A letter from Elliot Eisner, Professor of Education and Art at Stanford University, to members of the National Curriculum Working Group about to remind the members to submit their suggestions for "big idea" which will be used to aid in developing art education curriculum.

Meeting minutes from the National Arts Education Consortium meeting.

A letter from Thomas N. Hubbard to R. William McCarter about sending materials for a resource library.

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost of the University of North Texas and Co-Director of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Robert M. Lansford , Senior Vice President and Trust Officer at Teambank, discussing a previous meeting on February 26th between Davis and Bruce Burton that was about matching fund requirements for NTIEVA. Attached documents include papers titled "Characteristics of Discipline Based Art Education", "Texas Essential Elements for Art, K-6", "Summary of Activities of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts", a NTIEVA five year budget, and a list of board of regents from UNT/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. There are also three additional letters attached from Richard Rafes and R.C. Voskuil,

A letter from Julie Anne Abel to Phillip C. Diebel about enclosing the final National Specialty Program grant payment to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts from The Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The payment is not attached to the document

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to D. Jack Davis, Mark Elder and R. William McCarter about informing the trip that their grant from The Getty Center for Education in the Arts has been approved for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A fax from Harriet Laney to Jack Davis containing totals to be paid by Dallas ISD schools for the 2014 year. The words, "Please call," have been written with an arrow pointing to a phone number in the fax header.

A letter from Harriet Laney to D. Jack Davis about informing Davis that Laney has yet to receive confirmation from anyone to attend an upcoming training retreat.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Museum Educators about planning for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Summer Institute Museum Days.

A letter from the Sun & Star to K-6 classroom teachers informing them of an upcoming training session on how to integrate Japanese arts and culture into art education curriculum.

A letter from Harriet Laney to Lynda Alford about enclosing Summer 1996 North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts team participant forms. Attached are the forms for Plano Independent School District.

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

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

An e-mail from Sheila Brown to Blanche Rubin, responding to an earlier e-mail from Blanche about curriculum framework model issues.

An e-mail from Julie Anne Abel to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, informing them that the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Getty Education Institute for the Arts have approved grants for the Regional Institutes and the RIG's National Arts Education Consortium.

A letter from Leilani Lattin Duke to D. Jack Davis, Mark Elder and R. William McCarter about informing the trio that The Getty Center for Education in the Arts has approved a grant for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Duke goes on to outline the conditions of the grant and there are attached budgets and narratives for the grant.

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to Mark Elder about enclosing a grant check from The Getty Center for Education in the Arts to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The check is not attached to the document.

A letter from Julie Anne Abel to Dr. Connie Newton about informing Newton that the Getty Center for Education in the Arts has received a copy of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts' grant proposal.

An e-mail from Blanche Rubin to regional directors expressing their thoughts and issues with a curriculum framework model written by Sheila Brown.

An e-mail from Blanche Rubin to regional directors about their thoughts, opinions and issues with a curriculum framework model from a cross-site report.

A memo from The Annenberg Foundation to Steven H. Prigohzy about awarding a grant to the Public Education Foundation of Chattanooga together with the National Arts Education Consortium.

Minutes for the Marcus Fellows selection committee meeting.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on artist Emily Jennings teaching a class of first-graders art. The Abilene school district four years ago held an artist residency post with Jennings filling the position where she taught elementary school children art. Jennings role within the school district was boost the elementary school's emphasis on the arts and the success of the program allowed the district to keep Jennings on as an art educator.

Photocopy of a magazine article written by Melinda A. Mayer, a lecturer in Art Education at the University of North Texas. Mayer states in her article, that the demand for change is everywhere, in education the cry for reform rings from the national to local level. Art educators in schools and museums find signs of shifting theories and practices in the disciplines that shape their teaching. In Mayer's newsletter she examines differing notions in the education mission and how art education has changed over the years.