A memo from Julie Able, program associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to an attached outline of Valsin Marmillion's public relations speech, that was accidentally left out of the notes from the April 28, 1989 director's meeting.

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.

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 Julie Anne Abel to Mark Elder regarding a grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA). Attachments are listed as follows: A signed grant offer letter; "Detailed Budget for July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994 and Explanatory Narrative"; "Worksheets for Calculating Contributions of the District Art Specialists"; and "Verification of Matching Funds and Letters of Commitment from Consortium Member Institutions."

A letter from John Paul Batiste to Mark Elder about the approval of a matching financial award for UNT through the TCA Financial Assistance Program. The grant will be disbursed in September and included with the letter is a copy of a contract, between TCA and UNT's NTIEVA program, that must be signed and returned.

A letter from Nancy Berry to Museum Educators about remind them of a scheduled meeting at the Amon Carter Museum.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Davis Lewis, Editor for the Pilot Point Post-Signal. In regards to their meeting and how Broadus is looking forward to working with Pilot Point area and the teachers there. Broadus has begun putting together some ideas for a special arts insert for the Post-Signal and has taken some of Lewis's suggested ideas into heavy consideration, she'll be in contact with him soon.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus to Janice Wiggins, Art Supervisor for Dallas ISD, in discussion about able to work with the teachers at T.D. Marshall Elementary School. Broadus mentions her interest in attending the Dallas ISD Laureate / Art Specialists in-service, Wiggins had mentioned during their conversation, and to find out more information about it. Broadus would also like to discuss the possible future in-services with DISD, since Dallas is a consortium member of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, Dean of the School of Visual Arts, to David Kesterson, Vice Provost for the University of North Texas. To request more space for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts by wanting access to Rooms 305 & 303 B in Marquis Hall, UNT. Davis understands that the need for space is great, but NTIEVA has proven themselves to be a viable operation with consistent external funding for its program, along with a major outreach for UNT. Davis writes that in the last five years the Institute has generated more than 1,400,000 in grant funds and has only grown more steadily with each passing year. Thus with the expansion of the program, Davis requests more space to continue their operations as their previous space has become overly crowded.

A letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Judy Bramlett, Texas Facilitator Project-National Diffusion Network, Education Service Center. The letter is in regards to prior correspondence between Davis and Bramlett and the involvement Davis and three other faculty at the University of North Texas had in the National Diffusion Network project on improving visual arts education. Enclosed in the memo are copies of the press release for the Getty project. A hand-written note on the letter reads, "Thanks so much for sending information on your exciting new project. I will look forward to hearing about your work as you being actively working with teachers. Perhaps at some point I could visit one of your staff developments sessions. In the future, perhaps I can assis you with publicizing results of your efforts to other schools, Judy Bramlett."

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Tim Sonnenberg, Superintendent, Denton ISD. Davis and McCarter tell Sonnenberg that the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation has made a three year grant of $225,000 to the NTIEVA, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, completing the matching grant made by the Getty Center of Education in the Arts, and insures the five year operation Institute plan. However, since NTIEVA's projected budget exceeds the minimum they are going to continue to seek additional support to meet the demands for their current and future projects. Davis and McCarter continue to write that Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum has agreed to chair the Advisory Committee for the Institute, a position that was vacated when E.A. Carmean resigned as Director of the Modern Art Museum. Enclosed on the letter are materials Davis and McCarter believe are interest to Sonnenberg. Materials not present with letter.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about Carolyn Sherburn. Sherburn was the only art specialist at Burton Hill Elementary which was the only Fort Worth school taking part in a project to implement art education throughout the general curriculum. Sherburn along with two other Fort Worth teachers took eighteen weeks of training, where she will in turn teach more than one-hundred teachers from forty-two schools how to implement art education. The article goes into details about how discipline-based art education came in fruition and their goals having an art specialist in every public school.

A newspaper clipping featuring a snippet on the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation gifting almost $80,000 in grant money to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts for the reproduction of artworks from the Dallas and Fort Worth museums. The prints will be used as educational tools in local schools.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation granting North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the University of North Texas $225,000 for the discipline-based art education program.

Photocopy of a letter from Stephen Mark Dobbs to the heads of institutions where Discipline Based Art Education programs are in practice. Dobbs is requesting a list of principles involved in the programs in order to send out a copy of a section on DBAE programs that was included in the NASSP Bulletin.

Photocopy of a memo from Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the RIG Directors. The memo is in regards to newly received information regarding the Goals 2000 Education America Act that Duke wants to share with them. Attached to the memo is a copy of the State Planning Teams responsible for developing plans to implement the Goals 2000 Act, also an attached copy of Duke's recent letter to the California Goals 2000 planning team urging them to attend the arts.

A document from the Federal Register, Department of Education, direct grant programs and fellowship programs; notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1993. The department of education is inviting applications for new awards under many of the department's direct grant and fellowship programs. The document goes into great details about the application and instructions for the types of grants they will award under specific programs. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

A document from the Federal Register, Department of Education, educational media research, production, distribution and training program and inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1993. The purpose of the program is to provide the continued availability of closed-captioned television, expand the cultural experiences available to children who are deaf and hard of hearing an to disseminate information about new technologies for person with sensory disabilities. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter and the members of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

A application for federal assistance, the Federal Register, Department of Education bilingual vocational instructor training program; notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1993. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance for preservice and inservice training for personnel participating in or preparing to participate in bilingual vocation education. The document goes into great details about the application and instructions for building a budget summary. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter and the members of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

A application for federal assistance, the Federal Register, Department of Education bilingual vocational instructor training program; notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1993. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance for preservice and inservice training for personnel participating in or preparing to participate in bilingual vocation education. The document goes into great details about the application and instructions for building a budget summary. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter and the members of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

Photocopy of a letter from Pam Stephens, graduate research assistant, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Cyndi Riddle, Art Specialist at North Hi Mount Elementary. The letter is in regards to the idea of teacher-presenters at Texas Art Education Association meetings, believing it is an excellent suggestion. Stephens has already contacted Linda Alford from Plano and Jan Schronk from Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, about commitments to their teachers and helping to host. Included in the letter are suggestions about helping cater to presenter needs.

Photocopy of a letter from Pam Stephens to Russ Chapman, Principal Lakewood Elementary School, in regards to attached content of models that details how an elementary school goes about implementing discipline-based art education. A second model has been modified for Lakewood.

Photocopy of a letter from Pam Stephens, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Jan Schronk, Coordinator of Fine Arts for Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD. Reminding Schronk that the Teaching Art Education Association conference will be held in Fort Worth in November. Nancy Walkup Reynolds, Beverly Fletcher and Stephens are putting the conference together and contacting NTIEVA consortium districts to ask that art specialists attend and consider making presentations and serving as hosts at the event. To attend the conference as a participant, the teacher must be a member of TAEA, enclosed in the letter are membership forms. Stephens would like this event to be hospitable to visiting educators and would like to visit Schronk's next art meeting to beg her case before the teachers.

Photocopy of a letter from Anne Henderson to William McCarter concerning Henderson's acceptance into the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and her subsequent inability to attend. The document was printed on stationery from the Meadows Museum.