Photocopy of the DBAE Leadership Forum text summary from Vicki Rosenberg, Senior Program Officer of the Getty Center, to the center's forum participants. The Getty Education Institute has provided the participants with a summary of the DBAE Leadership forum that was held January 11, 1997. The summary describes all that had transpired at the DBAE Leadership conference, beginning with a speech from the Director of Getty Education Institute for the Arts, Leilani Lattin Duke. The context of the summary is positive, the recommendations from the conferences' discussion are being used by the Education Institute to inform long-range plans for educational reform, taking arts education into the next century.

A letter to Jack Davis, Dean of Unversity of North Texas' School of Visual Arts, from Marilyn Martin, Manager of Grant Contracts and Evaluations at the Texas Commission on the Arts, in regards to an attached contract that must be signed by Phillip C. Diebel or the expenses for the project will not be incurred until it has been signed by both parties. The contract goes into the terms and conditions of the agreement between both parties.

A financial assistance application from the University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, requesting support starting September 1997 and ending August 1998. Six-hundred people will be served from the proposal and 24, 600+ youths will be as well. Information included in the pages are, a breakdown of the budgeting and the goals of the institution in which the money requested would be going too.

A financial assistance application from the University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, requesting support starting September 1997 and ending August 1998. Six-hundred people will be served from the proposal and 24, 600+ youths will be as well. The second page of the application is a breakdown of the budgeting. The third page talks about the goals of the institution in which the money requested would be going too.

A financial assistance application from the University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, requesting support starting September 1997 and ending August 1998. Six-hundred people will be served from the proposal and 24, 600+ youths will be as well. The second page of the application is a breakdown of the budgeting. The third page talks about the goals of the institution in which the money requested would be going too.

A letter from Kris Westerson to Vicki Rosenberg and Julie Anne Abel about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts revised fiscal year 1998 budget. Attached is the budget and a budget narrative.

Letter to William McCarter addressing an enclosed grant offer from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, October through December 1997.

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to Nancy Berry, D. Jack Davis, and R. William McCarter, informing them that the Getty Center for Education in the Arts has approved a grant to fund the National Center for School/Museum Collaboration project.

A letter from Cynthia E. Rallis to D. Jack Davis, Phillip C. Diebel and R. William McCarter about approving funds from the National Specialty Program to be used by the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Attached documents include a expenses sheet, a budget narrative and reporting guidelines.

An enlightening newspaper column penned by guest columnist Amy Lewis. Titled "Art Education Builds Critical Thinking Skills," this insightful piece explores the profound impact of art education in nurturing and enhancing critical thinking skills among students. Lewis articulates the connection between artistic expression and cognitive development, highlighting the invaluable role of art in shaping well-rounded individuals.