenging times,” she continued.

12 13 Hugh Manatee’s Corner Draw a line to connect the fun fact to the correct president! Mt. Magazine State Park The president who officially gave the George Washington White House its name. April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797

One of his favorite foods was ice cream. Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 – April 14, 1865 First president to be born in the United States. His parents were originally from Theodore Roosevelt the Netherlands and moved to September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 Kinderhook, New York. James Garfield First left-handed president. March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881

He was the tallest president. Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 Only president who studied to become a medical doctor. Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841

Answers on page 25 Intrapreneurship: A Covid-19 Response to Economics A Walk in the Park Professional Development for Educators By Dr. Rita L. Littrell, Director, Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education, Hi kids! See if you Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas can match the President As an economist who understands the value of resources relative to our desired outcome. nature to our economic and physical well-being, As director of the Bessie B. Moore Center for with these fun facts! leading a summer professional development Economic Education in the Sam M. Walton program for teachers to nine Arkansas State Parks College of Business at the University of Arkansas, I helping them to understand how to use the parks was challenged to find a way to virtually engage to teach Arkansas history was a great summer teachers as they learned about our state parks. project. But when the coronavirus surfaced in Through a grant funded by the Arkansas Arkansas, visits to the parks were extremely Humanities Council, Arkansas Council on limited. It was time to consider another Economic Education offered Economics: A Walk alternative. I also develop curricula on in the Park in partnership with the center and entrepreneurship for K-12 educators with a focus Arkansas State Parks. Replacing an actual on Arkansas entrepreneurs. As a native Arkansan, I Arkansas State Park visit was a pretty big believe the diverse natural beauty of Arkansas is challenge. I realized that something virtual yet an asset of which we should be proud. A term that engaging was needed. As economic educators, we is often overlooked but that can bring great value always consider the incentives for our to large organizations is intrapreneurship — participants. Creating something that helps them where an employee acts like an entrepreneur to be more effective teachers is always a win. I within an organization. Due to the pandemic I also realized that I had some students who were decided to do as entrepreneurs do and assess my unemployed and waiting for six weeks to begin

continued on page 16 14 15 Hugh Manatee’s Corner Draw a line to connect the fun fact to the correct president! Mt. Magazine State Park The president who officially gave the George Washington White House its name. April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797

He was the tallest president. Henry Harrison March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 Only president who studied to become a medical doctor. Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841

continued on page 16 14 15 their internship program. I reached out to four of Students in grades four to high school were asked these students to see if they wanted to expand to learn about the parks using the Timeline for their resumes since I had no funding to support history and pictures of the parks and Google Earth their efforts. Blake Carter, Elizabeth Fletcher, Joey which provides a geographic dimension. Students’ Snow, and Anastasia Young were game! And I was park research was captured using One-Pagers confident they had better technology learning which provided creative outlets for the summary skills than I do! Their help teaching the program of student learning. A video describing the origins was an asset to teachers and to me. of Arkansas State Parks and the funding issues over time showed the value of the A75 Conservation As we discussed goals of the project and explored Sales Tax passed in 1996 for the maintenance and different digital platforms the ideas began to take upkeep of the Arkansas State Parks. The Arkansas shape. All four students were history majors so Game and Fish Commission, Keep Arkansas learning about Arkansas State Parks and creating Beautiful, and the Department of Arkansas activities their future students could use to explore Heritage — all treasures to the state — were the parks was a great fit for their own professional included in the funding. development. I believe the end result speaks for itself! Parks and Tourism in the Natural State: An To initiate the project, students learn about the Economic Driver. https://sites.google.com/ diverse natural resources found in each of the 52 view/arkansashistorypd/home Arkansas State Parks. These parks cover almost 55,000 acres; access 27 lakes and 18 rivers; The project began by teaching the history of and through 435 trails for people, bikes, or animals. Cossatot River State Park goals of Arkansas State Parks. This was done They learn about the capital resources or facilities through the development of an Arkansas State that help 8 million visitors access the parks and Parks Timeline using the Tiki Toki program. the activities and education embedded within them. These facilities include the parks, cabins, With this understanding, a project is included lodges, marinas, gift shops, museums, national where students are challenged to create a park historic landmarks, and more. Students learn to attract Generation Z to a fictitious newly Petit Jean State Park about the 600 full-time and 800 seasonal created park. Students were allotted a limited workers or human capital who provide the budget, natural resources, and income various services needed to run the parks and generating activities. As you might imagine, in their programs. The educators welcomed the the fictitious parks technology often interfaced opportunity to introduce students to an with the natural world to create new ways to additional career path for those interested in learn about Arkansas’ history, culture and history, nature or culture. In 2018 the 8 million nature. Student created parks included new visitors to the Arkansas State Parks resulted in camping facilities that hang or float. Concerts $7.37 billion in expenditures, $408 million in conducted on floating platforms in lakes state taxes, and $161 million in local taxes, provided musical or theatrical entertainment. resulting in 1 billion dollars of economic Selfie station points were a high priority. impact. Charging stations and new apps such as bird A video produced by the Arkansas State Parks call identification were included. The ideas was used to describe the founding of the were fun and thought provoking. And some Arkansas State Parks and their goals of: were possibilities for engaging tomorrow’s leaders. 1. providing quality recreational and educational opportunities; Teachers participating in the professional 2. preserving natural, historical and development received Natural Numbers: An cultural resources; Arkansas Numbers Book written by Michael 3. enhancing the economy; Shoulders. Activities were included for 4. leading in resource conservation; and teachers to use when reading the book. 5. honoring tradition and seeking Gaming activities, such as Mystery Parks, innovation. introduced learners to the Arkansas Parks system while a Quizizz game determines who

