Photocopy of a letter from William McCarter and Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Marsha Stempien, Trust Department at NCNB Texas. The letter is in regards to Stempien taking the time to talk with them about matching the fund requirements for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter goes into details about the primary goals of the program and have attached an executive summary on the organization.

Photocopy of a letter from M'Lou Bancroft, executive director of the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, to Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the final check in the amount of $90,000 of the three-year grant from the foundation for the institute.

An e-mail from the Texas Commission on the Arts grant administrators to Dr. Jack Davis, Dean of the School of Visual Arts, UNT. The e-mail is in regards printing out either a blank application to be mailed in or an application with the text typed into the blanks.

A clipping from the Education section of the Denton Record-Chronicle of an article written by April M. Washington. The piece focuses on Dr. R. William McCarter, a professor at UNT and the co-director of the NTIEVA program.

A clipping from the Denton Record-Chronicle about a teleconference with panelists from NTIEVA and Prairie Visions: The Nebraska Consortium for Discipline-based Art Education. They are hosting it to promote the school programs and raise funds.

A letter from Kristi Lemmon to Harriet Laney about a balance in one of their accounts with TCA. Also discussed is whether there will be any carryover into the next year.

A memo from Sheila Brown and Margaret Proskovec, to Prairie Visions Superintendents and Contact Persons. The memo is in regards to the Nebraska schools being offered an opportunity to participate in a 23 state partnership of educators and public broadcasters that provides quality interactive education via satellite. The memo also announces a two teleworkshop that will be broadcast nationally.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. Jack Davis, who is the dean of the School of Visual arts. Davis hopes that a $4.3 million dollar grant will show public schools that an education based on the arts increases student achievements in all fields. Davis is also co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, an art education consortium, whose belief is that visual image is a powerful learning tool.

Photocopy of a letter from Burton M. Bruce to James "Jim" J. Muro, in regards to the a list that he has sent to Muro with the corporation and foundations tentatively assigned to projects. Bruce writes that he will assist the institutes to take the appropriate steps towards writing and then submitting their proposals to such institutes when the time requires. Attached to the letter is the list of projects and the foundations / organizations assigned to them for contact.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Able, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to RIG directors. The letter is in regards to a request from the Center staff a list of RIG faculty members to use as resources as the Center regularly uses RIG people as program consultants. The faculty list must be received by January 11, 1996. cc'd on the letter is Vicki Rosenberg.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Barry Munitz, California State University Chancellor, who is leaving the University and accepting his position as President and CEO of the Getty Trust. Cal State trustees are confident in finding a good candidate to take over the position left by Munitz, in part because Munitz had boosted their system's image.

Letter from Anne Lindsey, Director of the Southeast Institute for Education in the Visual Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to prior correspondence where Davis requested from the regional institute directors to send him issues for discussion at the next meeting.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer of Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Maggie DiBlasio, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Bill McCarter, Jeffery Patchen, Frances Thurber, Jack Davis, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor, Tom McMullen, Nancy Roucher and Brent Wilson. The memo is in regrads to prior correspondence on the Regional institute directors' meeting taking place on January 23, 1991 in Los Angeles. Rosenberg writes that the Center will cover the cost of their lodging for five nights and to make reservations as soon as possible.

A newspaper snippet featuring an article on the University of North Texas panelist from North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Nebraska Consortium linking up together for a nation wide discipline-based art education teleconference. The teleconference is titled "Schools, Museums, Art and Children: A Dialogue of States."

A newspaper clipping on the UNT and Prairie Visions: Nebraska Consortium for Discipline-Based Art Education getting together for a nation-wide teleconference, "Schools, Museums, Art and Children: A Dialogue of States."

Photocopy of a letter from Bruce M. Burton, Office of Advancement, University of North Texas to his colleague, James "Jim" J. Muro, with an attached list of corporate and foundation prospects tentatively assigned to priority projects. Burton writes that he will coordinate the faculty members and assign them to contacts. cc'd on the letter is Rose Marie Wilkinson, Carol Thompson, Patsy Sharp, Barbara Jester, Blaine Brownell, Jim Miller, Jack Davis, Bill McCarter, Ann Lupkowski, David Holmes, and Gus Seligman.

A newspaper clipping, published by The North Texas Daily, features an article with the headline, "Foreign art educators visit NT." Swedish art educators from the Modern Museum in Stockholm visited North Texas to learn about reforming education in and through the arts. The Swedish educators visited the offices of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to learning about their program, Transforming Education through the Arts Challenge. Project Coordinator, Pam Stephens said that the challenge is a five-year $15 million effort at NT.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article written by Renee Schafer about her son, Evan coming home from school enthusiastic about something he learned in music class. It got Schafer thinking about how her son's school district has considered down-sizing their arts department due to funding being low, and most administrators believe art and music is fluff. Schafer challenges this notion by stating that her sons music exercise helped him understand fractions.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. William McCarter and Dr. Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts who will recieve a total of $3.43 million to promote the reform of art education in public schools. McCarter said a grant from the Annenberg Foundation will provide $1.43 million and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts will provide $ 2 million in matching funds.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Nancy Berry, Mickey Day, Nancy MacGregor, Jeff Patchen, Marilyn Stewart, Sheila Brown, Rick Lasher, Michael Parson and Marilyn Schnake. The letter is in regards to prior discussion of possibly offering graduate credits to participants at the Center's national professional development program in the upcoming summer. cc'd on the letter, Jack Davis, Val Marmillion, David Pankratz, Kathy Talley-Jones, Cristin Leonard-Wills, Bill McCarter and Vicki Rosenberg.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. William McCarter being honored by the Texas Art Education Association, TAEAm as "Higher Education Art Educator of the Year." McCarter has spent his lifetime teaching people how to look beyond the pictures of art to the impressions it leaves, publishing his book "Living with Art: A Study Guide," which has been credited with redirecting and reshaping how art appreciation courses should be taught.

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.

Photocopy of a memo from Leilani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the RIG directors. The memo is in regards to the National Endowment for the Arts and the Assembly of Local Art Agencies publishing brochures on the Goals 2000 Educate American Act. Because Goals 2000 is a potential source of funding for the RIG directors, Duke hopes they'll take advantage of the possible new funding. Included with the memo is the brochure on Goals 2000.

Photocopy of a letter from Shirley Yokley to Bill McCarter concerning a Visual Art Conference that Bill McCarter and his wife Mickey McCarter had attended in Tennessee. In the letter Yokley thanks McCarter for his attendance and time spent in Tennessee.