A letter from R. William McCarter to 1996 Institute Leaders about some issues surrounding the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts Summer Institute. Attached is a schedule for the NTIEVA Spring Leadership Seminar as well a list of leaders.

Photocopy of a letter from Cristin Leonard-Wills, Pacific Visions Communications, to Nancy Berry, program director for the National Center for Art Museum / School Collaborations, and Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to a review of their summer program. Attached to the memo is a final review draft, which describes their summer professional development program for a catalog. Wills writes that they should review the copy and pay attention to the following details about content, quotes, fees, speakers / faculty, and photographs along with making sure the dates and times of NTIEVA's programs are correct.

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 Dorothy Gayle Andrews to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The letter was forwarded from Kathy Talley-Jones to Nancy Walkup Reynolds, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Jones hopes that Reynolds can clear up the misunderstanding Andrews is addressing in her e-mail. Andrews suggests that the key note speaker of the TAEA conference, Texas Arts Education Association, wants to dismantle the arts education in the Austin Independent School District and would like the Getty Center to clarify these intentions.

A letter from Harriet Laney, Office Manager of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost, University of North Texas and Co-director, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts about an attached fax sent to Laney from Gary Fox, Public Affairs and Information Services at UNT. Laney expresses their confusion as to the sudden change of the NTIEVA logo on their materials. CC'd at the bottom of the document is R. William McCarter. The attached document is the fax from Fox to Laney that portrays ideas for letterheads for consortiums at UNT.

A letter from Ricardo Hernandez to the TCA Constituents about the application deadline for funding. Included is 'A Guide to Funding Service and Operation' for the group. Sections that are marked include 'Additional Review Criteria', 'County Arts Expansion Program', 'Texas Arts Advancement and Apprenticeship Initiative', Educational and Technical Assistance Program (ETAP)', and 'Cultural Connections'.

Letter to John Thomas from Abigail Tilton. The letter is in response to a news article announcing John Thomas' resignation from the AIDS Resource Center.

Letter to John Thomas from Jane C. Loflin. In the letter, Loflin mentions that she did not see Thomas at a concert Tuesday night, and then read about the news article announcing his resignation from the AIDS Resource Center.

A letter from the Executive Director of The Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, directed to Jack and Bill at NTIEVA, UNT. This significant document is accompanied by an attached cheque, representing the first installment of a three-year grant. The funds are allocated in support of the Marcus Fellows/Technology Development Program, underscoring the foundation's commitment to fostering educational initiatives.

Letter to Clara Luper asking if the NAACP has any academic scholarships available for college students.