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Cooler weather means it’s a great time to get students outside for a field trip to one of Arkansas’s 53 state parks!

HumanitiesAR’s Arkansas State Parks Field Trip Grant can support students learning about Arkansas’s history, people, places, and stories while exploring the state with an Arkansas State Park interpreter led field trip.

Grant funds may be used for expenses associated with bus(es), driver fees, and substitute teachers. All teachers need to do is contact a state park to schedule your visit, then go to humanitiesar.org and apply!

The REACH Grant provides up to $1,000 to help Arkansas's public school teachers bring humanities-based learning to life in pre-K-12 classrooms.

Funding can support:

🏛 Humanities-based classroom projects in subjects like history, English language arts, literacy, social studies, ethics, language studies, anthropology, and archeology

📚 Classroom books, writing utensils, educational software, and other supplies

🎓 In-state or virtual professional development, including conferences, workshops, seminars, and webinars

Applications are due on the 1st of each month, except December. A principal signature is required, and applicants must teach at an Arkansas public school.

Have an idea for your classroom? Learn more and apply at humanitiesar.org → Grants → Apply for a Grant.

Explore the latest iteration of Teachers' Lounge and discover what's available for Arkansas teachers. Find information on grants, classroom resources, field trip opportunities, professional development, and humanities-based programs.

Whether you're planning for the school year, looking for funding, or searching for how to bring the humanities into your classroom, Teachers' Lounge is a great place to start.

Check it out here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/99b1a718f7.html

HumanitiesAR offers several grant opportunities designed to help teachers bring meaningful learning experiences to their students.

Looking for funding? See our available grants:

🎒 REACH Grant — Support for humanities-based classroom projects, professional development, and classroom supplies.

🌳 Arkansas State Parks Field Trip Grant — Support for educational field trips to 1 of the 53 Arkansas State Parks.

🏛️ Helen T. Leigh Museum Field Trip Grant — Support for school visits to the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.

Whether you're planning a classroom project, professional development opportunity, or educational field trip, there may be funding available to help.

🔗 Explore grants and apply:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=arhc

Have an idea for a humanities-based project that for your students? The REACH Grant can help make it happen!

Designed to support PreK–12 teachers, the REACH Grant can help bring humanities-based classroom projects to life—creating opportunities for students to explore history, literature, philosophy, culture, and the stories that connect us.

💡 Have a project idea? Turn your classroom into a place for discovery, discussion, and deeper learning.

🔗 Learn more & apply:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=arhc

Give your students the opportunity to explore Arkansas through hands-on learning at one of the state’s 53 state parks.

The Arkansas State Parks Field Trip Grant helps support educational field trips featuring programs led by Arkansas State Park interpreters state parks offer students a chance to learn by experiencing Arkansas firsthand.

Contact your chosen state park to schedule an interpreter-led program, then apply for grant funding to help make your trip possible.

Learn more & apply:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=arhc

🎶 Missed our final Harmonizing in Arkansas program? You can now watch it anytime on the HumanitiesAR YouTube channel!

Experience Harmonizing in Arkansas: Spirituals, the final installment in the series, featuring Dr. Bryan Pierce, Chief Curator of the National Museum of African American Music, as he explores the history and lasting legacy of traditional spirituals composed between 1619 and 1865.
Following the presentation, enjoy a moving performance by the Golden Saints Choir of St. Mark Baptist Church of Little Rock, bringing these powerful musical traditions to life.

Harmonizing in Arkansas is part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, a nationwide initiative created by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Through community-driven programs, the series explores 250 years of America's cultural life while encouraging conversations about our shared future in advance of the 2026 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

▶️ Watch the full program on the HumanitiesAR YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/j_ysw4M9Y7o

The Helen T. Leigh Museum Field Trip Grant helps Arkansas schools offset transportation costs for educational visits to the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History—and fall field trip dates fill up quickly.

Give your students the opportunity to explore Arkansas's military history through engaging exhibits while making your travel budget go further.

📅 Reserve your museum visit early, then apply for grant funding to help make your trip possible.

Learn more and apply today:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=arhc

Calling all Arkansas PreK-12 educators! As you prepare for the 2026–2027 school year, consider how the REACH Grant can support your classroom.

Whether you're planning a humanities-based project, registering for professional development, or stocking up on essential classroom supplies, the REACH Grant is designed to help Arkansas educators create meaningful learning experiences for their students.

Funding may be used for:
🎒 Humanities-based classroom projects (PreK–12)
🎓 Professional development opportunities
✏️ Essential classroom supplies

Start the school year with the resources you need to inspire curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of learning.

Learn more and apply:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=arhc

Introducing Dallas Martinez, one of our Humanities Stars! Assistant Chair of Theatre at Arkansas State University, Artistic Producing Director of Theatre, Assistant Professor of Musical Direction, and Director of the Fowler Center, Dallas Martinez has built a career shaped by a deep belief that the arts anchor community life and offer a shared language across generations. As Artistic Producing Director of Theatre at Arkansas State University and Director of the Fowler Center, Dallas leads a thriving program that blends classical traditions, musicals, and the stories and sensibilities of the American South. The path to Arkansas in 2022 came after years of directing, teaching, and musical directing throughout the Mountain West and Southwest, where Dallas helped regional theatres expand their reach and identity.

With a strong foundation in directing, much of Dallas’s career has been spent guiding singers, actors, and ensembles toward truthful storytelling. His musical direction and producing work often accompany large-scale productions, educational outreach, and new collaborations that welcome artists at every stage of training. This background informs Dallas’s larger teaching philosophy, which treats the humanities as both scholarship and craft, inviting students to build discipline, confidence, and community through performance.

Away from rehearsals and committee meetings, Dallas enjoys a quieter life with his partner, two Bernese Mountain dogs, Bucky and Sam, and an Australian shepherd, Maui, who consider themselves honorary members of the theatre department. Whether directing Shakespeare set in the American South, coaching a musical ensemble, or greeting guests at a Fowler Center event, Dallas remains committed to the conviction that theatre is the last great group project and that gathering to experience a story together is one of the most enduring acts of the humanities.

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