Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Chad Woolery, Deputy Superintendent for Dallas ISD. In regards of Janice Wiggins, Visual Arts Special, Dallas Public Schools and her contract with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, hoping that she could be under an extended contract through June 14 - 25, 1993 to finish work she has started with three of her art specialists in planning the 1993 Dallas Institute. The Dallas Institute is a complex staff development experience for classroom teachers and art specialists in the district. Included in the letter is a detailed list of Wiggin's responsibility and her expected goals. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter are excited to consider an interactive television connection with Dallas schools on June 21, 1993 and that Dr. Wilson, cross site evaluator for the Getty Center will be observing the distance learning project.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Don R. Roberts, Superintendent for Forth Worth ISD. In discussion of Roberts supportive efforts to implement discipline-art based education, DBAE in Fort Worth. NTIEVA invites Roberts to a reception and dinner on June 29th, to thank him and other retiring superintendents from their consortium districts.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In discussion about the remaining funds from the Getty Center Education Institute grant to the RIG consortium be awarded to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts program. Abel makes a list of issues that need to be discussed and would like to meet up with Davis to discuss them.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, Program Officer of the Getty Center, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to having to cancel a planned site visit for April due to scheduling conflict with the Trust to work on the FY94 budget. Rosenberg writes that she'll make a planned site visit to the Fort Worth institute sometime in the summer and will let them know by May when those dates will be.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Marilyn Ingram, Kimbell Art Museum. In regards to the Art-O-Gram art education newspaper series and that the Kimbell will be featured on specific days as followed, March 19, May 7, June 11 and June 18. Broadus also requests to include works from the Kimbell in another article or two for the summer months.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, Bill McCarter and Nancy Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Gert K. Peck, Superintendent for Anthony ISD. Inviting Peck to attend the "Learning through Art: The Integration of Art Across the Curriculum" at El Paso ISD Professional Development Center, on March 31, 1994. The seminar is being presented by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, and will address the correlation between art and Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, TAAS. The presentation will also focus on the discipline-based art education, DBAE. Davis, McCarter and Reynolds hope Peck can attend.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, Dean of the School of Visual Arts, to David Kesterson, Vice Provost for the University of North Texas. To request more space for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts by wanting access to Rooms 305 & 303 B in Marquis Hall, UNT. Davis understands that the need for space is great, but NTIEVA has proven themselves to be a viable operation with consistent external funding for its program, along with a major outreach for UNT. Davis writes that in the last five years the Institute has generated more than 1,400,000 in grant funds and has only grown more steadily with each passing year. Thus with the expansion of the program, Davis requests more space to continue their operations as their previous space has become overly crowded.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, Project Coordiantor of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Gail Davitt, Dallas Museum of Art. To discuss the teacher packet for the "Africa Explores" exhibit that Davitt has sent to Reynolds. As well as discuss the upcoming summer institute and other activities that Davitt will find informative. Enclosed in the letter is a schedule for the DMA summer institute that shows when the districts will be visiting the museum. The rest of the letter goes into details about how large the parties from each district will be and details about what the events should cover.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Anne Sears, teacher at T.D. Marshall Learning Center. Broadus has given Sears lesson plans from Kay Alexander's Learning to Look and Create: The SPECTRA Series. Broadus writes that the art curriculum offers numerous ideas for correlating activities with concepts and addresses interdisciplinary curriculum ideas, highlighting some important introductory lesson plans that Broadus believes will be useful for Sears. Lesson plans are missing from letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, Director for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to her colleagues. In regards to an invitation to a multi-year project sponsored by the Getty Center and the College Board, "The Role of the Arts in Unifying the High School Curriculum." The goal of the project is to expand the scope of school reform by demonstrating how the arts can strengthen the high school curriculum. Duke has provided a Request for Proposal, RFP, and encourages them to share the RFP with the schools who will have an interest with the program and to send their interest letter by March 20, 1995 and their submission by May 31, 1995.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Melanie Wright, Dallas Museum of Art. Broadus requests the use of two or three permanent pieces from the DMA to use in "Art-O-Gram" and "Class Acts" an art education newspaper series in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The articles are designed for children to give them something more than just an art project but to talk about and view work critically and develop better communication skills.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to John Clark, editor of Spirit Magazine, Southwest Airlines. In discussion of the articles in Spirit that focus on activities in the area that Southwest Airline serves and they thought that Clark would be interested in the discipline-based art education, DBAE implementation project. Davis and McCarter go into further details about what North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts does for educators and the districts in the Texas state as well as where their funding and grants come from. Davis and McCarter write about the success their institute is having with the children and how their reading and writing have improved with the visual art program. Attached to the letter for Clark, they've added more information regarding their program and hoping Clark will be able to feature an article about it.

A matching funds requirement report sent to Robert Decker of the William E. Scott Foundation to consider making a one year grant of $10,000 to assist North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in meeting their matching grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

An email correspondence between Marge Desiderato and Ronnie Seay. Desiderato writes to Seay asking how to get encumbered salaries liquidated in the NCAMSC (70053) and that she is not getting a monthly report on the TCA account (74668).

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Tandy Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to their previous correspondence as North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts has sought grant support from the foundation. Beech writes that the Trustees did go over the proposal and has once again declined to commit.

Photocopy of letters from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert M. Lansford, Senior Vice President and Trust Officer of TEAMBANK and Bayard H. Friedman, Co-Trustee of Mary Potishman Lard Trust Agency. The letter is in regards to Lansford's promise to Davis to give Friedman the grant support proposal for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter to Friedman goes into details about the program and what support they are seeking from the Mary Potishman Lard Trust Agency. Included with the proposal is a matching fund requirement summary and details on what discipline-based art education is long with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

Photocopy of a letter draft from an unknown person within Denton ISD offices to Dr. R. William McCarter and Dr. D. Jack Davis. The focus of the letter is the inclusion of Denton ISD in the 1992 Summer Institute program. They also list the contributions that the district is able to make. Included are two pages from a longer document detailing the activities and charges for the program. Following this is a roster for the campuses in the district.

A document that details the Greater Denton Arts Council grant program, with the programs goals, who is eligible to apply, the programs limitations, requirements, deadlines, evaluation and so forth. The last page is a Grant Deadline Reminder with a deadline of April 1, 1991. The date is circled and off to the side is a handwritten note that reads, "Dr. Davis, FYI."

Photocopy of a memorandum from Herbert Holl, executive director for the Greater Denton Arts Council, to William McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The memo is in regards to the Art council grant deadline for April 1, 1992.

Photocopy of a letter from Bayard H. Friedman, Mary Potishman Lard Trust, to Jack Davis, Co-Director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to previous correspondence and a grant support proposal, however, Friedman states that the foundation has other current commitments and cannot assist.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Tandy Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards that the Trustee of the Anne Burnett and Charles D. Foundation met to consider the proposal request submitted by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and unfortunately they are not able to provide the support for the project.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Darlene Mann, Vice President, Trust and Investment Services at NCNB Texas. Davis thanks Mann for meeting with him and Joe Grisson on February 28 to discuss matching fund requirements for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and send her all the information on the program and their primary goals along with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert W. Decker, President and Treasure of the William E. Scott Foundation. The letter is in regards to previous correspondence where North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts hopes that the Scott Foundation will become a partner and contributor to the organization. In the letter Davis goes into details about the collaborations in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project and their goal to reform education. Attached to the letter is the matching funds requirement report from other support. Also attached is the proposal of the art education program.

A press release from the Kimbell Art Museum covering upcoming events in conjunction with the Barnes Collection exhibit. The events are a series of lectures led by doctors and professors of Art.