Photocopy of a letter from Harold M. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust, to Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Inviting McCarter to attend a special dinner for invited guests on January 12, 1995 at the National Gallery of Art. The dinner will be held in conjunction with the Getty Center's fifth national conference on arts education January 12 - 14, 1995. The purpose of this dinner is to recognize the accomplishments of McCarter's institute and the contribution to the achievements of education.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Center, to Bill McCarter, co-director of NTIEVA, inviting McCarter to attend the Getty Center's fifth national conference, "Beyond the Three R's: Transforming education with the Arts," being held from January 12th - 14th, 1995 in Washington, D.C., Hilton Hotel and Towers. The conference will cover education reforms in the schools and how education in the arts is contributing to achieving the reform agenda. Duke invites McCarter to be a featured speaker at the breakout session for January 13th, which will focus the highlights of the Regional Institute Directors work in relation to the DBAE, discipline-based art education.

Photocopy of a letter from Dave McIntyre, Visual Arts Facilitator for El Paso ISD, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Iin regards to a presentation Davis, Nancy Reynolds and Jeff Young gave on Arts Advocacy in El Paso the previous week. The presentation made a positive impact on the faculty and the people present in attendance and have been motivation to act upon the inclusion of the program into their curriculum. McIntyre formally invites NTIEVA back to El Paso and present to the art specialists in the El Paso district and is looking forward to working with Davis and NTIEVA. Copied on the letter are Nancy Reynolds and Jeff Young.

Photocopy of a letter from María Dolores Álvarez-Rodríguez, Department of Education, University of Granada, Spain, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Rodriguez is a professor at Granada University, working on her Ph.D. on Art Education and is interested in DBAE, discipline-based art education. Having contacted the Getty Center for more information they re-addressed her to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Rodriguez hopes that Davis will be able to send her some information regarding the teacher training program and other subjects in its relation, along with the inquiry about outside observers to attend meetings / seminars if possible.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer of the Getty Center, to the Regional Institute Directors. Providing logistics about the Center's Fourth National Conference "Achieving National Education Reform: Arts Education As Catalyst" to be held February 4 - 6, 1993, in San Francisco. At a later date, Rosenberg will sent out more information regarding travel arrangements and lodging.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Julie Abel, the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. Discussing the current and future budgeting of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts with the Getty Center and the use of the left over funding from the FY96 year to be used in the FY97 year. Attached to the letter is a revised budget including the request to carryover the remaining funding.

Photocopy of a press release, from the Getty Center in regards to the 1995 Doctoral fellowships, that has been awarded to two students. Melinda Mayer, of Pennsylvania State University and Melody Milbrandt, of Florida State University have been awarded the fellowships in the field of visual arts education by the Getty Center, the awards will provide the scholars $12,500 in grant money to support their research. The press release goes into further details about what each student will be researching.

Photocopy of a letter from Jim Surratt, Superintendent Plano ISD, to Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to Plano's commitment as a full partner in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and their implementation of full two-week summer institute in the summer of 1995. Attached to the letter are stipend worksheets for the current income of the faculty to be involved with the program.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to the spring of 1995 progress report Davis and McCarter had sent Rosenberg about their activities and achievements for NTIEVA. Rosenberg is interested to hear that Bill McCarter plans to retires from NTIEVA after the summer of 1997 and commends both of them for their leadership they have brought to NTIEVA. Rosenberg requests that they address certain issues in their next report due October 1, 1995 or to send them separately so that she may review them.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer of the Getty Center, to the Regional Institute Directors. Providing logistics about the Center's Fourth National Conference, "Achieving National Education Reform: Arts Education As Catalyst." The letter in an invitation to attend the conference, to be held February 4 - 6, 1992 at the San Francisco Hilton and Towers. The next two pages are a letter from Julie Able, from the office of Rosenberg, to the Regional and Californian Institute Directors, providing information on expected arrival schedules, purchasing airfare, and details exhibition booth spaces and where to ship their materials prior to the conference date.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Augustus Whitted, Director of Elementary Education, in regards to Burton Hill Elementary School submitting a proposal for an Extended Fine Arts Program. The North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts supports and endorses the proposal, giving thoughtful consideration for its funding. Reynolds explains in the letter that NTIEVA is a program devoted to research and development of discipline-based art education (DBAE), and that Fort Worth ISD and Burton Hill has been a model for the development of the strategies implemented from the program. NTIEVA will continue to support the educational initiative taking place at Burton Hill.

