Photocopies of five letters, each from a different consortium leader, showing support and continued interest in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts program. Two have stamps marking the date they were received, and the Kimbell Art Museum included a side note of corrected information they wished to be included in the proposal.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on children from Forest Hill Elementary School at the head of their class with high grades in arts education. The article goes into the fact that arts education has been around since the 1950s but there never has been such an interest until now, art education is being re-examined. Art is being viewed as important to all students as a means of enchaining learning and other disciplines such as math and science. The article continues into the hard work that Getty Center and the education reformation program has undergone to see changes in the schools curriculum.

A clipping of an article written by Janet Tyson for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about Fort Worth school's art programs. It discusses the concerns for a lack of art-related courses in schools and points to Fort Worth as a leader in the initiative to bring them back with the help of NTIEVA and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

A letter from Herbert Holl, the Executive Director of the Greater Denton Arts Council (GDAC), to the leaders of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is a show of support for the project and its goals and a pledge of continued involvement.

A letter from H. Wayne Hendrick, Superintendent of PISD, to Dr. Jack Davis, Vice Provost at UNT and co-director of the project. The letter addresses the continued commitment of the school district to the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project with the help of funding from the Getty Foundation.

A letter from Jan K. Muhlert, director of the Amon Carter Museum, to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, co-directors of the project. The letter addresses the continued support of the Amon Carter towards the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A letter from E. A. Carmean, Jr., Director of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, to D. Jack Davis, Co-Director of the institute project. The letter is a show of continued support for the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, which is hoped to be partially funded by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

A letter from Earl R. Tate, superintendent of PPISD, to Dr. D. Jack Davis, co-director of the project. The letter addresses the continued support and collaboration of the school district in the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project.

A letter from Alfred F. Hurley, the Chancellor of NTSU and later UNT, to Drs. D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, co-directors of the institute project. The letter is an endorsement of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts by NTSU and a decision to take part in leading the group.

A letter from Don R. Roberts, superintendent for FWISD, to Dr. D. Jack Davis, co-director of the project. Roberts is expressing his intention to be a part of the new Getty Center sponsored institute program.

A letter from Edmund P. Pillsbury, Director of the Kimbell Art Museum, to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, co-directors of the project. The letter references a previous exchange between the group and addresses the continued support of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project.

A letter from Dr. Anne R. Bromberg, Director of Education at the DMA, to Drs. D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, co-directors of the project. The letter addresses the continued support to the proposal of a North Texas Regional Institute for Educators in the Visual Arts and its DBAE concept.

Arts Propel: A Fresh Approach to Education and Assessment in the Arts. The statement says, an individual educated in an art form should be able to express themselves directly in the medium or symbol system of that art form. Children from an early age should have extensive experience in working with artistic materials and should become familiar with concepts, themes and feelings which characterize artistic works. Art Propel is a five-year cooperative project directed towards three art forms, music, visual arts and imaginative writing.

A stub from the Office of Research and Academic Grants of North Texas State University, it has been marked in compliance with Jack Davis's request.

A collective document that gives descriptions of Foundations that provide grants for numerous organizations and programs of particular interests. This page has star next to The Harold Simmons Foundation. The document states that this particular foundation gave $1.5 million to charities, most of which were in Texas. Typed on the cover page reads, "FYI Jack Davis and William McCarter."

A newsletter, Educational Leadership, Vol. 46, No. 7. Portfolio Assessment: Sampling Student Work, When students maintain portfolios of their work, they learn to assess their own progress as learners, and teachers gain new views of their accomplishments in teaching. A consortia of administrators, teachers and researchers in the Pittsburgh schools have been searching for alternatives to standardized assessments. A three-way collaborative project, Arts Propel, is composed of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Educational Testing Services and Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education to demonstrate that it is possible to asses the thinking in arts and humanities.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Vicki J. Rosenberg, Program Officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The letter is in regards to the enclosed copies of the Implementation Grant Proposal for the establishment of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The proposal details the primary objective of the institute alone with their consortia members.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about Fort Worth ISD being high in art education grades. The article goes into the fact that arts education has been around since the 1950s but there never has been such an interest until now, art education is being re-examined. Art is being viewed as important to all students as a means of enchaining learning and other disciplines such as math and science. The article continues into the hard work that Getty Center and the education reformation program has undergone to see changes in the schools curriculum.

A response letter from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, clarifying the foundations expansion of including organizations into their grantsmanship funding. The response letter goes into details about what the Johnson Foundation looks for when they review the proposals sent to them and have included general points that the organization must meet to even been considered by the Johnson Foundation. The foundation goes on to continue that even if the proposal has merit the foundation does not have the means to fund every program but will assist in finding funding from another source.

A letter to D. Jack Davis from Nicole M. Holland about upcoming collaborations on future lectures, workshops, and more.

A letter from Margaret O. Lucas and R. William McCarter to teachers at the University of North Texas about informing them about attending the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1985 Summer Institute for graduate credit.

A letter from Davena Heath to D. Jack Davis to R. William McCarter, expressing their commitment to 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 James R. Miller to D. Jack Davis about endorsing the grant proposal for 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 Vicki J. Rosenberg to D. Jack Davis about informing Davis that their grant proposal for the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts has been approved.