continued on page 18 16 17 their internship program. I reached out to four of Students in grades four to high school were asked these students to see if they wanted to expand to learn about the parks using the Timeline for their resumes since I had no funding to support history and pictures of the parks and Google Earth their efforts. Blake Carter, Elizabeth Fletcher, Joey which provides a geographic dimension. Students’ Snow, and Anastasia Young were game! And I was park research was captured using One-Pagers confident they had better technology learning which provided creative outlets for the summary skills than I do! Their help teaching the program of student learning. A video describing the origins was an asset to teachers and to me. of Arkansas State Parks and the funding issues over time showed the value of the A75 Conservation As we discussed goals of the project and explored Sales Tax passed in 1996 for the maintenance and different digital platforms the ideas began to take upkeep of the Arkansas State Parks. The Arkansas shape. All four students were history majors so Game and Fish Commission, Keep Arkansas learning about Arkansas State Parks and creating Beautiful, and the Department of Arkansas activities their future students could use to explore Heritage — all treasures to the state — were the parks was a great fit for their own professional included in the funding. development. I believe the end result speaks for itself! Parks and Tourism in the Natural State: An To initiate the project, students learn about the Economic Driver. https://sites.google.com/ diverse natural resources found in each of the 52 view/arkansashistorypd/home Arkansas State Parks. These parks cover almost 55,000 acres; access 27 lakes and 18 rivers; The project began by teaching the history of and through 435 trails for people, bikes, or animals. Cossatot River State Park goals of Arkansas State Parks. This was done They learn about the capital resources or facilities through the development of an Arkansas State that help 8 million visitors access the parks and Parks Timeline using the Tiki Toki program. the activities and education embedded within them. These facilities include the parks, cabins, With this understanding, a project is included lodges, marinas, gift shops, museums, national where students are challenged to create a park historic landmarks, and more. Students learn to attract Generation Z to a fictitious newly Petit Jean State Park about the 600 full-time and 800 seasonal created park. Students were allotted a limited workers or human capital who provide the budget, natural resources, and income various services needed to run the parks and generating activities. As you might imagine, in their programs. The educators welcomed the the fictitious parks technology often interfaced opportunity to introduce students to an with the natural world to create new ways to additional career path for those interested in learn about Arkansas’ history, culture and history, nature or culture. In 2018 the 8 million nature. Student created parks included new visitors to the Arkansas State Parks resulted in camping facilities that hang or float. Concerts $7.37 billion in expenditures, $408 million in conducted on floating platforms in lakes state taxes, and $161 million in local taxes, provided musical or theatrical entertainment. resulting in 1 billion dollars of economic Selfie station points were a high priority. impact. Charging stations and new apps such as bird A video produced by the Arkansas State Parks call identification were included. The ideas was used to describe the founding of the were fun and thought provoking. And some Arkansas State Parks and their goals of: were possibilities for engaging tomorrow’s leaders. 1. providing quality recreational and educational opportunities; Teachers participating in the professional 2. preserving natural, historical and development received Natural Numbers: An cultural resources; Arkansas Numbers Book written by Michael 3. enhancing the economy; Shoulders. Activities were included for 4. leading in resource conservation; and teachers to use when reading the book. 5. honoring tradition and seeking Gaming activities, such as Mystery Parks, innovation. introduced learners to the Arkansas Parks system while a Quizizz game determines who

