Shiloh Museum hosts virtual events in March

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, located in Springdale, is offering the following free online programs: Robin Wallis Atkinson, CEO of INTERFORM (formerly NWA Fashion Week and Arkansas Arts and Fashion Forum) will present "More Than Art: Fostering Community Through Collaborative Creativity" in a Zoom program hosted by the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Wednesday, March 17, at 12 p.m. Atkinson will focus on ways arts, fashion and culture can create images that help us understand our world and foster a sense of belonging for groups that have been historically left out of mainstream cultural programming. Plowing the Ozarks Join Washington County farmer Jared Phillips and his team of Belgian draft horses during a pre-recorded demonstration of old-time methods of plowing the land, Saturday, March 20, at 10:30 a.m. on the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History's Facebook page and YouTube channel. Phillips is an assistant professor of international studies at the University of Arkansas, where he focuses on peace, food security, human rights and rural development. He and his family own and operate a farm in west Washington County, where they raise heritage breeds of sheep, hogs, chickens, and organic hay. To view the program, visit the museum's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ShilohMuseum/ or YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/ShilohMuseumofOzarkHistory The program is part of the museum's Shiloh Saturday Series for families. For more information, call the Shiloh Museum at 479-750-8165 or email shiloh@springdalear.go