FORT
WORTH, Texas – The Amon Carter
Museum announces that it has received grants totaling $118,000 from the
National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), The Junior League of Fort Worth,
Inc. and
Alcon Laboratories, helping to further advance the museum’s educational
programs. With a $75,000 Picturing
America
School Collaboration Project Grant from the NEH, the Carter will
provide a
summer professional development conference, educating area teachers
about
American art and how it can be used in the classroom to build the
essential
traits of creativity and leadership.