Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Pat Smith Hopper. Discussing Hopper's efforts in discipline-based art education and cultural diversity having gone over Hopper's thematic unit on "Art and Literature on Native American Sioux Culture." Reynolds invites Hopper to attend a NTIEVA seminar being held in Houston believing Hopper will find the information interesting and will consider joining their program.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Thomas A. Hatfield, Executive Director for The National Art Education Association. In regards to an observation letter Hatfield has sent North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Hatfield has commented on the lesson summary on the newsletter that he found helpful and McCarter writes that it was their coordinator and editor Nancy Reynolds and she'll be pleased with his insights in response.

Photocopy of a letter from Beth Reese Means, Curator of Education for the Art Museum of South Texas, to Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and NTIEVA Members. In regards to the Summer Institute in Corpus Christi and that Means has had great pleasure in working with the teams. AMST is hoping to continue and expand their relationship with NTIEVA and they'll be in contact again soon.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, the Getty Center, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of NTIEVA, in regards to their fiscal year of 1995, FY95, funding for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Rosenberg states that the funding has been sent to Harold Williams, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, for review yet being unaware of his schedule she cannot give them a specific notification date of the funding approvals or deny. Rosenberg thanks Davis and McCarter for the informative progress report and has made a series of comments and questions that she would like answered and returned no later than September 1, 1994.

Photocopy of a letter template from Sharon Warwick, Chair of the Elementary Division of the Texas Art Education Association, to her colleagues. Warwick is seeking help to formulate new ideas and ways to put together a UIL Picture Memory Contest for the elementary students. Enclosed in the letter is a list that Warwick asks her colleagues to fill out with further suggestions and to send them back to her before the school year.

Photocopies of evaluations and comments for the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution: An Introduction to Latino Art and Culture, dated June 26 - 28, 1996. The evaluations are rating the quality of the workshop by answering the questions of material, information, topics and other objectives that the exhibit provided. In a letter to Carol Wyrick, July 15, 1996, Bill McCarter apologies for withholding the evaluations but NTIEVA wanted to record the general comments made about the Institute. Some of the comments read as written, "I enjoyed the workshop and learned a lot." "Those of us who teach the younger students found the drawing studies to be of little relevance to the level of production appreciated [by] our students." Other comments continue with the enthusiasm of the quality of materials and the presentations, as well as offer suggestions or provide concerns about the related subject.

Photocopy of a summary letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Bill Cormack, Janice Wiggins and Chris Thomason. Regarding a meeting that fell on June 22, 1995, notably, the participation of Dallas ISD in future activities with the Institute. McCarter starts the letter with the proposal of a new time frame for the Institute activities, and mentions how the meeting brought up the ideas of having all-day Saturday sessions. However, McCarter expresses his concern that some teachers from the Dallas ISD might be unable to attend all-day Saturday sessions, and how important it is that they will attend all the meetings because of how complex the Institute is. Included in the letter is an observation from Chad Woolery, stating that due to budget and time that Dallas would be unable to continue participation with NTIEVA as a consortium member. McCarter addresses that they have had issues with Dallas since they began to participate.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Beverly Fletcher, Art Supervisor of Fort Worth ISD. In regards a meeting Bill McCarter and Reynolds had where they evaluated Fletcher and her secondary teachers in promoting and the implementation of discipline-based art education, DBAE. The rest of the letter goes into details about materials and supplies Fletcher needs to obtain for her teachers, along with handbook materials Reynolds has provided for Fletcher.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Nancy Walkup Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of the Getty Center. In regards to a brief description of their curriculum and their lesson units. The letter goes into greater details about the curriculum units and the intended desire of what NTIEVA program wants to accomplish. Copied on the letter are, Jack Davis, Sally McRorie, Jim Hutchen, Julie Abel and Blanche Rubin.

Photocopy of a letter from Sharon Moore, Trust Associate, Personal Trust Administration at NCNB Texas, to Jack Davis co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter mentions photographs that Davis has submitted for the Annual Charitable Report, Moore writes not all photographs could be used but thanks for his cooperation.

A letter from Harriet Laney to Marilyn Martin about the revised budget for the grant received from TCA. Included is the contact information for Laney.

A letter from Corlis Hunt to Harriet Laney about the payment of 64.57 to Ollie Theisen for the Summer Institute.

A letter from Cynthia Fender to Harriet Laney asking for approval on the invoice for Ollie Theisen's work during the NTIEVA Summer Institute. Laney's reply is also included; she approved the invoice.

A letter from John Paul Batiste to Mark Elder about the approval of a matching financial award for UNT through the TCA Financial Assistance Program. The grant will be disbursed in September and included with the letter is a copy of a contract, between TCA and UNT's NTIEVA program, that must be signed and returned.

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost at UNT and co-director of the NTIEVA program, to John Paul Batiste, Executive Director of TCA, about the revised project budget for NTIEVA after receiving the award amount.

A letter from Mary Ann Stankiewicz, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the planned April meeting for discipline-based art education National Dissemination Project. Leilani Lattin Duke and Stankiewicz met to discuss the models that were proposed and have included brief summaries of the three components that they are currently considering and they would appreciated Davis' thoughts. Included in the memo are the DBAE National Dissemination Project Components in further details.

Photocopy of a letter from Mary Ann Stankiewicz to an unnamed Colleague. The letter was about the Sunbird Seminar, which dealt with professional art education programs in California. Following the closing of the letter a note about the next regional institute directors meeting is given.

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis to Gordon Dee Smith about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Advisory Committee. The main focus of the letter is Smith's acceptance of a position on the committee and an upcoming meeting. Davis references a past Leadership Retreat and his hopes for a private meeting between them and Bill McCarter before the end of the summer. A hand-written note that reads "file copy" is at the top of the document.

A memorandum from Dr. Kathy Schwartz, Improving Visual Arts Education Consultant, to the IVAE Consultants and Staff. The memo is in regards to the editorial board and membership of the Alaska Art Education Association providing a complementary copy of the debut issues of The Alaska Journal of Art. The issues begins with a keynote article by Harry S. Broudy. The Alaska Journal of Art will be published on an annual basis and invites manuscripts that report on current curriculum practices.

Letter from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Dr. Larry Peeno, National Convention Program Coordinator at Missouri Department of Education, Jefferson State Office Building. The letter is in regards to enclosed copies of a proposal for a Super Session for the 1993 NAEA conference, the super session will include a panel of directors of nine regional institutes nation-wide. cc'd on the letter are, Sheila Brown, Jack Davis, Margaret DiBlasio, Virginia Gembica, Edith Curtice Johnson, Phyllis Johnson, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor, Tom McMullen, William McCarter, Nancy Roucher, Brent Wilson and Joyce Wright.

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis to the School Board of Pilot Point ISD about an appearance at a meeting to give a presentation about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. At the top of the document is a note that reads "file copy".

A letter from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Sheila Brown, director of Prairie Visions, Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In the letter Rosenberg states that the Center has agreed to collaborate with the Nebraska Prairie Visions and the North Texas Institute on the October 21, 1992 teleconference, "Schools, Museums, Art and Children: A Dialogue of States."

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to James Clarke about Clarke's pursuance of a doctorate degree. Due to his last course being taken 11 years prior none will count towards his doctoral degree. Davis and McCarter write that it would take 60 semester hours at a minimum to complete the degree. They mention the Summer Institute and the DBAE program that will be implemented in the fall.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Nancy Cason to Michael Kendall identifying some issues with the Discipline Based Art Education curriculum. The document includes a list of teachers and administrators with contact information who can help improve the issues. The letter is printed on North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts stationery.