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The Arkansas Humanities Council believes that everyone can benefit from study of the humanities under the guidance of humanities scholars. We provide financial support for well-planned humanities projects that bring Arkansans of all walks of life together with humanities scholars to learn about the humanities.
A few examples of appropriate project formats are community history projects that involve local citizens, reading/discussion groups for public library patrons, workshops on foreign languages and cultures for school teachers, and museum exhibits on topics in Arkansas prehistory or history. There are many others.
Our basic aim is to reach as many people as possible who do not normally encounter the humanities in their professions or in study at the college or university level. The council encourages the development of imaginative projects that are suited to particular audiences.
Grants Awarded from June through October 2009
for Humanities Projects:
Cemetery Documentation and Preservation Minigrants
Cemetery Documentation of Section II. Sponsor: Forrest City Cemetery Association. Project Director: Essie Hicks. Award: $1,000.
Documentation of Helms Cemetery-Phase I. Sponsor: Buffaloes’ Foundation, Inc., Arkadelphia. Project Director: Leroy Brownlee. Award: $1,000.
Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation. Sponsor: Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Association, Solgohachia. Project Director: Rita Galloway. Award: $1,000.
Preserving and Restoring Anderson Cemetery. Sponsor: Anderson Cemetery Group, Emerson. Project Director: Oree Johnson. Award: $1,000.
Preserving and Restoring West Cemetery. Sponsor: West Cemetery, Magnolia. Project Director: Naomi Shepherd. Award: $977.
Research of Afro-American Cemetery. Sponsor: Cobblestone Society, Harrison. Project Director: Sandy Lair. Award: $1,000.
Restoration of Forrest City Cemetery Association. Sponsor: Forrest City Cemetery Association, Forrest City. Project Director: Essie Hicks. Award: $1,000.
South Carolina Cemetery Preservation. Sponsor: Nevada African American Genealogy Society, Fordyce. Project Director: Darell White. Award: $1,000.
Education Minigrants
Bradley Elementary School. Project Director: Jane O-Dell. Award: $2,992.
Brookland Public Schools – Brookland Elementary School. Project Director: Angie Shipman. Award: $2,969.
Cabot Middle School South, Lonoke County. Project Director: Edward Meharg. Award: $2,985.
Conway Public Schools - Bob Courtway Middle School, Faulkner County. Project Director: Erma McDonald. Award: $725.
Carl Stuart Middle School, Faulkner County. Project Director: Sherry Tipps-Holder. Award: $2,989.
Crawford Elementary School. Project Director: Diane Holtz. Award: $2,991.
Grace Hill Elementary School. Project Director: Anne Saullo. Award: $2,830.
Harrison School District - Eagle Heights Elementary, Harrison. Project Director: Barbara Halsted and Anne Sargent. Award: $1,119.
Kingsland Elementary School, Cleveland County. Project Director: Danny Durey. Award: $3,000.
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Project Director: Quantia Fletcher. Award: $3,000.
Ozark Junior High School. Project Director: Cherese Smith. Award: $3,000.
Retta Brown Academy of Communication and Technology. Project Director: Paula Cathey. Award: $1,536.
Seventh Street Elementary School. Project Director: Judy Timmerman. Award: $788.
Sheridan Intermediate School, Grant County. Project Director: Jennifer Newton. Award: $2,998.
Sloan Hendrix Elementary School. Project Director: Deanna Adams. Award: $2,932.
Sloan Hendrix Elementary School. Project Director: Deanna Adams. Award: $1,225.
Yellville-Summit Elementary School. Project Director: Randi Connior. Award: $2,441.
Picturing America Education Minigrant
Yellville-Summit Elementary School. Project Director: Joe Connior. Award: $2,247.
Planning and Public Program Minigrants
Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl. Sponsor: Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl Association. Project Director: Frank Bateman. Award: $1,500.
Beta Pi Omega - An Oral History: 75 Years of Service to the State of Arkansas. Sponsor: Beta Pi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Little Rock. Project Director: Estella Morris. Award: $1,000.
Civil War Helena. Sponsor: Helena-West Helena Advertising and Promotion Commission. Project Director: Cathy Cunningham. Award: $1,500.
In the Shadow of the Gallows. Sponsor: Fort Smith Museum of History. Project Director: Leisa Gramlich. Award: $1,412.
Peace and Reconciliation in the Middle East - Israel and Palestine - Where Do We Go From Here? Sponsor: Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice. Project Director: John Coffin. Award: $1,400.
Potts Inn Historical Preservation. Sponsor: Pope County Historical Foundation, Pottsville. Project Director: Pam Scarber. Award: $1,000.
The Fog of New Media: Is There a GPS? Sponsor: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Project Director: Bret Schulte. Award: $1,500.
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