Photocopy of a letter from Jan Muhlert, director of the Amon Carter, to Marla Price, director of the Modern Art Museum. Inviting Price to join Muhlert as a member of the Advisory committee for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Muhlert describes a moment where Price and Muhlert sat together in an introductory program on the Institute a year before. Muhlert hopes that Price will except her formal invitation to come to the meeting and that Institute members Jack Davis, Bill McCarter and Nancy Reynolds will report on the committee's activities during the last six months. Included in the letter to Price is a fact sheet on the Institute, not present with the letter. Copied on the letter are Bill McCarter and Jack Davis.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article written about art and art education in the public school system and if art education in important to the curriculum. The underlying factors that control it are funding and whether or not it is considered a priority or a luxury. Private art groups have stepped in to ensure that the arts maintain their place in child's education. Entities such as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts funded mostly from private sectors who provided money to train educators in discipline-based art education.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on discipline-based art education sweeping over public school curriculum's. A coalition of art education associations, which include representatives of visual arts, music and dance, are working on the national standards that would ensure all students get a grounding in fine arts. Art education needs to bee seen as a basic and not a frill.

A newspaper article published in The Dallas Morning News, about the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation giving $600,000 for the first endowed faculty chairs in the University of Texas at Austin's College of Fine Arts.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Tim Sonnenberg about inclosing a proposed draft of a letter for proposed disciplined-based art education curriculum implementation and worksheets for Denton Independent School District.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Roland Caloss about inclosing a proposed draft of a letter for proposed disciplined-based art education curriculum implementation and worksheets for Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District.

A letter from R. William McCarter and D. Jack Davis to James Surratt about enclosing a draft of a letter for discipline-based art education curriculum implementation and worksheets for Plano Independent School District.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Karen Hamblin informing Hamblin that the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts has agreed for Hamblin to be a presenter at the 1990 Summer Institute.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Marvin Edwards about inclosing a proposed draft of a letter for proposed disciplined-based art education curriculum implementation and worksheets for Dallas Independent School District

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Don Roberts about inclosing a proposed draft of a letter for proposed disciplined-based art education curriculum implementation and worksheets for Fort Worth Independent School District

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to John Grigsby about inclosing a proposed draft of a letter for proposed disciplined-based art education curriculum implementation and worksheets for Pilot Point Independent School District.

Letter to William McCarter, Nancy Reynolds, and Cassandra Broadus acknowledging NTIEVA's 1991 Summer Institute.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Marilyn Stewart about confirming Stewart's presentation at the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1990 Summer Institute.

A telecopied letter requesting for proposals on learning in and/or through the arts. Included are detailed instructions on what the organization is looking for.

A letter from Blaine Brownell, Provost, University of North Texas. to D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost of UNT and Co-Director of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, about the NTIEVA stationary and business cards. Brownell had talked to the Chancellor, Alfred F. Hurley, about the UNT publishing policies that prevent NTIEVA from producing the business cards and ask for a memo to be written explaining the situation that NTIEVA should be exempt.

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost at UNT and Co-Director of NTIEVA, to Ed Smith III, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the University of North Texas Foundation, Inc. about requesting a matching, grant from the Foundation for the Summer Institute project. 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" and a NTIEVA five year budget,

An e-mail from Sydney Walker to Pam Stephens and Nancy Walkup about implementation of guidelines.

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,

An e-mail from Julie Anne Abel to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts advocacy project.

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to R. William McCarter about enclosing copies of a videotape of Harry Broudy and a list of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts consortium members who attended an earlier institute conference. Those materials are not attached to the document.

A letter from Julie Anne Abel to D. Jack Davis about enclosing a fully signed copy of the strategic planning grant offer for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Attached documents include the planning grant offer, memo and budget.

A letter to Dr. D. Jack Davis from Julie Anne Abel regarding a grant check from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA).

Letter from Leilani Lattin Duke to D. Jack Davis acknowledging his participation and requesting feedback on their national invitational conference on discipline-based art education.

A fax from Debbie Tucker to Harriet Laney about the rooming list for an upcoming meeting.