continued on page 18 16 17 learned the most during the study in a competitive goal that this project will be used for years to and engaging way. come by Arkansas history teachers for virtual and In Memory of Ramona J. Roe in class activities. The Arkansas Humanities Jama Best, Executive Director While my college students were researching for Council offers numerous grant opportunities for project development purposes, many great educators including the Arkansas State Park Field The Arkansas Humanities Council wishes to extend our heartfelt condolences to educational resources were found to facilitate Trip Grant and the R.E.A.C.H. Grant to support Mrs. Wanda Roe of Pea Ridge, Arkansas and her family in the passing of Ramona J. research and showcase ways to engage with the visits to the parks and projects teaching Arkansas Roe. curriculum. A lengthy list of resources is provided history. It is my hope that we can develop further in the Quick Links section of the web portal so programs to introduce more educators to the Throughout Wanda’s service to the AHC board as a Governor’s Appointee, Ramona teachers can create and assign a variety of resources we discovered. A state-wide (daughter) often joined us for receptions, dinners, and retreats. Board and staff all projects to students. These included links to the competition for classes on creating a new park for enjoyed visiting with Mrs. Roe and Ramona, often hurriedly trying to get a seat at Arkansas Humanities Council and their Arkansas Generation Z would be a great engagement their table as to not miss out on a good story. You could expect great stories that State Park Field Trip Grant for teachers, Arkansas opportunity! included topics about Arkansas history — Elwin “Preacher” Roe, Major League Tourism videos and Channels, Natural State Baseball player (1938 – 1954) and husband to Wanda, Arkansas law, and so much more. We all have many fond memories of those times. Entrepreneurs curriculum, Arkansas Parks Digital This project is supported by a grant from the Discovery, and additional economic education Arkansas Humanities Countil and National resources. Each park interpreter at the six parks Endowment for the Humanities. On April 2, 2020, Ramona passed away leaving behind a lasting legacy. Ramona virtually visited developed new videos or received her Juris Doctorate from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law activities to share with the teachers and students. (formerly UALR Law School) in 1976. She went on to serve as associate editor of Examples include videos of a historic blacksmith’s the UA Little Rock Law Review (”The Review”). Her professional roles were many. She practiced law in Rogers and Little Rock, served as Lowell City Attorney, and job at Historic Washington State Park, forest Crater of Diamonds State Park ecosystems and a tree leaf maze at Hobbs State taught English at the college level. She was working at the Bureau of Legislative Park and Conservation Area, Travel Through Time Research at the time of her retirement. on boats at the Lake Dardanelle State Park, Native American stories at Toltec Mounds Archeological Ramona had a passion for Arkansas history, politics, law, and education. In honor State Park, videos on the Louisiana Purchase and of Ramona’s memory, Mrs. Roe established the Ramona J. Roe Memorial Mississippi River State Park, and an interpretive Humanities Scholar Fund in the amount of $10,000. The fund will provide film from Jacksonport State Park. These are honoraria to humanities scholars through a speaker’s series sponsored by the included on the website for future use by Arkansas Humanities Council on various topics pertaining to American and teachers. Arkansas history, law, the United State Constitution, and/or similar subjects.

