Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Pat Smith Hopper. Discussing Hopper's efforts in discipline-based art education and cultural diversity having gone over Hopper's thematic unit on "Art and Literature on Native American Sioux Culture." Reynolds invites Hopper to attend a NTIEVA seminar being held in Houston believing Hopper will find the information interesting and will consider joining their program.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Thomas A. Hatfield, Executive Director for The National Art Education Association. In regards to an observation letter Hatfield has sent North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Hatfield has commented on the lesson summary on the newsletter that he found helpful and McCarter writes that it was their coordinator and editor Nancy Reynolds and she'll be pleased with his insights in response.

Photocopy of a letter from Beth Reese Means, Curator of Education for the Art Museum of South Texas, to Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and NTIEVA Members. In regards to the Summer Institute in Corpus Christi and that Means has had great pleasure in working with the teams. AMST is hoping to continue and expand their relationship with NTIEVA and they'll be in contact again soon.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg, the Getty Center, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of NTIEVA, in regards to their fiscal year of 1995, FY95, funding for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Rosenberg states that the funding has been sent to Harold Williams, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, for review yet being unaware of his schedule she cannot give them a specific notification date of the funding approvals or deny. Rosenberg thanks Davis and McCarter for the informative progress report and has made a series of comments and questions that she would like answered and returned no later than September 1, 1994.

Photocopy of a letter template from Sharon Warwick, Chair of the Elementary Division of the Texas Art Education Association, to her colleagues. Warwick is seeking help to formulate new ideas and ways to put together a UIL Picture Memory Contest for the elementary students. Enclosed in the letter is a list that Warwick asks her colleagues to fill out with further suggestions and to send them back to her before the school year.

Photocopies of evaluations and comments for the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution: An Introduction to Latino Art and Culture, dated June 26 - 28, 1996. The evaluations are rating the quality of the workshop by answering the questions of material, information, topics and other objectives that the exhibit provided. In a letter to Carol Wyrick, July 15, 1996, Bill McCarter apologies for withholding the evaluations but NTIEVA wanted to record the general comments made about the Institute. Some of the comments read as written, "I enjoyed the workshop and learned a lot." "Those of us who teach the younger students found the drawing studies to be of little relevance to the level of production appreciated [by] our students." Other comments continue with the enthusiasm of the quality of materials and the presentations, as well as offer suggestions or provide concerns about the related subject.

Photocopy of a summary letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Bill Cormack, Janice Wiggins and Chris Thomason. Regarding a meeting that fell on June 22, 1995, notably, the participation of Dallas ISD in future activities with the Institute. McCarter starts the letter with the proposal of a new time frame for the Institute activities, and mentions how the meeting brought up the ideas of having all-day Saturday sessions. However, McCarter expresses his concern that some teachers from the Dallas ISD might be unable to attend all-day Saturday sessions, and how important it is that they will attend all the meetings because of how complex the Institute is. Included in the letter is an observation from Chad Woolery, stating that due to budget and time that Dallas would be unable to continue participation with NTIEVA as a consortium member. McCarter addresses that they have had issues with Dallas since they began to participate.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Beverly Fletcher, Art Supervisor of Fort Worth ISD. In regards a meeting Bill McCarter and Reynolds had where they evaluated Fletcher and her secondary teachers in promoting and the implementation of discipline-based art education, DBAE. The rest of the letter goes into details about materials and supplies Fletcher needs to obtain for her teachers, along with handbook materials Reynolds has provided for Fletcher.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Nancy Walkup Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of the Getty Center. In regards to a brief description of their curriculum and their lesson units. The letter goes into greater details about the curriculum units and the intended desire of what NTIEVA program wants to accomplish. Copied on the letter are, Jack Davis, Sally McRorie, Jim Hutchen, Julie Abel and Blanche Rubin.

A Texas Commission on the Arts award summary for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, University of North Texas. The pages have been printed out from the TCA webpage as they were filled out by members of NTIVEA.

Photocopy of a letter from Sharon Moore, Trust Associate, Personal Trust Administration at NCNB Texas, to Jack Davis co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter mentions photographs that Davis has submitted for the Annual Charitable Report, Moore writes not all photographs could be used but thanks for his cooperation.

An application filled out by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to apply for a Texas Commission on the Arts grant. The following pages are filled out with sensitive information on the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts organization as they request support for the period of September 1, 1999 to August 1, 2000.

Invoices from the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts for supplies from Sax Arts and Craft. The invoice is for the purchase of twenty-five 50 pages of 9"x12" artist sketch pads and three packages of drawing pencils for a total of ninety-one dollars and fifty-eight cents.

Invoices from the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts for supplies from Safe-T Products, Inc. The invoice is for the purchase of safe-t compasses and twelve inch rulers for a total of fifty-three dollars and thirty cents.

An article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the upcoming collections and events at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. It is titled Little Journeys and has information about tours and group visits.

A letter from Harriet Laney to Marilyn Martin about the revised budget for the grant received from TCA. Included is the contact information for Laney.

A letter from Corlis Hunt to Harriet Laney about the payment of 64.57 to Ollie Theisen for the Summer Institute.

A letter from Cynthia Fender to Harriet Laney asking for approval on the invoice for Ollie Theisen's work during the NTIEVA Summer Institute. Laney's reply is also included; she approved the invoice.

An evaluation report for the 1996 Summer Institute held by the NTIEVA group. The report was prepared by Pamela Stephens and Kay Wilson and contains summaries of events, attendees, districts, and statements.

An article written by free-lancer Angela Genusa for The Dallas Morning News about adults who use crayons to color and make art as well as the history of crayon use.

A letter from John Paul Batiste to Mark Elder about the approval of a matching financial award for UNT through the TCA Financial Assistance Program. The grant will be disbursed in September and included with the letter is a copy of a contract, between TCA and UNT's NTIEVA program, that must be signed and returned.

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost at UNT and co-director of the NTIEVA program, to John Paul Batiste, Executive Director of TCA, about the revised project budget for NTIEVA after receiving the award amount.

An article written by Martha Deller for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the NTIEVA program and its work in schools in the DFW Metroplex.

A letter from Mary Ann Stankiewicz, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the planned April meeting for discipline-based art education National Dissemination Project. Leilani Lattin Duke and Stankiewicz met to discuss the models that were proposed and have included brief summaries of the three components that they are currently considering and they would appreciated Davis' thoughts. Included in the memo are the DBAE National Dissemination Project Components in further details.