Whitney Barr selected as first CELA Fountain Scholar
April 30, 2021
The award was established to help students of color advance their landscape architecture education
Whitney Barr has won the inaugural 2021 Fountain Scholar award, granted by The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. Named after Charles Fountain, this prestigious award was established to help Black, Indigenous and other students of color advance their landscape architecture education. The CELA award pays tribute to Fountain’s role as one of the first five African American scholars to earn a professional degree in landscape architecture. He went on to actively recruit and mentor a new generation of African American designers.