Photocopy of a letter from Douglas W. Otto, Superintendent Plano ISD, to Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to Plano's commitment as a full partner in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and their implementation of full two-week summer institute in the summer of 1996. Attached to the letter are stipend worksheets for the current income of the faculty to be involved with the program.

Photocopy of a letter e-mail from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to his colleague to Bill McCarter, that Davis received prior. The email is to the "Houston Group" from Jack and Jeff, reminding the group about the press announcement of Transforming Education Through the Arts in Los Angeles, set by Harold Williams and Vartan Gregorian for October 11, 1995. Davis asks of the group who can go to LA and to let Vicki Rosenberg know by September 25th and to let her know how many directors and funders are able to make the trip as well.

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 memo from Lori Weisgerber, Getty Center, to Jack Davis, Harriet Laney and Bill McCarter, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, with information regarding the Advisory Committee and outlines of information needed to updated in the committee notebook.

Photocopy of a letter from Pam Stephens and Kay Wilson, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Linda Powell, Modern Art Museum. To thank Powell for her cooperation in dealing with the inservice and that they are grateful for her hospitality, many of the teachers said the inservice was beneficial and intend to use the museum as a resource in the future.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Nicole Holland, InterCultura, in regards to their meeting and about the upcoming "Wanderers" exhibition and how NTIEVA might assist Institute K-1 teachers and art specialists in preparing their students for it. Cason writes that they will mention the exhibition in the October NTIEVA newsletter, outlining ideas for connections with K-1 social studies and larger global theme of world peace. Cason will keep in touch with updates about the newsletter.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Melinda Meyer, Linda Powell and Marilyn Ingram. In regards to their upcoming meeting Thursday, February 21, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The topic of discussion is the art column for the Fort Worth Star Telegram children's newspaper "Class Acts."

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Mitch Jericho. Thanking Jericho for visiting the University of North Texas campus to talk about a collaboration between them and Young Audiences. As requested by Jericho, Davis has enclosed a copy of the paper on accountability which will appear in the Winter 1993 issues of Studies in Art Education. Copied on the letter is Bill McCarter.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sue Pacey, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas. In regards to a meeting Davis had with Pacey to discuss a collaborative effort between North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Young Audiences. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a paper on accountability with is intended to appear in the Winter 1993 Studies in Art Education.

Photocopy of a letter from John Grisby, Superintendent of Pilot Point ISD, to Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to Pilot Points' commitment as a full time partner in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts as well as the participation of Sylvia Russel, Associate Director and Site Coordinator for Pilot Point during the 1992 school year. Grisby has attached to the letter stipend worksheets based on the salary of the faculty to be involved with the institute. There is a letter from Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, asking of Grisby to send them the requested materials so they can report back to the Getty Center for their proposal.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Marla Price, Director of the Modern Art Museum. The letter describes the work done by Davis and McCarter, through the use of the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation grant, to produce portfolios using images from the five museums that are apart of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts consortium. The grant allowed them to produce 500 copies of the portfolio, which were given at no cost to the schools in the consortium for educational purposes, however, because of the popularity of the portfolio and the limited number of the original publication they have been contacted by vendors who have interest in producing the portfolio commercially. Davis and McCarter write about what a great opportunity this could mean when it comes to resources for the continued work of the Institute, yet one issues is that the Museum has to give them written consent to reproduce the images and content.

A letter from Peter Chant, Director of Educational Services, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, to Mike Feduk, Director of Programming, SERC. The letter is in regards to an attached proposal for a teacher in-service/staff development teleconference to be delivered via satellite. The proposal is to produce a one ninety-minute live staff development teleconference from the combined efforts of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Prairie Visions Institute for Education in the Visual Arts.

A newspaper clipping featuring a photograph of elementary students from Tomas Rivera Elementary School. In the photograph is student, Amber Jackson who is standing on chairs to work on a mural on the school wall.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on administrators in San Francisco who took inventory on the school system's professional-development offerings and how they're spending close to $18 million a year on programs and projects. However, without high-quality professional development the push to replicate effective reform strategies can be doomed. The rest of the article details about changes in the public system to conserve money but maintain their professional development programs.

A thesis, Assessing Student Achievement in Art, A Study of The Feasibility of Achievement Testing in Art. Submitted to: The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, The J. Paul Getty Trust by Ralph Hoepfner, Ph.D. The report on feasibility of developing curriculum-fair achievement tests the art on both positive and negative notes. During the 1983-84 school year an achievement test was developed to assess the school children's knowledge.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of 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 Center inviting Davis to attend the fifth national conference, "Beyond the 3Rs: Transforming Education with the Arts," in Washinton, D.C., January 11 - 14, 1995. The conference will feature noted speakers to discuss their perspectives on art and art education in the public system as well as address new methods and research.

Photocopy of a receipt from the organization LTV Aerospace & Defense Company. The receipt makes a note of their last donation, of August 5, 1989 for five-thousand dollars.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke to Jack Davis about including new interactive media programs in the upcoming 1991 conference. A hand-written note at the top of the document reads "Bill McCarter Fyl/I" and initialed "BM".

Photocopy of a letter from Bruce M. Burton, Office of Advancements to his colleague, James "Jim" J. Muro. In discussion of the five-year grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts and that their grant outline specifically requires an annual match from the University of North Texas. UNT must come up with $397,000 in cash and $133,000 in gifts over the five-year grant period. Burton writes that the Getty Foundation is more than willing to help UNT raise the matching funds, as they are interested in seeing this project be successful. Burton expresses that Muro and Jack Davis hold a meeting with Bob Crow, of the Amon Carter to discuss Carter's participation in the project and hopefully become a contributor.

Press information, on the Annenberg Foundation, announcing their latest series of grants towards arts education. A $4.3 million challenge grant to six regional institutes to show how the arts can boost student academic achievements. The foundation is working with the Getty Center for Education and their consortia which includes, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

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.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts receiving a grant to establish a new art specialty program. The Getty center for Education awarded the institute $62,5000 to establish a National Center for Art Museum / School Collaborations. The center will focus on establishing collaborative programs between art museums, public schools and universities. Nancy Berry, assistant professor of Art History and Art Education at UNT has been named director of the new center.

Photocopy of a receipt from the organization LTV Aerospace & Defense Company. The receipt makes a note of their last donation, of August 5, 1989 for five-thousand dollars.