My four students learned so much about the We are grateful to Mrs. Roe for the generous gift in memory of her daughter technologies they selected and used that they Ramona and will honor her life and legacy through the Ramona J. Roe Memorial developed Tech How-To Videos. Educators can Humanities Scholar Fund. learn from them or even have their students use the videos to facilitate new technology development projects. https://sites.google.com/view/arkansashistorypd/te ch-how-to-videos

In the end, the development team learned a great deal and left a trail of resources to be used throughout the state. Two hundred and twenty teachers participated in the program resulting in 660 hours of professional development. It occurred to me that I was one of few who learned so much new material about the Arkansas State Parks since each program was different. It is our

18 19 learned the most during the study in a competitive goal that this project will be used for years to and engaging way. come by Arkansas history teachers for virtual and In Memory of Ramona J. Roe in class activities. The Arkansas Humanities Jama Best, Executive Director While my college students were researching for Council offers numerous grant opportunities for project development purposes, many great educators including the Arkansas State Park Field The Arkansas Humanities Council wishes to extend our heartfelt condolences to educational resources were found to facilitate Trip Grant and the R.E.A.C.H. Grant to support Mrs. Wanda Roe of Pea Ridge, Arkansas and her family in the passing of Ramona J. research and showcase ways to engage with the visits to the parks and projects teaching Arkansas Roe. curriculum. A lengthy list of resources is provided history. It is my hope that we can develop further in the Quick Links section of the web portal so programs to introduce more educators to the Throughout Wanda’s service to the AHC board as a Governor’s Appointee, Ramona teachers can create and assign a variety of resources we discovered. A state-wide (daughter) often joined us for receptions, dinners, and retreats. Board and staff all projects to students. These included links to the competition for classes on creating a new park for enjoyed visiting with Mrs. Roe and Ramona, often hurriedly trying to get a seat at Arkansas Humanities Council and their Arkansas Generation Z would be a great engagement their table as to not miss out on a good story. You could expect great stories that State Park Field Trip Grant for teachers, Arkansas opportunity! included topics about Arkansas history — Elwin “Preacher” Roe, Major League Tourism videos and Channels, Natural State Baseball player (1938 – 1954) and husband to Wanda, Arkansas law, and so much more. We all have many fond memories of those times. Entrepreneurs curriculum, Arkansas Parks Digital This project is supported by a grant from the Discovery, and additional economic education Arkansas Humanities Countil and National resources. Each park interpreter at the six parks Endowment for the Humanities. On April 2, 2020, Ramona passed away leaving behind a lasting legacy. Ramona virtually visited developed new videos or received her Juris Doctorate from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law activities to share with the teachers and students. (formerly UALR Law School) in 1976. She went on to serve as associate editor of Examples include videos of a historic blacksmith’s the UA Little Rock Law Review (”The Review”). Her professional roles were many. She practiced law in Rogers and Little Rock, served as Lowell City Attorney, and job at Historic Washington State Park, forest Crater of Diamonds State Park ecosystems and a tree leaf maze at Hobbs State taught English at the college level. She was working at the Bureau of Legislative Park and Conservation Area, Travel Through Time Research at the time of her retirement. on boats at the Lake Dardanelle State Park, Native American stories at Toltec Mounds Archeological Ramona had a passion for Arkansas history, politics, law, and education. In honor State Park, videos on the Louisiana Purchase and of Ramona’s memory, Mrs. Roe established the Ramona J. Roe Memorial Mississippi River State Park, and an interpretive Humanities Scholar Fund in the amount of $10,000. The fund will provide film from Jacksonport State Park. These are honoraria to humanities scholars through a speaker’s series sponsored by the included on the website for future use by Arkansas Humanities Council on various topics pertaining to American and teachers. Arkansas history, law, the United State Constitution, and/or similar subjects.