Photocopy of a letter from Jan Keene Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Thanking them for their invitation for Muhlert to join the advisory committee of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Muhlert writes that she will be happy to do so and participate in the activities as time allows.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Nancy Berry, in regards to the Spring 1995 National Specialty program. Rosenberg requests that Berry send her a memo with the information from her focus group about marketing for the national specialty programs. Rosenberg also requests details about the National Center being a separate entity from NTIEVA, that Berry proposed.

Photocopy of a letter from Chad Woolery, General Superintendent of the Dallas Public Schools to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Woolery writes that the Dallas Public Schools will be unable to continue their participation with NTIEVA, due to budgeting and time constraints. Woolery finishes the letter by saying the fine arts staff have been positive about the impact the program has had on their schools, and hopes Davis and McCarter will continue to let them know of opportunities in the future regarding NTIEVA and the Getty Foundation. Included at the end of the letter is a stipend worksheet for the faculty involved with NTIEVA based on current salaries.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Anne Burnett and Charles D. Tandy Foundation. The letter is in regards to the meeting Davis and McCarter had with Beech hosted by John Stevenson at the Fort Worth Club and how North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts will be submitting a formal proposal to the trustees of the Tandy Foundation for a four-year grant of $145,000. Attached to the letter is the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts proposal to the Tandy Foundation.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert W. Decker, President of the William E. Scott Foundation. The letter is in regards to the possible involvement of the Scott Foundation as a grant award for the 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 Val Wilkie, executive director for the Sid W. Richardson Foundation. The letter is in regards to the previous correspondence between Wilkie and Davis, where Wilkie gave bad news regarding the grant support from the foundation. In this letter Davis thanks Wilkie for the opportunity and time and will keep him updated on the institutes progress.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Jack Davis and Jeff Patchen that includes recent updates, issues that need to be addressed from FY97 to 2001, FY97 Proposal Guidelines, which are then followed by a Proposal Outline, and at the end is a brief note about changes to the timeline.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the participants in February, 1990 Regional Institute Team Meeting. The memo is in regards to an attached group reports prepared after the February meeting. cc'd on the memo, Leilani Lattin Duke and Brent Wilson.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Clay Hooper, Regional Manager, Public Affairs of Chevron. The letter is in regards to a proposal Davis is making to Hooper, hoping that Chevron will give a grant worth $10,000 to North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in support of their discipline-based art education movement to reform elementary and secondary schooling. Written within the letter Davis goes into details about the $600,000 grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts and they are required to raise $400,000 in matching grant through outside support. Enclosed with the letter is an abstract about what NTIEVA hopes to achieve.

A letter from Julie Anne Abel, assistant and program associate for Vicki Rosenberg, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Maria Cicciarelli, program manager, Cultural Arts, City of Austin. The letter is in regards to Cicciarelli's request for information on the Getty Center for Education in the Arts' Regional Institute Grant Program. The letter details what the Getty Center and their institutes are about, developing and implementing discipline-based art education in the public school curriculum, and activities that promote comprehensives, approaches to visual arts. cc'd on the letter, Jack Davis, William McCarter and Vicki Rosenberg.

A memo from Stevie Mack, assistant director of Improving Visual Arts Education to the IVAE consultants. The memo is in regards to stationery available to the consultants who have requested it, the stationery contains letterhead, envelopes, business cards, labels and brochures.

Photocopy of a letter from Harold M. Williams, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to an inviation from the Center inviting Davis to attend a special dinner for guests on January 12, 1995 at the National Gallery of Art, the dinner will be in conjunction with the Getty Center for Education in the Art's fifth national conference January 12 - 14, 1995 in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the dinner is to recognize the accomplishments of the Davis' institute.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In the note to Davis, Rosenberg says she believes it is best to send the memo to the regional institute directors' from her instead of from the both of them, as it introduces Davis as the coordinator and moderator for directors session. Attached to the note is a rough draft of the memo needed to be sent out.