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implementation process.
Initial Planning
Toward this end, the North Texas Institute for Educators on
the Visual Arts (NTIEVA) was formed. Originally the consortium
consisted of four museums (Amon Carter Museum, Dallas Museum of
Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth) ; six
school districts (Dallas ISD, Denton ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Hurst-
Euless-Bedford ISD, Pilot Point ISD, Plano ISD) , the Greater Denton
Arts Council, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Commission on
the arts, and the University of North Texas. Later the Meadows
Museum at Southern Methodist University and the Arts Council of
Fort Worth and Tarrant County joined the consortium. A solid
foundation for the formation of the consortium existed because of
the interactions that the long-established visual arts programs at
UNT had had with area museums and arts agencies in the area and
throughout the state. Likewise, the School of Visual Arts and the
University have also had excellent working relationships with area
school districts for many years.
With a small planning grant from the Getty Center, the
consortium member institutions each designated representatives to
participate in a planning process. The group, with a common
concern about the quality of education in the arts for children and
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Davis, Donald Jack & McCarter, William, 1939-. An Experiment in School/Museum/University Collaboration, thesis or dissertation, January 14, 1994; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1050897/m1/4/: accessed May 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.