Letter to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts addressing permission to use grant funds for proposed meetings. Included is an email to Julie Abel requesting she sends the said email, placing no restrictions on food and beverage options.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. Discussion that the Getty Center has an opportunity to highlight the regional institutes in the "Face of Philanthropy," a feature in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The Chronicle became interested in features RIGs after reviewing their most recent press release. The Getty Center requests of the directors to send in photographs that meet strict requirements, as listed in the letter. The photos are required to show children involved in any DBAE art activity.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel to Sheila Brown, Anne Lindsey, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Nancy MacGregor, Bill McCarter, Susan Rotilie, and Joyce Wright. Cc'd are Jack Davis, Ginni Gembica, Phyllis Johnson, Jeff Patchen, Nancy Roucher, Lori Weisgerber, Margaret DiBlasio, Edith Johnson, Michael Parsons, Vicki J. Rosenberg and Sunu Sukumaran. Providing logistics about "Beyond The 3 Rs: Transforming Education in the Arts" conference to be held January 12-14, 1995 at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington D.C. The letter is written to those will be exhibiting at the conference and provides specifications for the exhibit space. An exhibit schedule for the conference is included on the third page.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Sheila Brown, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, William McCarter, Joyce Wright, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor and Susan Rotilie. The memo is in regards to information and instructions regarding the regional institute directors exhibit booth and assistant at the Center's fifth national conference. Also included in the memo is further information on the upcoming conference, exhibition schedules, floor plans and guidelines.

A letter to Dr. D. Jack Davis from Julie Anne Abel regarding a grant check from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA).

A letter from Julie Anne to D. Jack Davis about conforming the use of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts' National Specialty Program funds for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

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 James M. Bailey to D. Jack Davis about expressing interest in participating in the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, now known as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A letter from John Paul Batiste, Executive Director at the Texas Commission on the Arts, to Mark Elder, Assistant Vice President of Research at the University of North Texas, about TCA's approval of a matching financial award for $4,422 for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts grant application. Enclosed with the letter are contracts that must be signed and returned to the TCA immediately. The contracts are for services between TCA and UNT. Batiste notes that the grant is schedule to be paid during the month of September and the Evaluation Report is due on or before September 30, 1992. Jack D. Davis is cc'd at the bottom of the document.

A letter from Nancy Berry to NTIEVA Staff inviting them to a cocktails reception and dinner for the National Center for Art Museum/School Collaborations advisory board meeting.

A letter from Annette Bertanzetti, Coordinator of Contracts and Evaluations at the Texas Commission on the Arts, to Mark Elder, Assistant Vice President of Research at the University of North Texas, about an upcoming deadline regarding Elder's evaluation report for the NTIEVA project. Bertanzetti states that failure to turn in the evaluation report within 30 days following the completion of Elder's project may result in the withdrawal of any outstanding grants to NTIEVA and the jeopardizing of any future grant request to TCA. Bertanzetti notes if Elder is unable to comply with the deadline, he has within 10 days that he can ask Bertanzetti for assistance. Bertanzetti also cc's D. Jack Davis within the letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sylvia Russell, Pilot Point Art Supervisor. In regards to Broadus modeling a DBAE, discipline-based art education, lesson for the teachers and participants at the meeting in Pilot Point and hoping they picked up something they will be able to use for their own classrooms. Broadus ends the letter with details about the upcoming visitation with a man named Vicente, for a "Potter on the Porch" lesson.

A letter from Blaine Brownell, Provost, University of North Texas. to D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost of UNT and Co-Director of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, about the NTIEVA stationary and business cards. Brownell had talked to the Chancellor, Alfred F. Hurley, about the UNT publishing policies that prevent NTIEVA from producing the business cards and ask for a memo to be written explaining the situation that NTIEVA should be exempt.

Photocopy of a letter from Ronald Caloss, Superintendent, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, in regards to the school districts commitment as a full time partnert with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. HEB ISD will plan and implement a full two week summer insistent and four extended institute / renewals during the 1995 - 1996 school year. Attached to the letter are stipend worksheets based on the current income of the faculty involved in the institute.

A letter from E. A. Carmean Jr. to D. Jack Davis, accepting an invitation to join the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, now known as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from John W. Crain, associate of the Summerlee Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to Crain correspondence with Ron Tyler and secure his commitment to meet with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to discuss a future working relationship.

A letter from D. Jack Davis to Linus Wright about thanking them for agreeing to participate in the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, now known as the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and following up on a earlier phone call about NTIEVA.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Ronald Caloss about informing Caloss of a new matching grant program offered from The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts elementary summer institute, a leadership seminar, and a secondary institute.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Carolyn Clark. Describing the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts fifth year as a staff development program for the school districts and museums, and as such Davis and McCarter established an advisory board several years to serve the community as well as receive their input. Davis and McCarter continue, explaining how fortunate they are to have Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum chair their board, and how much they would like to have Clark serve as a board member for the Institute. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter ask Clark to take their request into consideration and that the board will meet at the Amon Carter December 1 at 4 pm. The letter mentions a fact sheet being given to Clark about current board members, fact sheet not present with letter. Copied on the letter is Jan Muhlert.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Celia Munoz. Describing the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts fifth year as a staff development program for the school districts and museums, and as such Davis and McCarter established an advisory board several years to serve the community as well as receive their input. Davis and McCarter continue, explaining how fortunate they are to have Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum chair their board, and how much they would like to have Munoz serve as a board member for the Institute. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter ask Munoz to take their request into consideration and that the board will meet at the Amon Carter December 1 at 4 pm. The letter mentions a fact sheet being given to Munoz about current board members, fact sheet not present with letter. Copied on the letter is Jan Muhlert.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Dr. Vera Brooks-Ray. Describing the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts fifth year as a staff development program for the school districts and museums, and as such Davis and McCarter established an advisory board several years to serve the community as well as receive their input. Davis and McCarter continue, sharing their appreciation for Janice Wiggins and other teachers of the Dallas ISD as major components of their Institute, as well as how fortunate they are to have Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum chair their board. Davis and McCarter explain how much they would like to have Brooks-Ray serve as a board member for the Institute as well. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter ask Brooks-Ray to take their request into consideration and that the board will meet at the Amon Carter December 1 at 4 pm. The letter mentions a fact sheet being given to Brooks-Ray about current board members, fact sheet not present with letter. Copied on the letter is Jan Muhlert.

A e-mail from Marge Desiderato to Nancy Berry about funding available in the National Center for Art Museum/School Collaborations grant.

A memo from Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of 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 an attachment of the American Association of Museum's (AAM's) annual meeting. The theme of the meeting is "Partnerships: Museums and Communities," and Rosenberg believed it was of interested to Davis and William for their consortium of museums.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Getty Center Regional Institute Directors, regarding "BEYOND THE 3Rs: Transforming Education in the Arts." Enclosed in the letter is information about the conference, to be held from Janurary 12 -14, 1995 at the Washington Hilton and Towers. Duke has included details about hotel reservations and travel arrangements that the guests will be needing to make in preparation of the event. Special arrangements will be provided for the guests such as covering the lodging, airfare transportation, and expenses including meals. Included in this letter is an attached conference agenda as scheduled for the guests upon arrival. Agenda is not present with letter.