Photocopy of a letter from Harriet Laney to Janice Wiggins, in regards to the 1995 Institutes. Laney writes that Wiggins will receive a check in the amount of $5,555 and will cover the following expenses listed.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas A. Hatfield, Executive Director of The National Arts Education Association, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the reform Goals 2000 and other initiatives that focus on implementation of art and art education in the public school curriculum. Included in the letter is a chart which has rhetoric / rationale for arts education. At the end of the letter a scribbled note reads, "Would appreciate any ideas."

Photocopy of a letter from Chad Woolery, Superintendent of Dallas Public Schools, to William McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the continued support of the Dallas ISD to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts the the summer session. Site Coordinator, Janice Wiggins will contribute 10% of her time during the 1994-1995 calendar year to activities related to staff development.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to RIG Directors. The letter is in regard to information on the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, KCAAEN, and National School Boards Association, NSBA, Award that recognizes school boards that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to high quality arts education. Attached to the letter is a copy of the 1996 Award Announcement.

E-mail correspondence between Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, and the RIG directors, in regards to the fiscal year 1997, FY97, and the core program proposal being due October 1, 1995. Abel writes that it would be useful to the Center to know the percentage of fund from the following categories in the FY97 core budgets. The categories are listed below, which include, personnel, operations, supplies etc.

Photocopy of a letter that was printed on North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts stationery. The topic is discussion points that will be brought up in the next meeting. Notes are handwritten on the document. At the top of the paper are two names, one appears to have the last name Clark. Next to the 'Calendar' topic are the words "Post Cards slides". Next to the 'Ideas' topic are what appear to be the words "Human Commonalities". At the bottom is another name, the words "--- with leaders" in a box and the words "co--t with" underneath that.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to RIG Directors. The letter is in regards to the FY96 RIG Travel Fund and how the directors should take advantage of it for this fiscal year as the Center may not budget for it next year. The Center will be accepting proposals at any time until April 1, 1996 for travel prior to July 31, 1996.

E-mail correspondence between Harriet Laney, Lori Weisgerber and William McCarter. In an e-mail from Wesigerber to Regional Institute members, including Laney, it reads "If you need more time to respond with a list of your RIG faculty members to call or e-mail." This email is in regards to a letter sent by Julie Abel requesting a list of RIG faculty names to be used by the Center. In the e-mail from Laney to McCarter, it reads "Did you reply to this e-mail? If so may I please get a copy of your reply?"

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Able, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors saying that the Center will no longer be exhibiting at the November 1 - 4, 1995 convention of the National Middle School Association. Therefore the directors brochures will no longer be necessary for distribution until February 1996.

A letter from Blanche Rubin, evaluator for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Allison Perkins, Amon Carter Museum. The letter is in regards to recent comments made in the 1995 evaluation report titled, "The NTIEVA Experience," by Brent Wilson and Blanche Rubin. Rubin wants to apologize to Perkins for any inappropriate remakes made in concern with the museums education components of the summer institute which were evaluated. cc'd on the letter, Linda Powell, Terri Thorton, Gail Davitt, Marie Teresa Pedroche, Bill McCarter, Jack Davis, Vicki Rosenberg and Brent Wilson.

E-mail correspondence from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The e-mail is in regards to the January 1995 Director's meeting about findings from the 1994 Cross-Site report as a way to begin communicating in cyberspace. Abel requests that the directors share their thoughts and ideas about and solutions to major issues discussed in the report between March 15 and April 14. cc'd in the letter are Julie Abel, Candy Borland, David Pankratz, Blanche Rubin, Miki Baumgarten, Lani Duke, Vicki Rosenberg and Brent Wilson.

Letter from Kenneth M. Bird, Superintendent of Westside Community Schools to Interagency Technology Task Force Members. The letter is in regards to Prairie Vision Consortium for Discipline-Based Art Education, their committed partners and the Westside Community School District submitting the letter to seek the Challenge Grant for Technology in Education. The letter details that Prairie Vision provides professional development in discipline-based art education for teachers, administrators and others. The grant will be used to the continued growth of the project and to address many of their programs needs. Included in the letter is the planning grant document.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Nancy Berry, Mickey Day, Nancy MacGregor, Jeff Patchen, Marilyn Stewart, Sheila Brown, Rick Lasher, Michael Parson and Marilyn Schnake. The letter is in regards to prior discussion of possibly offering graduate credits to participants at the Center's national professional development program in the upcoming summer. cc'd on the letter, Jack Davis, Val Marmillion, David Pankratz, Kathy Talley-Jones, Cristin Leonard-Wills, Bill McCarter and Vicki Rosenberg.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, program assocation for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to the directors getting in contact with their Goals 2000 Arts Education Leadership Fund project director to ensure that the programs and DBAE are part of their states reform plans. Enclosed with Abel's memo is a memo from Vicki Rosenberg regarding the important of participating in the states planning process.