18 19 CARES Act Grant CARES Act Grants May 2020

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, These organizations have experienced numerous Arkansas Arts Center Foundation (Little Rock) City of Altus (Altus) and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by hardships such as temporary or limited closure, Project Director: Devin Hancock Project Director: Veronica Post the U. S. Congress and signed into law by furloughed or laid off employees, loss of Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses President Donald J. Trump. The National significant revenue, delayed or cancelled $15,000 $4,100 Endowment for the Humanities received $75 programming or events, disruptions in utilities due million in supplemental funding with $30 million to loss of funding stream, internet cancellation, Arkansas Council on Economic Education City of Berryville/Saunders Memorial Museum provided to state and jurisdictional councils to and/or other similar hardship. (Little Rock) (Berryville) assist cultural institutions affected by COVID-19. Project Director: Ginsie Higgs Project Director: Linda Riddlesperger The amount of loss is significant. The total amount Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses This emergency funding was available to support of losses reported by CARES Act grant recipients is $11,853 $15,000 at-risk humanities positions and projects at $3,077,819. Arkansas School for the Deaf (Little Rock) Cross County Historical Society (Wynne) museums, libraries and archives, historic sites, Project Director: Kevin Lentz Project Director: Frankie Sullivan historical societies, colleges and universities, and The Arkansas Humanities Council approved a Category: General Operating Expenses Category: Humanities Project/General Operating other cultural nonprofits that have been impacted total of 54 CARES Act Grants totaling $471,767. $13,661 Expenses by the coronavirus. Arkansas Tech University (Russellville) $5,000 Project Director: James Peck El Dorado Festivals and Events, Inc. (El Dorado) Category: Humanities Project Project Director: Gay Bechtelheimer $4,500 Category: Humanities Project Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas $10,772 Funds were awarded in one or more of the following: (Pine Bluff) Eureka Springs Historical Museum Project Director: Chaney Jewell (Eureka Springs) • General operating support including costs associated with salaries, utilities, internet Category: General Operating Expenses Project Director: Dawn Ward service, technology assistance, rent or lease payments. $15,000 Category: General Operating Expenses Boone County Historical & Railroad Society $15,000 • Programming including webinars, online conferences and workshops, virtual museum (Harrison) Faulkner County Museum (Conway) tours and exhibits, educational and interpretive videos, self-paced online Project Director: Toinette Madison Project Director: Lynita Langley-Ware humanities-based courses, and/or website enhancement for promotion of educational Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses humanities learning. $15,000 $4,952 • Professional development in the areas of museum practices and standards, archival Boone County Library (Harrison) Fayetteville Public Library (Fayetteville) training, interpretation, and collections management. Project Director: Ginger Schoenenberger Project Director: Ashlyn Gagnon Category: Humanities Project Category: General Operating Expenses • Language access for all eligible activities including translation into Spanish, American $8,764 $10,577 Sign Language or other languages. Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks, Inc. Fort Smith Heritage Foundation (Fort Smith) (Fayetteville) Project Director: Mila Masur • Enhancements in accessibility of services and programs including captioning, creation of Project Director: Charlotte Taylor Category: General Operating Expenses accessible documents, or improving accessibility of website. Category: General Operating Expenses $5,300 $15,000 Fort Smith Museum of History (Fort Smith) • Fees to humanities scholars and other individuals participating in humanities Brandon House (Little Rock) Project Director: Helen Speir programming. Project Director: Pamela Bax Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses $15,000 $14,205 Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (Fort Smith) Calico Rock Community Foundation, Inc. Project Director: Julie Moncrief (Calico Rock) Category: General Operating Expenses Project Director: Steven Mitchell $9,725 Category: General Operating Expenses continued on page 22 $15,000 20 21 CARES Act Grant CARES Act Grants May 2020

