A North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts newsletter for the Summer Semester, 1998, Vol. 9 No. 2. The newsletter features an article, "Integrating Art and Language Arts," Interdisciplinary Connections between Art and Language Arts. The newsletter states that they are many parallels between art and language art as learning becomes connection and cumulative when the two correlated in a classroom. The newsletter will discuss the visual arts with the language arts as art criticism appears in the written form.

A newspaper clipping, published in The Dallas Morning News, features an article written by Robert Miller, with the headline, "YWCA selects 4 to be honored at '98 Mentors & Allies Award." Embedded into the column is a snippet that says that Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation will grant nearly $600,000 to fifteen graduate students at the University of North Texas for the UNT Marcus Fellows Program. Five graduate students each year, for three years, will receive a stipend from the graduate to work with museums and educators to developing art related courses. The University of North Texas and Dr. Jack Davis have been underlined. A handwritten note on the top left corner reads, "Dr. Davis, I didn't know if you had seen this. -Kelly."

An article, "Aesthetics In Our Time," by Kay Wilson for Trends, Spring of 1998. Wilson is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas and has written this article on the technical terminology aesthetics and how it was used throughout history. As such, Alexander Baumgarten first used aesthetics in 1744 to mean "science of the beautiful." Aesthetics in today's culture is concerned with the questions in addition to the traditional question of beauty.

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.

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.

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.

An e-mail from Mike Guillory, intern at ArtsEdge, Kennedy Center, to Nancy Walkup Reynolds, project coordinator at North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The e-mail is in regards to a feature on North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts' recent report on the Getty Institute and arts education reform on the ArtsEdge website.

A flyer for the Listen! Learn! Speak out! Arts in Education, sponsored by The Live Theatre League of Tarrant County and the Texas Christian University. The forum will be moderated by Larry Swindell, columnist from the Star-Telegram, and will be held Monday, April 27, 1998 from 7 - 9 pm at the University Theatre Texas Christian University. Reception and tour of Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh followed with guest panelists.

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 newsletter written by Rebecca Arkenberg, a museum educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, for Trends, 1998. The article is titled, "The Immigrant Experience in an Art Museum," and focuses on the immigrant culture surrounding acquired objects and artwork. Arkenberg writes of her grandfather's travels from Sweden to America, and how he had brought with him a knife, and questions why things have sentimental, monetary or practical value to be brought over with him.

An article written by Mark Stedman, Daily Report for the North Texas Daily, titled "First Nasher Series draws full house." The article mentions Patsy and Raymond Nasher, who for the past forty-years have been building a contemporary sculpture collection. An evening with Raymond Nasher who lectured at the Eagle Student Services Building Lecture Hall brought many people to listen as the lecture was the installment of the Patsy and Raymond Nasher Lecture Series in Contemporary Sculpture and Criticism. Dr. Jack Davis, dean of the College of Visual Arts, anticipates that this annual event will become one of the premier lectures series on a international basis.

A newsletter clipping written by Berniece Patterson, an art specialist in Denton, Texas for the newsletter School Arts. The article is titled, "A New Twist on Art History," which focuses on Patterson's teaching methods in the classroom with her students, and how she took a different approach to education them by placing twelve painting prints in the room and having the students discuss the meanings of each and the knowledge of the artists who painted them. The methods has the children use their discipline-based art education with the four fundamentals of art criticism, art history, art production and aesthetics to talk about art.

A newsletter written by Nancy Berry, an associate Professor of Art Education and Art History and Area Coordinator for Art Education / Visual Arts Studies at the University of North Texas, for Art Education, titled "A Focus On Art Museum / School Collaborations." Berry's article questions why it is important for school children to learn work of art from the museum environment and explores the nature of art museums / school collaborations to shed light on the questions.

A newspaper clipping, published by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, features an article in the Metro & Texas Digest section titled "Group from Sweden to study how UNT incorporates arts." A group of visual arts educators from Sweden will spend three days observing how the University of North Texas works with schools, museums and galleries to incorporate art into the classroom curricula. The group will also visit the office of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to learn about the institutes Transforming Education through the Arts Challenge.

A online magazine, Principal Magazine, The National Association of Elementary School Principals, serving all elementary and middle school principals. The article titled, "Improving Student Performance through the Arts," was written by Russ Chapman, a principal of Shady Brook Elementary school, one of the consortia schools involved with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Chapman writes that he began his career in elementary school over twenty-five years ago and he never centered his mind that arts education could become a powerful tool for boosting academic performance. Chapman's' article details the comprehensive art education ideas and how it was introduced and implemented.

An ArtEdge webpage, from March 4, 1998. With the news headlines "NEA Grant Allows Internet and Live Video Connections in Philadelphia Middle Schools," "Getty Institute Announces Arts Education Reform," "National Arts Advocacy Day Conference," "Dramatic Readings: Claire Bloom in Women Observed," and "Transcript of Education Secretary's State of American Education Address."

A North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts newsletter for the Fall Semester, 1998, Vol. 9 No. 3. The newsletter features an article, "Integrating Art and Mathematics," stating that artists from different times and cultures have been fascinated by mathematical concepts and have used them to create artwork. This newsletter will explore the significant art and math activities for students to help them understand math in real-life situations.

News from the University of North Texas, Office of Public Affairs and Information services, titled "Swedish art educators visit UNT, observe teaching methods." The news reads that a group of visual arts educators from Sweden will spend three days observing how UNT is working with schools, museums and galleries to incorporate art into the general classroom curricula. On October 19th, the group will visit the office of the university's North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to learn about the institute's Transforming Education through the Arts Challenge. October 20th the group will visit the metroplex schools and on October 21st they will visit the museums and galleries. The news document states to contact Kelley Reese for inquires. A handwritten note at the top of the document reads, "Pam Stephens, MTIEVA."

A clipping from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, written by Carol Lewis, titled "Animation society comes to life at UNT." The article is written about Jeremy Roden, and his colleagues at the University of North Texas learned that they could not earn a degree in computer animation from the school and decided to form the Absolutely No Degree Computer Animation Society and begun practicing animation at the computers at the School of Visual Arts Building. This news clipping was sent to Russ Pensyl, and William McCarter from Jack Davis.

A newspaper clipping, written by Melanie Allison for Arts & Entertainment, titled "Each One" series explores art education, The article is about the "Each One Teach One" weekly series of cultural presentations by the Center for Cultural Diversity presented by Dr. William McCarter, who will speak about life of artist and art educator John Biggers. McCarter wants to make people aware of their culture and how the role of artists in the culture reflects time and place.

An article published in the Principal newsletter, in the Arts in Education section. The article titled, "Improving Student Performance through the Arts" was written by Russ Chapman, a principal for the Shady Brook Elementary School in Bedford, Texas. Chapman writes that he began his career in elementary school over twenty-five years ago and he never centered his mind that arts education could become a powerful tool for boosting academic performance. Chapman's' article details the comprehensive art education ideas and how it was introduced and implemented.

A application for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1998 Summer Institute that has notes for future revisions. Attached are letters about the application, an application for the University of North Texas graduate admissions and more.

Multiple filled out post-response questionnaires from the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1998 Summer Institute that ask participants their opinions on art and art education after participating in the institute.

A document unfolding a detailed and strategic Campus Improvement Plan meticulously crafted for Mitchell Elementary School. Delve into the nuanced strategies, objectives, and initiatives outlined within the plan, offering a comprehensive roadmap for enhancing educational excellence and fostering a positive learning environment.