Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In discussion about the remaining funds from the Getty Center Education Institute grant to the RIG consortium be awarded to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts program. Abel makes a list of issues that need to be discussed and would like to meet up with Davis to discuss them.

A memo from Julie Abel, program associate at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Participants in the Regional Institute Director's Meeting November 3-4, 1992: Santa Barbara, California. The memo is in regards to an enclosed copy of the 1992 Regional Institute Director's Meeting proceedings report prepared by Kens Company.

A memo from Julie Abel, program associate of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Insitute Directors, Sheila Brown, Maggie DiBlasio, Edith Curtis Johnson, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor, Tom McMullen, Nancy Roucher, Joyce Wright, Jack Davis, Dwaine Greer, Phyllis Scott Johnson, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Bill McCarter, Jeffery Patchen and Frances Thurber. The memo is in regards to an enclosed transcript from the meeting of October 28 - 31, 1990. cc'd on the memo are Ann Bassi, Pamela Glintenkamp, Vicki Rosenberg, Leilani Lattin Duke, Michael Kendall, Mary Ann Stankiewicz.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Able, program associate for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to urgent information for the May, 1994 regional institute directors' meeting. Due to unforeseen scheduling obstacles, Leilani Lattin Duke will be unable to attend the director's meeting on Friday, May 7th, 1994. To accommodate this, Duke requests that the directors' meeting in Laguna Beach be moved back one day.

A letter from Julie Anne Abel to Dr. Connie Newton about informing Newton that the Getty Center for Education in the Arts has received a copy of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts' grant proposal.

A letter from Julie Anne Abel to Phillip C. Diebel about enclosing the final National Specialty Program grant payment to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts from The Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The payment is not attached to the document

An e-mail from Julie Anne Abel to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, informing them that the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Getty Education Institute for the Arts have approved grants for the Regional Institutes and the RIG's National Arts Education Consortium.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Tandy Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards that the Trustee of the Anne Burnett and Charles D. Foundation met to consider the proposal request submitted by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and unfortunately they are not able to provide the support for the project.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Tandy Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to their previous correspondence as North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts has sought grant support from the foundation. Beech writes that the Trustees did go over the proposal and has once again declined to commit.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Anne Sears, teacher at T.D. Marshall Learning Center. Broadus has given Sears lesson plans from Kay Alexander's Learning to Look and Create: The SPECTRA Series. Broadus writes that the art curriculum offers numerous ideas for correlating activities with concepts and addresses interdisciplinary curriculum ideas, highlighting some important introductory lesson plans that Broadus believes will be useful for Sears. Lesson plans are missing from letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Marilyn Ingram, Kimbell Art Museum. In regards to the Art-O-Gram art education newspaper series and that the Kimbell will be featured on specific days as followed, March 19, May 7, June 11 and June 18. Broadus also requests to include works from the Kimbell in another article or two for the summer months.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Melanie Wright, Dallas Museum of Art. Broadus requests the use of two or three permanent pieces from the DMA to use in "Art-O-Gram" and "Class Acts" an art education newspaper series in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The articles are designed for children to give them something more than just an art project but to talk about and view work critically and develop better communication skills.

An e-mail from Sheila Brown to Blanche Rubin, responding to an earlier e-mail from Blanche about curriculum framework model issues.

A letter from Peter Chant, Director of Educational Services, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, to Mike Feduk, Satellite Educational Resources Consortium, SERC. The letter is in regards to prior correspondence between Chant and Feduk, that the Nebraska ETV in cooperation with Nebraska Department of Education will be producing a one and a half hour teleconference. Chant writes, if possible could they request the date of October 21, 1992. cc'd on the letter, Sheila Brown, Luis Peon-Casanova, Mark Kelley, Lee Rockwell, Jack Davis and William McCarter.

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.

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,

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,

A letter from D. Jack Davis to Steven Dobbs about congratulating Dobbs on their promotion to Senior Program Officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Bob J. Crow, Executive Director for the Amon G. Carter Foundation. In regards to Crow listening to a presentation Davis and McCarter gave about their discipline-based art education and are hoping that Crow and the Amon Carter Foundation will be involved with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Darlene Mann, Vice President, Trust and Investment Services at NCNB Texas. Davis thanks Mann for meeting with him and Joe Grisson on February 28 to discuss matching fund requirements for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and send her all the information on the program and their primary goals along with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

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.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, North Texas State University, to Edith O'Donnell, of the O'Donnell Foundation. In regards to Davis having completed the proposal for the Center for Study of Arts in Education at NTSU. Davis writes that the strong leadership of the arts education faculties at NTSU and the establishment of the Center will put them in a position to effect the quantity of the arts education programs they hope to implement. Davis ends the letter hoping that O'Donnell with review his proposal and get together to discuss any further ideas.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert W. Decker, President and Treasure of the William E. Scott Foundation. The letter is in regards to previous correspondence where North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts hopes that the Scott Foundation will become a partner and contributor to the organization. In the letter Davis goes into details about the collaborations in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project and their goal to reform education. Attached to the letter is the matching funds requirement report from other support. Also attached is the proposal of the art education program.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Vicki Rosenberg, Program Officer of the Getty Center. In regards to a conversation they had regarding the NTIEVA newsletters and sale of advertisements. Davis writes that they could cover the cost of publishing the newsletter by the sale of advertisements as their mailing list exceeds one-thousand. Davis wants to further discuss the details with Marcus Foundation and the Amon Carter Foundation as well before making a decision. Copied on the letter are Bill McCarter and Nancy Reynolds.