Friends of the Malvern-Hot Spring County Library Ouachita County Historical Society (Camden) Sultana Historical Preservation Society University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center (Malvern) Project Director: Kathy Boyette Project Director: Kay Brockwell for Arkansas History and Culture Project Director: Barry Honold Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses Project Director: Deborah Baldwin Category: General Operating Expenses $15,000 $7,150 Category: Humanities Project $1,000 Ozark Arts Council United Methodist Museum $14,950 Gann Museum of Saline County (Benton) Project Director: Julianna Hamblin Project Director: Shakeelah Rahmaan University of Arkansas Clinton School Project Director: Lindsay Jordan Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses of Public Service Category: General Operating Expenses $15,000 $5,590 Project Director: Nikolai DiPippa $3,468 People Helping Others Excel By Example University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Category: General Operating Expenses Garland County Historical Society (Hot Springs) Project Director: Cheryl Batts Project Director: Laurence Alexander $8,000 Project Director: Elizabeth Robbins Category: General Operating Expenses Category: Humanities Project Category: General Operating Expenses $5,714 $7,400 $14,932 Philander Smith College Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas Project Director: Carmen Parks CARES Act Grants August 2020 (Springdale) Category: General Operating Expenses Project Director: Margarita Solorzano $7,500 Arkansas Council on Economic Education Manila Depot Committee (Manila) (Little Rock) Project Director: Donna Jackson Category: General Operating Expenses Preserve Arkansas Project Director: Ginsie Higgs Category: General Operating Expenses $10,800 Project Director: Rachel Patton Category: General Operating Expenses $500 Just Communities of Arkansas (Little Rock) Category: General Operating Expenses $500 Project Director: Donald Wood $13,876 Old Independence Regional Museum (Batesville) Arkansas Museums Association (Little Rock) Project Director: Alan Bufford Category: General Operating Expenses Pulaski County Historical Society Project Director: Angela Albright Category: General Operating Expenses $10,500 Shannon Lausch Category: General Operating Expenses $809 MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History Category: General Operating Expenses $1,000 (Little Rock) $4,500 Preserve Arkansas (Little Rock) Brandon House (Little Rock) Project Director: Rachel Patton Project Director: Stephan McAteer Quapaw Quarter Association Project Director: Pamela Bax Category: Humanities Project Category: Humanities Project Patricia Blick Category: General Operating Expenses $500 $14,988 Category: General Operating Expenses $500 Manila Depot Committee (Manila) $14,415 Shiloh Museum of Ozark History (Springdale) Calico Rock Community Foundation, Inc. Project Director: Kimberly Hosey Project Director: Donna Jackson Randolph County Heritage Museum/Five Rivers (Calico Rock) Category: Humanities Project Category: General Operating Expenses Historic Preservation Inc Project Director: Steven Mitchell $500 $4,394 Project Director: Rodney Harris Category: General Operating Expenses Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (Little Rock) Category: General Operating Expenses University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for $850 Project Director: Jaimie Wright $10,000 Arkansas History and Clinton House Museum (Fayetteville) Culture (Little Rock) Category: Humanities Project Rector Community Museum, Inc Project Director: Angela Albright Project Director: Deborah Baldwin $8,000 Project Director: Joey Pruett Category: General Operating Expenses Category: Humanities Project Museum of Discovery (Little Rock) Category: General Operating Expenses $500 $500 Project Director: Catherine Bays $2,000 Colt Community Development (Colt) Walnut Ridge Army Flying School Museum, Inc. Category: General Operating Expenses Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Project Director: Ann Meals (Walnut Ridge) $15,000 Project Director: Allyn Lord Category: General Operating Expenses Project Director: Billy H. Johnson Old Independence Regional Museum (Batesville) Category: Humanities Project $807 Category: General Operating Expenses Project Director: Alan Bufford $6,330 Dallas County (Fordyce) $750 Category: General Operating Expenses South Arkansas Historical Society, Inc. Project Director: Sandra Parham Turner $8,262 Project Director: Aubra Anthony, Jr. Category: General Operating Expenses Category: General Operating Expenses $750 $13,000 22 23 CARES Act Grants May 2020 continued

