Hot Springs-based Nature’s Angle founder to teach architecture camp
Alex Foundation, in partnership with Friends of John H. Johnson Museum, will host its annual architecture plus design summer camp July 2731, which will be taught by Brent Shelor, founder of Nature’s Angle.
Shelor and his wife, who works at Garvan Woodland Gardens, named their architecture firm with a nod to Arkansas’ nature and the design perspective of an angle, a news release said.
Shelor said Nature’s Angle was created with an organic and environmental approach to space and design.
“Nature’s Angle style focuses its attention on the key views of a site, as well as blending the design into the landscape, similar to what Frank Lloyd Wright accomplished with Falling Water,” the release said.
The free virtual summer camp will convene 9 a.m. to noon daily. Enrollment capacity is 25 for boys entering the seventh grade in Chicot and Desha counties in Arkansas.
The weeklong distance learning summer camp will use the John H. Johnson Museum and Educational Center (John H. Johnson Museum) as a backdrop for teaching and learning. A virtual tour of John H. Johnson Museum will be narrated by Linda Johnson Rice, daughter of John H. Johnson, for whom the museum is named.
“An Arkansas City native and a grandson of slaves, Johnson was the founder, chairman, CEO, and publisher of the multimillion-dollar Johnson Publishing Company and its iconic Ebony and Jet magazines. John H. Johnson Museum will be presented to youth participants as part of their architecture study on repurposing historic structures,” the release said.
“A graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Construction Science, Shelor and his wife fell in love with Lake Ouachita on their first visit after researching towns in the U.S. with the cleanest and prettiest lakes,” the release said.
For more information on Nature’s Angle, visit http:// www.natures-angle.com. For more information on the Alex Foundation, visit http://www. alex-foundation.org. For more information on John H. Johnson Museum and Educational Center, visit http://www.johnhjohnsonmuseum.org.