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The Alex Foundation, in collaboration with the J. Austin White Cultural Center, hosted their annual Architecture + Design Summer Camp from July 26th to 30th in the center in Eudora. The free camp offered a design program for 12-14 year olds.
The youth had design workshops with educators and architects, toured historical sites and carried out projects, according to a press release from Angela Courtney, Executive Director of the Alex Foundation.
Campers were introduced to “No Small Plans,” a graphic novel that tracks teenagers’ neighborhood adventures in Chicago’s past, present, and future as they wrestle to shape the city they want, need, and deserve.
After discussing the book, the youngsters were introduced to a design challenge to construct their future City of Eudora models and to present their designs on the last day of the summer camp.
Eudora Mayor Tomeka Butler and Police Chief Carl McCree were available as jurors for the Design Challenge. The first place winners were Elijah Stanton and Dana Solorio. Elijah’s design was an industrial park. Dana’s design was a pop-up park.
The runner-up was Jer’Don Hunt. Jer’Don’s design was a spike trap to help police catch criminals. Eric Mondragon came in third. Eric’s design was a soccer field.
First place received $ 50, second place $ 25, and third place $ 15. According to the press release, the designs were selected according to their creativity, originality, benefit to citizens, knowledge and presentation.
In the digital design category, Jaiden Washington won first place and received $ 50 for most achievements. Elijah Stanton won second place for $ 25 for most skills.
Architect Nakita Reed worked with students and assessed the digital designs. Reed is an award-winning architect with experience in the preservation, restoration and adaptive use of historic buildings, with a focus on sustainable strategies in design and construction, according to the release.
Other activities during the week included building a house shelf and painting designs on canvas.
Two Alex Foundation summer interns – Kathy Mondragon from Lake Village and Janett Solorio from Eudora – worked with the campers throughout the program.
Mondragon and Solorio are 2021 Lakeside School District graduates beginning their respective college educations in STEM. Janett majored in biology and Kathy is a nurse.
Educators Stacey and Ron McAdoo were also presenters. Stacey McAdoo is the Arkansas state founding director for Teach Plus and the Arkansas Teacher of the Year 2019.
Teenagers took two historic tours of Lake Village: New Hope Baptist Church – the oldest black church in Arkansas – and the Lakeport Plantation Museum. During the museum, young people had the opportunity to fly drones.
During part of the camp, students engaged in a pressure, weight, and strength technical activity using a metal weight.
James Canatella of Lake Village and Mike Caulfield of Greenville, both from WL Burle Engineers of Greenville, PA, gave a presentation on civil engineering.
Campers also had a glimpse into the science, technology, engineering, and math worlds related to white collar crime and cybercrime in a presentation with Ray Montague – a full professor of criminal justice and executive director of online learning and faculty mentoring at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.
Montague is also the son of the late Raye Montague, Arkansas “https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/aug/30/youth-learn-architecture-design/” Hidden Figure “and marine engineer.
The Architecture + Design Camp was the last of three summer camps run by the Alex Foundation and its partners, all of which were free of charge for the participants due to the generosity of the supporters.
The Alex Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2010 to provide students with learning experiences in architecture, design, and the built environment. Details: www.alex-foundation.org.
The J. Austin White Cultural Center is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization providing music, arts, theater, and other activities for youth in southeast Arkansas.
Janett Solorio, intern at the Alex Foundation from Eudora (back center), Camper Ka? Tiyah Young (left) from Eudora and intern Kathy Mondragon (right) from Lake Village added the finishing touches to Ka? Tiyah’s wall-mounted house shelf. (Especially for advertising)
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