Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sonja Starnes, Bedford Heights Elementary. In regards to the enclosed Crayola Dream-Maker IV packet for Starnes' classroom. The packet offers good ideas for studio production activities as well as additional information on art advocacy. Broadus asks Starnes to share the packet with Peggy Mitchell and other teachers at Bedford.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Dr. Vera Brooks-Ray, Assistant Superintendent for Dallas ISD. Cason writes that she and Bill McCarter enjoyed meeting up with Brooks and Janice Wiggins to discuss the goals for the DISD students. Cason she has also spoken with Marjorie King and mentioned how King was helpful in explaining Dallas's reading initiative program. Canson hopes that Wiggins will be able to participate in the Institute this summer and that the stipend will be worth the contribution for the impact she'll make to the Institute.

Photocopy of a letter from Ronald Caloss, Superintendent of Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, to Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to HEB's commitments to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and that their Associate Director Jan Schronk will contribute at least 20% of her time during the 1993 - 1994 calendar year to activities related to staff development and implementation of the discipline-based art education program. Enclosed with the letter are stipend worksheets for the faculty based on current income.

Photocopy of a letter from Don R. Roberts, Superintendent of Fort Worth ISD, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to indicate FWISD commits to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, and their Associate Director Beverly Fletcher will contribute 10% of her time during the 1993 - 1994 calendar year to activities related to staff development. In addition, seventeen art teachers will devote substantial amount of time toward the DBAE program. Enclosed in the letter is a stipend worksheet for the faculty.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Dr. Vera Brooks-Ray, Assistant Superintendent of Dallas ISD. Cason writes how nice it was to meet with Ray and Janice Wiggins to discuss the goals for the DISD students, and is hopeful that Wiggins will be able to attend the summer Institute. Cason notes that the stipend will be worth the contribution she will be making to the institute.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, Project Coordinator, to Sue Pacey, Executive Director of Young Audiences. In regards to the performance and artistic quality of the Young Audiences programs and NTIEVA's continued involvement with it. Cason gives Pacey details about an upcoming banquet to be held on June 29th at the UNT Union and the selection of one performer from the YA program to be involved

Photocopy of a letter from Anita Stipnieks, Assistant Superintendent of Denton ISD, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Writing about the continuation of Denton ISD's participation as full partners in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, having completed the identification of staff for participation in the summer institutes for 1996. Stipnieks would like for Davis's office to facilitate communication for the planning of the work during the 1996 - 1997 school year, along with district budgets for that term.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Char Woolery, Acting Superintendent for Dallas ISD. Davis and McCarter start the letter by congratulating Woolery on his new position as Acting Superintendent, giving him well wishes for the extremely important position. However, Davis and McCarter continue stating they are not thrilled with the principals participation in activities during the Summer Institutes. Stating that the leadership within the individual schools need an understanding of discipline-based art education and that they are planning a special day for administrators to construct the curriculum before any implementation can take place. Davis and McCarter have checked every district calendar in their consortium and determined that the administrator day would happen on June 8th, 1993, however, they regret to inform Woolery that Dallas principals will not be able to participate due to June 8th not being workable for them. Davis and McCarter then propose that they'd have another opportunity for the administrators specially for DISD in the fall. The letter ends with the promise of sending an invitation to the administrators of DISD at a later date.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, Jack Davis and Nancy Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Chad Woolery, Acting Superintendent for Dallas ISD. In regards to an administrators day at the Dallas Museum of Art that Woolery has been invited to along with other participating principals and art coordinators from Woolery's district for April 25. Enclosed in the letter are a list of those who have been invited as the event will give them a chance to discuss the upcoming 1994 summer institute.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sylvia Russell, Pilot Point ISD Art Coordinator giving Russell the new Crayola Dream Makers IV material teacher packet and asking to give it to a teacher who will really use it, either Janyce Greenwood or Susan Keller. Broadus writes that when she was participating in Dream Makers III her kids really enjoyed the activities.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sheila Brown. Giving Brown the new Crayola Dream-Makers IV teacher packet, believing it contains valuable ideas for studio production lessons for Brown's students. Broadus writes that she had entered some of her own students into the Dream-Makers III exhibition and they love having their work selection for a major exhibition.

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 memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the California and Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to the Center's new guidelines and application procedures for the Center's of Excellence in Art Education: Strategic Planning Grant Program. Attached in the memo are the new guidelines document and a brief overview of important dates in the following months. cc'd on the memo, Ann Bassi, Valsin Marmillion, Leilani Lattin Duke, and Natalie Sterba.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Sharon Warwick, art teacher at Borman Elementary School, being a feature speaker at the Dallas Museum of Art to discuss how growing up near the El Paso border and experiences influence her work.

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.

A proposal from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, and the Regional Institute Directors, titled "DBAE: What's Working? What's Not?" In the proposal description, the Regional Institute Program is a multi-year project of the Getty Center and represents the most extensive research and development effort in the history of art education in the United States. The purpose of the super session, which they are proposing, is to show that the principals that guide, DBAE, discipline-based art education, is highly flexible and adaptable to many educational contexts.

A document covering the minutes of a NTIEVA Advisory Committee meeting. Listed at the beginning are the Board members in attendance followed by the opening actions of the meeting. They discussed what the mission statement and goals of the program should be. At the end the suggestion is made to invite Rand Corporation and Time Warner to the conference. On the first page of the document is a bar-code and the name McCarter.

A press release for The Barnes Collection having an exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, the exhibit "Impressionist Masterpieces from the Barnes Collection: Cezanne to Matisse," will be shown from April 14th, 1994 through August 14th, 1994 on loan from the Barnes Foundation. The Kimbell Art Museum is also offering a series of lectures by art historians and artists to talk about Albert C. Barnes and his art collection. Dr. William McCarter, Regents Professor at the University of North Texas will be giving his lectures, May 27th.

A newsletter with a snippet about the University of North Texas art professor, Dr. William McCarter giving two lectures on the Albert C. Barnes collection, currently on display at the Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum.

A newspaper clipping featuring an image of Hodge Elementary students walking through a tropical rain forest at their school. The rain forest was constructed by the students through an art education program which teachers use to reinforce the curriculum.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Janice Hobbs, a principal at Eastern Hills Elementary School, receiving an award this summer at the Sixth Annual Getty Art Institute for Disciplined Based Art Education. Mrs. Hobbs is credited for encouraging teachers and students to focus on integrating art into the curriculum. Eastern Hills Elementary students have attended workshops at the Amon Carter Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Art education helps students make connections and understand human commonalities.

The ArtsEdNet and RIG Online Services Agenda for April 29, 1995. The document details the objective of the ArtsEdNet and how its objective is to assists RIGs and connect them with online resources.

Photocopy of a letter from Bruce M. Burton, Office of Advancement, University of North Texas to his colleague James "Jim" J. Muro. In regards to a list of people who had attended the Stevenson meeting, put together by John M. Stevenson. During the meeting, the University and NTIEVA presented the Getty Center's art education project in hopes that those in attendance will consider becoming an active role in the program.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to the attached review of the Getty Institute / Los Angles evaluator Ralph Hoepfner's 1991 evaluation report of maintenance of the discipline-based art education programs. Attached to the memo is the evaluation report, The Status of DBAE Programs in School Districts Participating in the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.