A memo from Julie Abel, program associate for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the participants for the Student Assessment Meeting, the Directors' meeting and the Barton Creek Conference. The memo is in regards to information needed for the directors to make travel arrangements, transportation, weather and clothing, meals functions and recreation after the meetings.

Photocopy of a letter from D. Jack Davis and Bill McCarter to Georgia Blaydes thanking her for making room in her schedule to visit with Joe N. Prince while he was on his site visit for the Getty proposal. They also thank Blaydes for meeting and having dinner with them recently as well as express their appreciation for her work throughout the year.

A report on the Regional Institute Grant Program raising more than their required share to match grants from the Getty Center. The six sites together have exceeded support by more than one million dollars. Sources of matching funds vary by site depending on a variety of factors and the funds support things such as stipends for staff, textbooks, materials, field trips to museums, art residences, guest speakers, area site institutes and most of the contribution comes from sources of the state, art museums, foundations, charities and other grants.

A newspaper clipping featuring an snippet in the left side on the Annenberg Foundation, a foundation based in St. Davis, Pennsylvania, has announced their latest series of grants towards arts education. A $4.3 million challenge grant to six regional institutes to show how the arts can boost student academic achievements.

A collective document that gives descriptions of Foundations that provide grants for numerous organizations and programs of particular interests. This page has a check-mark next to the Wells Family Charitable Foundation. The Wells Family Foundation offers support in arts education, arts organizations, public affairs and health and human services.

A document containing the agenda for an NTIEVA Advisory Committee meeting. It lists the time and location for the event and the speakers. The overall theme of the meeting appeared to be connections between groups in the program.

Photocopy of a list of Professional Development Activities. The dates extend from June to November and next to each set of days is a note of the institutions, purpose and location for each event.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Don Roberts, Superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District. In regards to Dr. Joe Prince, of the Getty Center on Arts in Education visiting to discuss details of the grant proposal submitted by NTIEVA. The site visit is important as the Getty Center will make a decision regarding the education reform implementation proposal and Davis and McCarter needs Roberts to be in attendance.

A memo from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at Getty Center for Education in the Arts, The memo is in regards to the idea of inviting M'Lou Bancroft, Executive Director of the Marcus Foundation and Carolyn Clark, a board members, to a dinner in October. Davis writes that for the Austin conference it would be a good idea to invite Melba Davis Whatley, the chair of the Marcus Foundation Board and her husband to one or more sessions.

Photocopy of a letter from Gordon Dee Smith to Jack Davis sending his apologies for being unable to attend a North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts retreat. Smith also talks about serving on the program's Advisory Committee. On the document is a handwritten note that reads "E. G. -- Bill and I were delighted that Dee has agreed to serve on the advising committee. We will be talking with you as soon as we both get back from vacation. Jack. --- 8/1/90".

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about the Edward and Betty Marcus foundation awarding almost $80,000 in gifts to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The money will be used to reproduce great works of art in Dallas and Fort Worth museums for the use of education tools in local schools.

Photocopy of a letter from Clovis C. Morrisson to Jack Davis about people to approach in order to meet the grant match funding requirements. The possible donor that is focused on in this letter is Nancy Lee but a Mrs. McDermott is mentioned at the end. A note on the side of the document reads "Try to keep the letters to 1 page or 2 at the most."

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke to D. Jack Davis about several topics. They were Davis' suggestion of Dean Blocker and Dr. May as resources, the inclusion of NTIEVA in the North Texas Daily and upcoming meetings.

Photocopy of a diagram displaying how the different disciplines of art make up the work as a whole, followed by different activities to do in the NTIEVA Discipline Based Art Education program. Handwritten notes are scattered throughout the document. The first page has a note that reads "We would like to put the NTIEVA graphics in our elementary curriculum" and at the top is another note, "FWISD". More edits are made to the second page. They include the adjustment from uppercase letters to lowercase, spelling corrections, and additions. "ArtLinks" were added to the Extension portion. In the TAAS Connections section the notes "Teacher assistance may be needed for writing" and students will track weather conditions by using hatch-marks under the corresponding weather picture in order to collect data over a two-week period" are added. The following pages are activity sheets and further instructions.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article writing about the Edward and Betty Marcus foundation awarding a three-year grant of $225,000 to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the University of North Texas. The purpose of NTIEVA is to establish discipline-based art education in public schools to teach children to talk about art critically as founded by Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors.

A hand-written letter from Brenda Crawford to Jack Davis and William McCarter that says "Thank you for inviting me to be a member of the Advisory Committee of the NTI for Education on the Visual Arts. The luncheon conversation and information was most stimulating. I admire the work you have done and know that it will make an important contribution to the education of young people. Bravo! Sincerely, Brenda". The note is written on a fold-able card, on the outside is the name Mrs. R. L. Crawford, Jr.

A North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts newsletter for the Summer 1995, Vol. 6 No. 3. The newsletter features an article, "Making Thematic Connections Through Human Commonalities," thematic connections. The newsletter states that the use of thematic connections in the curriculum offers invaluable opportunities for teacher collaboration to develop meaningful learning experiences, and provides some lesson summaries that relate the use of human commonalities as underlying themes.

A phone message from Luis Peon-Casanova, taken down by Harriet Laney and sent to William McCarter and Jack Davis. The phone message is in regards to the October teleconference and the production logistics, if McCarter and Davis would call Casanova back.

A draft, Why President Clinton's Education Agenda is important to Improve Schools and How the Arts in Education Can Help. The education agenda, Goals 2000 Act, codifies the National Education Goals and establishes a national framework for school improvement, encourages communities and states to comprehensively improve their schools. Also included is the first draft of the Clinton Education Agenda, The Clinton Education Agenda: Higher Standards, Safer Schools, Parent Involvement, Improved Teaching, Community-Based Reform, and Better Results.

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 featuring an image of Hodge Elementary students walking through a tropical rain forest at their school. The rain forest was constructed by the students through an art education program which teachers use to reinforce the curriculum.

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.

Corporate Sponsorship 1. Developing Marketable Ideas / Projects 2. Finding Searching for (crossed out) sponsors • Search out patterns of corporate giving • --- contacts (advisory committee members) 3. Cultivating sponsors 4. Examples • Art-O-Gram • Portfolio • Participant notebook • Monograph series • Exhibitions • Videos (museum / NTEIVA) 5. Q/A

A document containing the agenda for an NTIEVA Advisory Committee meeting. It lists the time and location for the event and the speakers. One of the focuses appears to be Study Prints and the rest is planning for the program.