An article, "Double Vision: The Art of Hung Liu," by Nancy Walkup Reynolds, for Trends, Spring of 1998. Reynolds is a Project Coordinator for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, University of North Texas, and has written this article on contemporary artist Hung Liu. Liu, born in China but now resides in the United States appropriate images from historical photographs to create paintings and mix media installations that expresses her bicultural perspective.

An article, "Aesthetics In Our Time," by Kay Wilson for Trends, Spring of 1998. Wilson is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas and has written this article on the technical terminology aesthetics and how it was used throughout history. As such, Alexander Baumgarten first used aesthetics in 1744 to mean "science of the beautiful." Aesthetics in today's culture is concerned with the questions in addition to the traditional question of beauty.

A newsletter written by Rebecca Arkenberg, a museum educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, for Trends, 1998. The article is titled, "The Immigrant Experience in an Art Museum," and focuses on the immigrant culture surrounding acquired objects and artwork. Arkenberg writes of her grandfather's travels from Sweden to America, and how he had brought with him a knife, and questions why things have sentimental, monetary or practical value to be brought over with him.

A newsletter written by Nancy Berry, an associate Professor of Art Education and Art History and Area Coordinator for Art Education / Visual Arts Studies at the University of North Texas, for Art Education, titled "A Focus On Art Museum / School Collaborations." Berry's article questions why it is important for school children to learn work of art from the museum environment and explores the nature of art museums / school collaborations to shed light on the questions.

A online magazine, Principal Magazine, The National Association of Elementary School Principals, serving all elementary and middle school principals. The article titled, "Improving Student Performance through the Arts," was written by Russ Chapman, a principal of Shady Brook Elementary school, one of the consortia schools involved with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Chapman writes that he began his career in elementary school over twenty-five years ago and he never centered his mind that arts education could become a powerful tool for boosting academic performance. Chapman's' article details the comprehensive art education ideas and how it was introduced and implemented.

Photocopy of a magazine article written by Melinda A. Mayer, a lecturer in Art Education at the University of North Texas. Mayer states in her article, that the demand for change is everywhere, in education the cry for reform rings from the national to local level. Art educators in schools and museums find signs of shifting theories and practices in the disciplines that shape their teaching. In Mayer's newsletter she examines differing notions in the education mission and how art education has changed over the years.