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Texas A&M University College of Architecture
A Proposal by the Texas A&M Foundation
Juneteenth Museum Design Project
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Department of Architecture & Texas Target Communities
A Note from Sam Collins III '93
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Funding Opportunity
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The Department of Architecture provides a 21st-century education in the theory and practice of architectural and environmental design. We pair innovation with enduring fundamental principles to push the boundaries of design. Our faculty commit to 21st-century, student-centered approaches that seamlessly weave diversity, inclusivity and critical thinking into education. Our programs align extensive scientific and humanistic inquiry with their educational missions. Faculty members and students engage in research, creative and scholarly activities that situate them as individuals and collaborators while being on the leading edge of disciplinary knowledge development and investigation. Texas Target Communities (TxTC) is the premier community engagement program at Texas A&M University. For more than 25 years, TxTC has been working alongside local governments and community stakeholders to create sustainable communities across Texas. Through a threefold outreach approach, TxTC helps communities become more equitable, resilient and adaptive. We serve the people of Texas, the United States and the world through engagement-focused projects that have tangible and enduring value. Our department serves societal, cultural and industrial needs through innovative combinations of meaning, making, materials and technology.
Matthew Gaines was a former enslaved individual who ran away twice trying to escape to freedom, but was caught each time. He gained his freedom as a result of the events that happened on the Southwest corner of 22nd & Strand in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Gaines became a state senator during the Reconstruction Era in Texas. For many years, the United States Colored Troops had been left out of the Juneteenth narrative just as Matthew Gaines was left out of Texas A&M's story. While not given a uniform during the Civil War, Matthew Gaines became a soldier in the fight for equality in Texas and a supporter of education. Through a partnership of local concerned citizens in Galveston County and the Texas Target Communities program at Texas A&M, the university is taking the lead in telling the full story of U.S. and Texas A&M history. As the country grapples with reimagining monuments and memorials, we also need to expand the narrative of our shared history. Gaines' involvement to help establish Texas A&M led to an opportunity for a young George P. Mitchell '40 to attend and graduate from Texas A&M. The success of George Mitchell after graduation led to his support of the university as a former student. He and his wife, Cynthia, eventually invested in the revitalization of the Historic Strand area of downtown Galveston. This year, the Juneteenth Legacy Project celebrated the completion of a public art installation that transformed the Southwest corner into an outdoor classroom. Several Mitchell descendants were supporters of the project including Sheridan Lorenz who served as co-chair. Another fellow Aggie recently worked with me to complete a Juneteenth documentary that will be screened on campus February 20, 2022. The Spirit of Aggieland is a can-do spirit, and I am extremely excited to be involved with current university staff in several departments working to design a National Juneteenth Museum in Galveston. Aggieland welcomed me into the Aggie family and helped me understand we can always do more together. There are still hurdles to cross and support to be gained for the project. The Juneteenth story is not only about the past, but also the present and future. As university staff and students create a vision for the future, it will be inclusive and forward thinking. This butterfly effect is evidenced in this Juneteenth story and Aggieland's connection to the community of Galveston. It all mattered in the past and it all matters in the present. By Sam Collins III '93
On November 19, 2021, Texas A&M University honored Matthew Gaines with a statue on campus. It is very fitting that this event is happening in the same year that Juneteenth became a national holiday.
Juneteenth is the oldest celebration of the abolishment of slavery in the United States. June 19 marks the day when Gen. Gordon Granger stepped onto Galveston Island with 2,000 troops and issued General Order No. 3 proclaiming freedom for more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texas. One hundred and fifty-six years later, Juneteenth would finally receive federal recognition. Historians know where the order was issued—the Osterman Building at 22nd Street and The Strand—and know how it spread throughout the city and state following its issuance. Through this project with Texas A&M University, we believe that community partners will come together to develop a unified vision and plan for celebrating and retelling the Juneteenth story. From Ed Cotham's perspective as a historian and author who regularly leads tours that involve Juneteenth: "I would like to see the primary monuments located near the site on The Strand, where the Juneteenth order was issued. I strongly support the concept of a National Juneteenth Museum, and I suspect that this museum would not be the kind of dusty-case thing that many people of my generation associate with museums. This is likely to be something with many high-tech educational elements to engage visitors, with particular emphasis on the stories of formerly enslaved people. I would hope that this museum, wherever it’s located in Galveston, would be somewhere that visitors and school groups could easily find and access." The team at Texas A&M sees the Juneteenth Museum and monuments tied in to additional community sites and historical resources within the City of Galveston. The Freedom Walk Challenge would be a starting point, and there are many sites in and around Galveston that could eventually be incorporated. Now is the time for community leaders and people who care about history to come together and tell the Juneteenth story to a nation eager to visit Galveston and hear it.
Texas A&M University and the City of Galveston have always honored their history and traditions while focusing on the future.
Juneteenth Museum Design Project Cost Breakdown
STUDENT IMPACT & DESIGN: $88,000 Student Workers -Three Master Level Students at $15 per hour -Three Ph.D. Level Students at $20 per hour -All students at 20 hours per week for 26 weeks Total cost: $54,600 Student and Faculty Travel and Per Diem -Two cars per trip at $.56 per mile -Six students and one potential faculty member -Two days per trip -$50 Per Diem per person, 15 trips Total cost: $15,000 Lodging Contingency: $5,000 Texas Target Communities Contingency: $13,000 Funding for additional student workers, additional length of time past the 26 weeks for students to continue working and/or an additional trips. Any leftover funds are added to the TTC Endowment to fund community work in perpetuity. DOCUMENTARY WORK & EQUIPMENT: Camera and Audio Equipment (40 days) -$1,000 cameras, $650 audio, $1,000 gaffer rentals -Rental: $106,000 -Recommended purchase package with lens: $84,000 -Basic purchase package: $62,000 MODEL EXHIBITS: $20,000 2-D: $5,000 3-D: $15,000 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT: -Trimble 3D Laser Scanner rental: $29,250 -Trimble 3D Laser Scanner purchase: $48,000
The Texas A&M Foundation invites you to consider a gift to implement the first phase of the Juneteenth Museum Design Project in Galveston, Texas.
Your support on any level can be designated to one of the following options, as outlined in detail on the previous page. Undesignated gifts will be pooled together to first fund the Student Impact and Design portion of the project. Your gift(s) will accomplish the following initiatives for the first phase of the Juneteenth Museum Design Project: -Student impact and design: $88,000 (this includes all the student workers and travel) -Documentary work and equipment Option 1 - Rental $106,000 Option 2 - Recommended purchase package with lens $84,000 Option 3 - Basic purchase package $62,000 -Model exhibit(s): $20,000 -Additional equipment Option 1 - Rental $29,250 Option 2 - Purchase $48,000
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