A e-mail from William McCarter to Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The e-mail is in regards to McCarter talking with Sheila Brown the other day about the cost of the propose October D.L. activities. Brown has asked if the North Texas Institute could cover some of the uplink bill but McCarter responded that they were spending $5000 on a video and had no additional funding.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Linus Wright inviting him to become a member of the NTIEVA Advisory Committee. Written at the bottom is a note from Mr. Wright stating he "will be happy to serve" and dated 4-12-90. A business card is attached from Linus Wright, Vice President of Paul R. Ray & Company, Inc.

A fax transmittal notice from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Virginia Gembica, Anne Lindsey, Bill McCarer, Susan Rotilie, Jack Davis, Edith Johnson, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Michael Parson, Nancy Roucher, Margaret DiBlasio, Phyllis Johnson, Nancy MacGrecor, Jeff Patch, and Joyce Wright. The fax reads, Urgent Message For Your Response and is an exchange of correspondence between Harriet Laney and William McCarter in regards to airline arrangements.

A memo from Julie Abel, program associate at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Participants in the Regional Institute Director's Meeting November 3-4, 1992: Santa Barbara, California. The memo is in regards to an enclosed copy of the 1992 Regional Institute Director's Meeting proceedings report prepared by Kens Company.

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Bob Crow concerning materials that were covered in a previous presentation. They are sending Crow copies of the information they covered in order to give him a better understanding of the NTIEVA program.They also express that they hope to have the Amon Carter Foundation involved in the program.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional and California Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to a revised Call for Programs for Creating and Beyond, a publication on art education. Rosenberg states that the directors should make copies of the guidelines for all participating districts and send them out immediately for contact.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, Program Officer for the Getty Center, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to Davis and McCarter's support in helping the Getty Center identify new DBAE leaders from around the country to participate in a studio audience teleconference. The leaders were selected from nominations made by directors of the Center and Regional Institutes and the Center has chosen four nominations from Davis and McCarter. Copied on the letter are, Julie Abel, Val Marmillion, Greg Chiemigo and Rachel Rosenthal.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Gordon Dee Smith, President of InterCultra. Inviting him to be a advisory committee member of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Davis and McCarter writes that being a member of the advisory committee they will periodically review the activities of the Institute and serve as liaison between the community and the Institute, which serves as stepping stone towards comprehensive visual arts program being integrated in school districts. Included in the letter are details about what to expect from being a committee member and the types of meetings they hope to have during the following year. Davis and McCarter write that they are excited about the opportunity to improve the quality of visual arts for students and develop a more informed audience. Davis and McCarter look forward to Smith's response and will call upon him in a few days to confirm Smith's decision.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Meg Wilson, Dallas Museum of Art. In discussion of an upcoming class trip from Plano students to the DMA for a video session. Reynolds writes that the expected trip will take place on March 31, at 10:00 am with a second grade class from Christie Elementary in Plano. The children will first view a video in the school taught by the classroom teacher and art specialist before the museum experience. The two video sessions will be part of a joint Texas/Nebraska teleworkshop that will be broadcast to 19 states on October 7 and 21.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Vicki Rosenberg, Program Officer of the Getty Center. In regards to a conversation they had regarding the NTIEVA newsletters and sale of advertisements. Davis writes that they could cover the cost of publishing the newsletter by the sale of advertisements as their mailing list exceeds one-thousand. Davis wants to further discuss the details with Marcus Foundation and the Amon Carter Foundation as well before making a decision. Copied on the letter are Bill McCarter and Nancy Reynolds.

Photocopy of a letter from Pamela K. Geiger-Stephens, graduate research assistant of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of the Getty Center. Stephens thanks Duke for inviting her to exhibit the North Texas Institute's art education program at the San Francisco conference as Stephens had met with other researchers with similar interests and had exchanged valuable information with others. Stephens requests that the Getty Institute sponsor a retreat for regional staff members which would help others network and research from others and develop areas for collaboration and ideas.

Photocopy of a memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Phyllis Scott Johnson, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, William McCarter, Joyce Wright, Virginia Gembica, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor, and Susan Rotilie. The memo is in regards to the receiving copies of the special issue of High Strides at the national conference. 150 copies of the newsletter were sent to the offices of the directors to be used as advocacy tools. cc'd on the letter, Jack Davis, Edith Curtis Johnson, Margaret DiBlasio and Nancy Roucher.

Photocopy of a letter from James Muro, Vice President of Development, Office of Advacement, The University of North Texas, to Bob J. Crow, Executive Director for the Amon G. Carter Foundation. In regards to Muro's gratification for the foundation's continued support for the visual arts project. bc'd on the letter are, Jack Davis and Bill McCarter.

A memo from Leilani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to the the Getty's advocacy, and many others in the art education community, Jim Wolfensohn, John Frohnmayer and professional arts education associations are paying off. Attached to the memo is Secretary Alexander's recent statement about concrete steps he expects his Departments to fix the omission of arts education from the national reform agenda.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Nancy Walkup Reynolds about informing Reynolds of a prioritized list of task to do for the upcoming North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Summer Institute.

A letter from Bayard H. Friedman to D. Jack Davis about thanking them for their letter on March 9 on behalf of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A letter from Melinda M. Mayer to R. William McCarter about confirmation for a upcoming tour of the Amon Carter Museum for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A letter from Harriet Laney to D. Jack Davis calculating the cost of shipping labels for their mailing list.

A letter from Harriet Laney to Beverly Fletcher about enclosing participant forms for the Summer 1996 North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Attached documents include the forms and participant attendance sheets.

A letter from Harriet Laney to Anita Stipnecks about enclosing the Summer 1996 North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts participant forms. Attached documents include the forms.

A letter from R. William McCarter, Co-Director, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Elliot Eisner, Professor of Education and Art, Sandford University. McCarter talks about the success Texas schools had with implementing the eight concepts found in "Educating in a Multicultural World" in their art education. He list four of the most used concepts that have been used in curriculum throughout different disciplines. At the end of the document, he cc's Leilani Lattin Duke and Vicki Rosenberg.

A letter from Christine M. Ketay to D. Jack Davis informing Davis that the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts is to be a recipient of the President's Award for 1997 during the upcoming Honors Day celebration. There is the same letter but directed towards R. William McCarter. Attached letters are from various people and organizations offering their nomination of NTIEVA for the President's Award.

A letter from Elliot Eisner, Professor of Education and Art, Stanford University, to members of the National Curriculum Working Group asking for the members to send Eisner a copy of their unit they have been working on since their meeting.

A letter from R. William McCarter, Co-director, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Lani Duke, Director, The Getty Education Institute for the Arts, and Elliot Eisner, Professor of Education and Art, Stanford University, about addressing some observations from the National Curriculum Working Group meeting. The observations include fear that the group is restricting the previous efforts of the Curriculum Task Force, the relationship between the Task Force and Working Group could be a model of collaboration and the message the Working Group could be sending to teachers.