TRAHC is a people-building and community-building organization – a leadership organization of arts and ideas that works to create an energized, creative, connected community.

Formed in 1978 by community leaders with generous assistance from the Junior League of Texarkana, TRAHC’s goals were to protect, develop, take advantage of, and provide all citizens with access to our own cultural resources. As we have progressed, the “arts” have also proven to be a wise economic investment as well as a tourism stimulus. TRAHC is both a presenter and a preserver of historical legacies for the Perot Theatre and the Regional Arts Center.

The guiding principals of TRAHC are:
- Artistic Excellence
- Education
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Participation
- Accessibility
- Pride of Place
- Service to the Community
- Community Involvement
- Organizational Innovation

INSTRUCTOR BIO: Dr. Jennifer deBie was born and raised in Texarkana. She escaped east Texas back in the 2010s to study in San Angelo, Texas; Florence, Italy; and Cork, Ireland. Ireland is where she spent most of the past decade, earning an MA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Romantic literature, before
returning to teach writing at Texas A&M – Texarkana, and see what has and hasn’t changed in her hometown.

Her poetry has been widely published, with works appearing in anthologies by Raven Chronicles Press, PactPress, and Kallisto Gaia Press, something that neither impresses her cat nor pays her rent. Her second novel, Heretic, was published by Wild Wolf Press in 2022. When not reading, writing, or teaching, Jennifer enjoys typical millennial pastimes like eating brunch and neglecting her blog at jenniferdebie.com.

Love Poetry 101

By Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council Inc

Love Poetry 101

One Week Poetry Bootcamp