Letter to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts addressing permission to use grant funds for proposed meetings. Included is an email to Julie Abel requesting she sends the said email, placing no restrictions on food and beverage options.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. Discussion that the Getty Center has an opportunity to highlight the regional institutes in the "Face of Philanthropy," a feature in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. The Chronicle became interested in features RIGs after reviewing their most recent press release. The Getty Center requests of the directors to send in photographs that meet strict requirements, as listed in the letter. The photos are required to show children involved in any DBAE art activity.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel to Sheila Brown, Anne Lindsey, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Nancy MacGregor, Bill McCarter, Susan Rotilie, and Joyce Wright. Cc'd are Jack Davis, Ginni Gembica, Phyllis Johnson, Jeff Patchen, Nancy Roucher, Lori Weisgerber, Margaret DiBlasio, Edith Johnson, Michael Parsons, Vicki J. Rosenberg and Sunu Sukumaran. Providing logistics about "Beyond The 3 Rs: Transforming Education in the Arts" conference to be held January 12-14, 1995 at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington D.C. The letter is written to those will be exhibiting at the conference and provides specifications for the exhibit space. An exhibit schedule for the conference is included on the third page.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Sheila Brown, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, William McCarter, Joyce Wright, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor and Susan Rotilie. The memo is in regards to information and instructions regarding the regional institute directors exhibit booth and assistant at the Center's fifth national conference. Also included in the memo is further information on the upcoming conference, exhibition schedules, floor plans and guidelines.

A letter to Dr. D. Jack Davis from Julie Anne Abel regarding a grant check from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA).

A letter from Julie Anne to D. Jack Davis about conforming the use of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts' National Specialty Program funds for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Dorothy Gayle Andrews to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The letter was forwarded from Kathy Talley-Jones to Nancy Walkup Reynolds, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Jones hopes that Reynolds can clear up the misunderstanding Andrews is addressing in her e-mail. Andrews suggests that the key note speaker of the TAEA conference, Texas Arts Education Association, wants to dismantle the arts education in the Austin Independent School District and would like the Getty Center to clarify these intentions.

A letter from John Paul Batiste, Executive Director at the Texas Commission on the Arts, to Mark Elder, Assistant Vice President of Research at the University of North Texas, about TCA's approval of a matching financial award for $4,422 for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts grant application. Enclosed with the letter are contracts that must be signed and returned to the TCA immediately. The contracts are for services between TCA and UNT. Batiste notes that the grant is schedule to be paid during the month of September and the Evaluation Report is due on or before September 30, 1992. Jack D. Davis is cc'd at the bottom of the document.

A letter from Nancy Berry to NTIEVA Staff inviting them to a cocktails reception and dinner for the National Center for Art Museum/School Collaborations advisory board meeting.

A letter from Annette Bertanzetti, Coordinator of Contracts and Evaluations at the Texas Commission on the Arts, to Mark Elder, Assistant Vice President of Research at the University of North Texas, about an upcoming deadline regarding Elder's evaluation report for the NTIEVA project. Bertanzetti states that failure to turn in the evaluation report within 30 days following the completion of Elder's project may result in the withdrawal of any outstanding grants to NTIEVA and the jeopardizing of any future grant request to TCA. Bertanzetti notes if Elder is unable to comply with the deadline, he has within 10 days that he can ask Bertanzetti for assistance. Bertanzetti also cc's D. Jack Davis within the letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sylvia Russell, Pilot Point Art Supervisor. In regards to Broadus modeling a DBAE, discipline-based art education, lesson for the teachers and participants at the meeting in Pilot Point and hoping they picked up something they will be able to use for their own classrooms. Broadus ends the letter with details about the upcoming visitation with a man named Vicente, for a "Potter on the Porch" lesson.

