Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to colleague James J. Muro, of the Office of Advancement, University of North Texas. The letter is in regards to Davis' contribution of $500.00 to the Department of Art to use towards the matching-grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. cc'd on the letter are Thomas R. Preston, Scott A. Sullivan and William McCarter.

Photocopy of an operating budget for NTIEVA for the year 1990. This copy is the revised version, as of December 22, 1989. The budget is divided into five groups, Personnel, Personnel Fringe Benefits, Staff Development Activities, under which are Leadership Retreat costs, Institute Preparatory Sessions costs, and Summer Institute costs, then come the Implementation costs, and Operating costs. Across all these groups there is a further breakdown of where the funds will come from. Either In-Kind, Match, Getty will cover the item, with a total budget tallied at the end.

A memo from Julie Abel, program associate for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The memo is in regards to reserved exhibition space in the Bessie Smith room at the Radisson Read House, where reach regional institute can display any materials or information on their consortium.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Betsy Donoghue, Susan Hazelroth, Karen Janovy, Kathryn Johnson, Sharon Kokot, and Melinda Mayer. The memo is in regards to the Getty Center choosing "The Role of Museums in the Regional Institutes," as the topic of its Winter 1990 meeting. Included in the memo are guidelines for presentations and instructions for materials to be disseminated to be displayed.

Photocopy of a letter from Robert B. Toulouse to Vicki Rosenberg clarifying the contribution of the Provost's Office towards the cash match for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Toulouse explains what it will be used for.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas R. Preston to Vicki Rosenberg about the College of Arts and Sciences contribution to the cash match required by the Getty Center grant. Preston also lists what will be covered by this money.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, Gary Hoeltke, Kathryn Johnson, and Nelson Towle. The memo is in regards to the Rosenberg's appointment of the named individuals as leaders of the Affinity teams, in order to strengthen the discussions of the group meetings. The responsibilities of being leader, include creating agendas in collaborations with group members, work with Rosenberg on finalizing agendas, lead group discussions and present cross-site issues raised in discussions.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to participants in the February 1-4, 1990 Regional Institute Team Meeting. The memo is in regards to the Center's expectations of each of the organizations comprising the regional institute consorts in making significant contributions to the development and on-going refinement of the regional institute programs. The February meeting will begin with a reception and dinner, where they will hear presentations from each project museum representatives.

The financial report of the University of North Texas for the year ending August 31, 1989. Included in the document is a letter from UNT Controller Steve Rohn to President Alfred F. Hurley, presenting the financial report. The document includes a list of the members of the Board of Regents and other important university personnel, enrollment numbers, and the university budget for fiscal year 1988 - 1989.

Recommendations of Museum Representative Affinity Group distributed to Project Directors and Museum Representatives, the December 9, 1989 Regional Institute Directors' meeting in Los Angeles California.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director 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 taking the time to meet with Davis and a man named Jim Muro to discuss the proposal for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Enclosed with the letter is a revised proposal grant at the request of Crow.

A newspaper clipping from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 7, 1989. The clipping is written about the President of Cincinnati Bell, Raymond "Ray" Clark who has stated that employees of corporations are starting to donate more than the companies themselves. Cincinnati's total of 23,300 employees at one-hundred and ten different companies gave $1.3 million for the $4.9 million raised in the Fine Arts Fund campaign. The Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts holds the Fine Arts Fund campaign to raise money for eight major arts groups. Clark says giving money to the arts in important and encourages others to do so. From the desk of William McCarter, as he has researched foundations and charities to support the education reform program he has developed with Jack Davis.

Letter from Ruby Raines, from the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of North Texas, to Julie Able, program associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The letter is Raines sending Abel the list of names of the museum and school district representatives who will be attending the February meeting in Chatanooga, Tennessee.

A memorandum from Lynda Alford to Dr. Holifield, in regards to the Getty Foundation funding a Project Team Meeting for various DBAE summer institutes located across the United States. Dr. Jack Davis, UNT co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts has invited Alford to be the school district representative of the region and needs approval from Holifield to be away for the three days when the meeting commences in February 1 - 5th, 1990.

A proposal to the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation by the University of North Texas in collaboration with DFW public schools, DFW museums, and regional and state art councils, inviting Effie and Wofford Foundation to participate in the establishment of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts through a three-year grant. The grant will be devoted to leadership training, staff development, and the implementation of a discipline-based visual arts program at the elementary school level. Included in the proposal is a broken down budget about the division of money through NTIEVA's consortia. The authors believe that the arts are an important component of a well-balanced educational program after studying educational reform.

A proposal submitted to the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Education Trust by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, the University of North Texas in collaborations with metroplex school districts, museums and art councils. The proposal goes into the program description as North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts seeks grant support from the foundation.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Jack Davis, Margaret DiBlasio, Anne Lindsey, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Nancy MacGregor, Bill McCarter, Tom McMullen and Nancy Roucher. The memo is in regards to a draft agenda for the Chattanooga meeting, however, the agenda does not include one-on-one meetings with Ann Swartzberg and the project directors to discuss development plans. Rosenberg asks before making final decisions about the agenda if she could leave it as it or extend the meetings to allow this discussion.

Photocopy of a list of the UNT and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Regents that includes their contact information, and determined term end. A list of the NTIEVA Advisory Committee is also included, along with their positions and addresses.

An abstract for the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, with the intention of inviting corporations and private foundations in North Texas to join with the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, the University of North Texas to innovate and implement a education reform for discipline-based arts. The abstract goes into details about what NTIEVA hopes to achieve through their program, wanting to tackle visual literacy, critical criticism and language among elementary and secondary students. Further details about budgeting and proposed planning are incorporated at the end of the abstract.

A document description of members within the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts program reaching out to foundations such as the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation, the Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust, the Mary Potishman Lard Trust and so forth, with the proposals about the education reform program with the hopes or receiving grant funding. Included in the document is a Getty Center for Education in the Arts budgeting, as NTIEVA must match the funding grant from the Center for their program.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Project Directors. The memo is in regards to the last day of the Austin Meeting where they agreed on issues / actions related to student assessments grant guidelines. The memo details the content for the student grant application as well as details for future directors meetings.

A scanned newspaper clipping featuring an article about teacher, Georiga Blaydes and her fifth-grade class room of students undergoing the experimental discipline-based art education program. The students have become as serious about art criticism as professional critics. Changes in art curriculum are being implemented statewide as part of a package of sweeping education reforms approved by the Texas Legislature in 1981. In the article, Ms. Blaydes has been working with the University of North Texas administrators as they plan for a regional center for the visual arts that will promote new art education programs.

Photocopy of an article from the 'Women's News' section of the Tyler Morning Telegraph about Georgia Blaydes' art-inclusive curriculum. At the end it includes a mention of the grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts to UNT for the NTIEVA program.

A document on the Indiana Fine Arts Diagnostic Achievement Tests, The Getty Center for Education in the Arts Student Assessment Meeting. The Indiana Fine Arts Diagnostic Achievement Testing program began in 1987 as a means to provide art teachers with new tools from which to measure student achievement in visual arts, music, theatre/creative drama and dance/creative movement. The purpose of the testing program is also to create / develop new tools to diagnose student and class strengths or needs.