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.

A fax from Sheila Brown, Prairie Visions Institute, to Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In the memo of the fax, a handwritten note reads, "Bill - this 2 page summary be be what you used to show the other ----" Included with the fax is the agenda for the teleconference between Texas and Nebraska.

Photocopy of the agenda from an HEB Art Faculty In-Service. The itinerary covers all of the events and topics that are going to be covered. At the bottom is a welcome and summary of information from the Amon Carter Museum administration.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of 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 Center inviting Davis to attend the fifth national conference, "Beyond the 3Rs: Transforming Education with the Arts," in Washinton, D.C., January 11 - 14, 1995. The conference will feature noted speakers to discuss their perspectives on art and art education in the public system as well as address new methods and research.

A letter from Luis Peon-Casanova, Producer / Director at Nebraska ETV Network, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the work that the everyone has put into for the teleconference collaboration. Per a letter of agreement the University of Nebraska Television (NETV) will reimburse the Institute for Visual Arts a fix amount of two-thousand dollars for the uplinks, facilities and personnel for rehearsal and broadcast.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on artwork by Pilot Point ISD schoolchildren on display at the Delta Kappa Gamma meeting held at the Woman's Club Building in Denton. Bill McCarter, of UNT, presented the program "Impact of the Area on Society: Learning About the Getty Grant," at the exhibition.

A vision statement submitted by the Prairie Visions The Nebraska Consortium for Discipline Based Art Education. In the statement, Prairie Visions has provided unique statewide professional development programs, serving eight-hundred art specialists, educators and representatives of art agencies and educational organizations. Their mission is to serve education as a center for innovation and excellence in discipline-based art education through development and curriculum designs.

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Jan K. Muhlert about various events that the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts organized. Included are the Leadership Retreat and the Summer Institute. The planning for future events is also discussed in the document.

A document from the Federal Register, Department of Education, direct grant programs and fellowship programs; notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1993. The department of education is inviting applications for new awards under many of the department's direct grant and fellowship programs. The document goes into great details about the application and instructions for the types of grants they will award under specific programs. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

A letter from Nancy Reynolds, project coordinator for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Stevie Mack, Improving Visual Arts Education, IVAE. The letter is in regards to prior correspondence between Mack and Jack Davis, where Mack has requested an article and photographs for the IVAE project information bulletin. Reynolds continues in her letter about the articles and materials she's enclosing to send to Mack. Present with Reynolds letter to Mack, is the letter from Mack to Jack Davis with the request for the article and photographers by September 15th. Other correspondence between North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, Improving Visual Arts Education and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts are present.

A vision statement submitted by The Southeast Institute for Education in the Visual Arts, SIEVA. The statement details the institute's goals of providing a model for art education advocacy and education reform through its leveraging support for discipline-based arts education. The vision statement also describes the programs that SIEVA has developed in order to achieve their goals for educational reformation, by offering maintenance programs, professional development programs, technical assistance services and more.

A newspaper clipping published in The North Texas Daily, with the headline "Student's sought for new art grant," written by Julie Freeman. A grant for $600,000 from the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation will provide stipends for fifteen NT graduate students studying art education during the next three years. The grant will continue paying for the NT's Marcus Fellows Program until August 2001. The purpose of the fellowship is to allow graduate students to develop innovative ways to teach art and art appreciation.

A vision statement from the Minnesota DBAE Consortium Center of Excellence. The vision statement details the consortium's mission, to empower teachers, parents and students to explore and examine and experience the broad expanse of human ideas. The vision statement describes the programs developed by the consortium as ways to accomplish their goals, services that include professional development programs, maintenance and renewal programs, technical assistance and more.

An article featured in Arts & Activities newsletter, by Pamela Geiger Stephens and Michelle Mattoon. Pamela Geieger Stephens is a teaching fellow and graduate research assistant at the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, University of North Texas, and Michelle Mattoon is a pre-service art specialist at the University of North Texas. Their article, "Thinking like an Artist," is about a puzzle activity for school children to help develop their own original ideas and encourages careful observation of a work of art. Stephens and Mattoon have developed this puzzle activity to allow students to act like an art critic and aesthetician as they describe an image.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, program associate of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to Abel's request of one-page fact sheets from the directors 1994 summer institutes since they have completed.The fact sheets are due to the Center's office, Thursday, September 23.

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 in the Wise County Messenger, with the headline "An eye for the Arts Mary Copeland selected for grant." Mary Copeland has been chosen to participate in the University of North Texas Marcus Fellows Program that helps promote art education throughout the state of Texas. The Edward and Betty Marcus foundation has funded nearly $600,000 to the NT Marcus Fellows Program for graduate students enrolled at UNT to develop innovative ways to teach art and art appreciation.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to RIG Directors. The letter is in regards to the FY96 RIG Travel Fund and how the directors should take advantage of it for this fiscal year as the Center may not budget for it next year. The Center will be accepting proposals at any time until April 1, 1996 for travel prior to July 31, 1996.

A draft Vision / Mission Statement for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, submitted to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The mission statement details the purpose of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, being a consortia of schools, museums, state agencies and the University of North Texas, being devoted to teacher training and education reform.

A application for federal assistance, the Federal Register, Department of Education bilingual vocational instructor training program; notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1993. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance for preservice and inservice training for personnel participating in or preparing to participate in bilingual vocation education. The document goes into great details about the application and instructions for building a budget summary. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter and the members of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, as they researched foundations and charities to support their education reform program.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Maggie DiBlasio, Edith Johnson, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor, Nancy Roucher, Jack Davis, Ginny Gembica, Phyllis Johnson, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Bill McCarter and Joyce Wright. The memo is in regards to the annual meeting of the Regional Institute project directors on November 3 through the 6th. Included in the memo is the basic agenda for the meetings.

A detailed report in regards to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts approaching the task of strategic planning using a traditional planning model. The model includes the following elements, Situational Analysis, Development of Planning Assumptions, Affirmation of Purpose, Articulation of Vision, Statement of Mission, Development of Objectives and Methods of Measuring, and so forth. The strategic planning was then implemented.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Able, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors saying that the Center will no longer be exhibiting at the November 1 - 4, 1995 convention of the National Middle School Association. Therefore the directors brochures will no longer be necessary for distribution until February 1996.

A North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts newsletter for the September 1991, Vol. 2 No. 3. The newsletter features an article, "Museum Educator Named To UNT Staff." North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and the University of North Texas welcomes Nancy Berry, with a one-year appointment, who graduated with degrees in both art history and art education. Berry has a rich-background in museum education and will become an invaluable asset to the Art Department.