A letter from Blaine Brownell, Provost, University of North Texas. to D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost of UNT and Co-Director of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, about the NTIEVA stationary and business cards. Brownell had talked to the Chancellor, Alfred F. Hurley, about the UNT publishing policies that prevent NTIEVA from producing the business cards and ask for a memo to be written explaining the situation that NTIEVA should be exempt.

A memorandum from Blaine A. Brownell to members of the Deans' Council and the University Committee regarding Sunset Review recommendations. A six-page Sunset Review of Organized Research and Service Units for 1995-1996 is enclosed, dated 10-96.

Photocopy of a letter from Ronald Caloss, Superintendent, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, in regards to the school districts commitment as a full time partnert with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. HEB ISD will plan and implement a full two week summer insistent and four extended institute / renewals during the 1995 - 1996 school year. Attached to the letter are stipend worksheets based on the current income of the faculty involved in the institute.

Photocopy of a letter from John W. Crain, associate of the Summerlee Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to Crain correspondence with Ron Tyler and secure his commitment to meet with North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to discuss a future working relationship.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on how art is an essential element of education. Jay Gates, the director of the Dallas Museum of Art is contributing in a collaborative project to build art education computer software for schoolchildren. The collaborative effort is a funded project by the Edward and Betty Marcus foundation where the Dallas Museum of Art will be working with the University of North Texas to develop this program.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Ronald Caloss about informing Caloss of a new matching grant program offered from The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts elementary summer institute, a leadership seminar, and a secondary institute.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Carolyn Clark. Describing the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts fifth year as a staff development program for the school districts and museums, and as such Davis and McCarter established an advisory board several years to serve the community as well as receive their input. Davis and McCarter continue, explaining how fortunate they are to have Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum chair their board, and how much they would like to have Clark serve as a board member for the Institute. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter ask Clark to take their request into consideration and that the board will meet at the Amon Carter December 1 at 4 pm. The letter mentions a fact sheet being given to Clark about current board members, fact sheet not present with letter. Copied on the letter is Jan Muhlert.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Celia Munoz. Describing the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts fifth year as a staff development program for the school districts and museums, and as such Davis and McCarter established an advisory board several years to serve the community as well as receive their input. Davis and McCarter continue, explaining how fortunate they are to have Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum chair their board, and how much they would like to have Munoz serve as a board member for the Institute. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter ask Munoz to take their request into consideration and that the board will meet at the Amon Carter December 1 at 4 pm. The letter mentions a fact sheet being given to Munoz about current board members, fact sheet not present with letter. Copied on the letter is Jan Muhlert.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Dr. Vera Brooks-Ray. Describing the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts fifth year as a staff development program for the school districts and museums, and as such Davis and McCarter established an advisory board several years to serve the community as well as receive their input. Davis and McCarter continue, sharing their appreciation for Janice Wiggins and other teachers of the Dallas ISD as major components of their Institute, as well as how fortunate they are to have Jan Muhlert, Director of the Amon Carter Museum chair their board. Davis and McCarter explain how much they would like to have Brooks-Ray serve as a board member for the Institute as well. At the end of the letter Davis and McCarter ask Brooks-Ray to take their request into consideration and that the board will meet at the Amon Carter December 1 at 4 pm. The letter mentions a fact sheet being given to Brooks-Ray about current board members, fact sheet not present with letter. Copied on the letter is Jan Muhlert.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article written about Jack Davis, being named Art Educator of the Year. Jack Davis, professor of art and Association Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of North Texas in Denton has been named Texas Art Educator of the Year by the Texas Art Education Association, TAEA.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about the University of North Texas' education reform program, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, was awarded $4,422 by the Texas Commission on the Arts. The following article details other art organizations receiving their own sums of awarded money.

A clipping from the 'Brief' section of the Denton Record-Chronicle that covers the TCA grants received by UNT for NTIEVA and other Denton area art programs.

A clipping from the Denton Record-Chronicle that covers a 'pizza feast' event at Sam Houston elementary to raise funds for their new reading and writing program.