A Sense of Place: Architecture, Culture, and History in the Arkansas Delta

FAIN: BH-293656-23

Alex Foundation (Dermott, AR 71638-9105)
Angela Courtney (Project Director: January 2023 to present)
Mario Hoof (Co Project Director: May 2023 to present)

Two one-week residential programs for 60 K-12 educators on local architecture and history in the Arkansas Delta.

A Sense of Place: Architecture, Culture and History in the Arkansas Delta is an Alex Foundation proposed six-day two-week residential workshop. This proposed new workshop would bring together 60, 6-12 grade teachers from across the United States to learn about the important contributions and characteristics of the Arkansas Delta with architecture as a focus. This National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Landmarks of American History and Culture program would engage participants in learning about relevant Arkansas Delta landmarks and buildings of historical and cultural significance, from internment prison camps, cotton gins/commercial buildings, shotgun homes, mounds, paranormal homes and plantation homes to the African American, Asian American, Italian American, Native American, and Scottish American heritage that influence these places.