From Shotgun to Historic Preservation: An The Record 2020 Printing Competence in the Humanities Architectural Study of John H. Johnson Museum Organization: Garland County Historical Society Organization: Alex Foundation Project Director: Elizabeth Robbins (R.E.A.C.H.) Grants Project Director: Angela Courtney Award: $1,397 Remember the Classics will examine the history of the peanut and George Award: $1,472 Project participants will publish The Record 2020, Organization: Cleveland County School District Washington Carver’s contribution to humanity. Alex Foundation will use a digital platform to an approximately 180-page yearly journal with Project Director: Bonnie Rogers introduce 7th grade youth to the architectural articles that explore the people, places, and events Award: $ 2,385 Storytelling: Tales of America history of the former boyhood "shotgun" home of that have shaped local heritage. The journal is a Through reading, research and literacy themed Organization: Fayetteville Public Middle School John H. Johnson repurposed into a historical major part of the historical society’s mission to activities students will develop lasting connections GT Program; McNair Middle School museum and educational center. educate the public about the history of Garland with the classics. Books selected for the project Project Director: Jane Keen County. include classics from different time periods, Award: $ 2,937 Student-Led Mini-Museum Exhibition including the Great Depression and World War II. The project team will create a storytelling unit Organization: Black River Technical College Fourth Annual Reimagining Faith & Public Life with the goal of instilling the importance of Project Director: Rhonda Stone Organization: John Brown University Exploring Humanity in Middle Level Gifted sharing stories as a method of preserving culture, Award: $934 Project Director: Amanda Sorensen Education/National Council for Social Studies recording human experience, and expressing Award: $2,000 History Professor Dr. Dianna Fraley, created this Virtual Conference creativity in many forms. From examining iconic student-led museum project where students will Reimaging Faith & Public Life was designed to Organization: Fayetteville Public Middle School photographs to analyzing ballads and historical take an independent approach in creating an model civic discourse that is rooted in historical GT Program; Owl Creek School objects, students will be immersed in tales of the artifact exhibit to learn the historical relevance and social science research. This year’s theme, Project Director: Lindsey Drain past. and associated cultural implications of said “Seeing Politics Beyond 2020,” will be addressed Award: $1,008 artifact, while also gaining an understanding of the by guest panelists Justin Giboney (attorney and skill sets and processes required to create a political strategist) and Kaitlyn Schiess (political Organization: Fayetteville Public Middle School museum exhibition. scientist and theologian). Drs. Daniel Bennett and GT Program; Holt Middle School Trisha Posey of JBU will lead the event. Project Director: Tracie Slattery Preserving Our Newspapers for Future Award: $1,008 KEY TO HUGH MANATEE’S CORNER Generations Student Showcases: Arkansan Native American This project involves collegial collaboration and Organization: Carroll County Historical and History & Arkansan Black History 1. One of his favorite foods was ice cream. (George professional training in developing a humanities Genealogical Society Organization: UA Little Rock-Children Washington, April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797) curriculum thread for 5th/ 6th grade gifted Project Director: Starlene Lee International students in the Fayetteville Public Schools during 2. He was the tallest president. (Abraham Lincoln, Award: $2,000 Project Director: Mya Aung the 2020-2021 school year. During the fall March 4, 1861 – April 14, 1865) Award: $2,000 During this digitization project, 15,000 images semester, four FPS middle school GT teachers will from Carroll County Historical and Genealogical The proposed project uses interactive history 3. The president who officially gave the White House its plan and enrich spring semester curriculum name. (Theodore Roosevelt, September 14, 1901 – Society’s archival newspaper collection will be lessons to enrich 120 1st-5th graders at Bale and studies with an emphasis on our humanity in March 4, 1909) scanned, cataloged, and made available to the Stephens elementary Children International society. Attendance at the NCSS conference will public. after-school enrichment programs. It ends in a greatly assist teachers in discovering new 4. First left-handed president. (James Garfield, March 4, showcase where students present all their resources, materials, and organization contacts to 1881 – September 19, 1881) humanities projects, with art exhibits and live enrich a study of 16 families in different nations 5. Only president who studied to become a medical performances with a virtual option, for their loved around the world, comparing their material Want to receive a copy of doctor. (Henry Harrison, March 4, 1841 – April 4, ones. wealth, food, economics, and geography. Teachers Connect in your inbox? 1841) anticipate rich class discussions on ethics, history, Just send us an email at and cultural norms and perspectives. Curriculum 6. First president to be born in the United States. His [email protected] studies will also look at fair trade, economic parents were originally from the Netherlands and inequities, and sustainability practices in the moved to Kinderhook, New York. (Martin Van Buren, March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) world’s production of coffee and chocolate and

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