Photocopy of a letter from Chad Woolery, general superintendent of the Dallas Public Schools, to William McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the continued support from Dallas ISD to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts for the summer institute. Their site coordinator, Janice Wiggins will contribute 10% of her time during the 1994-1995 calendar year to activities related to staff development.

E-mail correspondence between Carl Clark and the Getty Center RIGs. The e-mail pertains to the information on Carl Clark and Sheila Brown's recent development of the technology in ARTnet Nebraska. Teachers are invited to develop curriculum for their classrooms, find what is available to them in the are of Art Education, able to participate in discussion groups and help plan the direction of Art Education in Nebraska and find out what is happening in the world of the Art in museums and galleries of the world.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Robert Simerly, Dean of University Outreach, Florida State University. The letter is in regards to their prior correspondence about the possibility of offering FSU graduate credits to participants at the Center's national profession development program in the upcoming summer.

Photocopy of a memorandum from David B. Pankratz, the Getty Center for Education in the Arts to the Regional Insistute Directors, Sheila Brown, Jack Davis, Margaret DiBlasio, Virginia Gembica, Edith Curtice Johnson, Phyllis Scott Johnson, Anne Lindsey, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Nancy MacGregor, William McCarter, Michael Parsons, Jeffery Patchen, Nancy Roucher, Hal Wildung and Joyce Wright. The memo is in regards to an invitation to the multi-year project sponsored jointly by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts and the College Board, "The Role of the Arts in Unifying the High School Curriculum." The goal of the project is to expand the school reform by demonstrating how the arts can strengthen and bring greater unity of purpose.

Photocopy of a letter from William McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to his colleagues Bill Cormack, Janice Wiggins and Chris Thomason. The letter is in regards to the June 22, 1995 meeting, thanking them for taking the time and meeting up with McCarter and Jack Davis on the different points regarding the participating of Dallas ISD in future activities of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Lori Weisgerber, from the office of Vicki Rosenberg, the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Jean Detlefsen, Blanche Rubin and Brent Wilson. The letter is in regards to the April 27th - 30th, 1995 meeting, which guides them for accommodations, attire, pre-meeting events and the logistics of the conference. Included in the letter is a draft agenda that is subjected to changes.

A press information document in regards to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts awarding $200,000 to Goals 2000 Arts Education Leadership Fund, an organization that works to ensure that the arts are part of state education reform plans. The fund was established jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Assembly of State Art Agencies (NASAA). The Leadership Fund will bring a powerful new partnership between the public sector and the philanthropic community.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Lori Weisgerber, the Getty Center. In regards to an e-mail that McCarter had received from Vicki Rosenberg, the Getty Center, asking him, Jack Davis and Nancy Berry to clarify about the National Specialty proposal. McCarter, Davis and Barry respond by answering and clarifying all the questions the Getty Center had about their new program.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to John Grisby, Superintendent of Pilot Point ISD. Discussing the future relationship with Pilot Point. Having talked with Sylvia Russel, McCarter has come to an understanding that there are existing problems that threaten the continuation of Pilot Point as a consortium of NTIEVA, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The rapid growth of the district has left little time for Russel to continue her duties within the institute. McCarter asks Grisby if there is any one else in the district who can take over to Russel and her active duties.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, the Getty Center, to the professional development program participants, Nancy Berry, Mickey Day, Nancy MacGregor, Jeff Patchen, Marilyn Stewart, Sheila Brown, Rick Lasher, Michael Parson and Marilyn Schnake. Copied on the letter are, Jack Davis, Val Marmillion, David Pankratz, Kathy Tally-Jones, Cristin Leonard-Wills, Bill McCarter (crossed out) and Vicki Rosenberg. The note is in regards to the Center's participation being able to receive graduate credits from the professional development programs in the summer and has attached a memo to Bob Simerly to discuss their efforts.