Collaborative Exhibit Celebrates Mufflin W. Gibbs
- Ongoing: until Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Monday: 9:00am
- Tuesday: 9:00am
- Wednesday: 9:00am
- Thursday: 9:00am
- Friday: 9:00am
- Saturday: 9:00am
- Where: The Arkansas Studies Institute Mezzanine Gallery, Rivermarket center, Little Rock, AR
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
Collaborative Exhibit Celebrates Mufflin W. Gibbs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Feb. 11, 2010) - The Arkansas Studies Institute
Mezzanine Gallery is opening the exhibit "Local History Goes To
School: Traveling the World with Mufflin W. Gibbs," from 5 to 8
p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Institute's Rivermarket center.
The exhibit is a collaboration among the teachers, students, and
parents of Gibbs Magnet School of International Studies and
Foreign Languages, in partnership with Kristin Mann, a UALR
assistant professor of history, and the Butler Center for Arkansas
Studies. The project was funded in part by the Arkansas Humanities
Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In "Local History Goes to School," student-created text and
artwork narrate the life and travels of Judge Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
(1823-1925), an important figure in Arkansas and United States
history and the namesake of the Little Rock School District
elementary magnet school.
As a result of this project, teachers, students, and parents have
gained an understanding of the legacy of their school's namesake,
as well as an appreciation for the differences between past and
present-day life in the community.
The exhibit is free and open to the public, 9-6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, For more information contact Mann at
kdmann@ualr.edu.
This event was posted Feb. 14, 2010 and last updated Feb. 17, 2010
