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University of North Texas
Centennial Capital Campaign
February, 1991
GRANTS OF $625,000 AND $150,000 BENEFIT INSTITUTE FOR
EDUCATORS ON THE VISUAL ARTS
GETTY AND AMON CARTER FOUNDATIONS MAKE MAJOR Gwrs
$1,000,000 Goal Nearing Completion; UNT Foundation Assists
In 1989, the Getty Center awarded a grant of $625,000 to the newly formed North Texas Institute for Educators on
the Visual Arts. The grant had to be matched and was to be paid out over five years. In 1990, the Amon Carter
Foundation matched a major portion of the Getty grant with a gift of $150,000 to be paid out over three years. As
part of the match for the first Getty year, the UNT foundation has contributed $15,250. The Crystelle Waggoner
Trust has given $5,000 toward the match.
The Getty Center has assisted in the creation of only six such institutes throughout the United States, and choos-
ing to back art faculty members Jack Davis and William R. McCarter of the NT institute signaled a major vote of
confidence in the university.
The institute approaches the training of art educators in a different fashion from the traditional model. Art is
viewed as a method of thinking about all kinds of phenomena. Children are prepared to use art throughout their
lives as an analytical technique. Extending these new techniques to current art educators is the basic mission of the
institute.

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