Black Belt Treasures awarded $10K in memory of Armstead

March 18, 2022March 14, 2022 WAW Admin Armstead, ATRC, BBTCAC

CAMDEN – Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center recently received a $10,000 contribution by the Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission Board of Directors in memory of Freddie L. Armstead.

Pictured are, from left, Sulynn Creswell, BBTCAC Executive Director; John Clyde Riggs, ATRC Executive Director; Fred Armstead Jr., ATRC Rural Transportation Director, and Kristin Law-Cook, BBTCAC Art Programs Director.

Armstead served on BBTCAC’s Board of Directors from 2005 until his death last month. He also was a dedicated Board of Directors member of the ATRC and a Marengo County Commissioner.

The contribution will be used for a project that Armstead had dedicated special interest in advancing, the BBTCAC Studio Artist Retreat – a freestanding building on BBTCAC’s Campus to be utilized by visiting artists, authors and interns.

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