A letter from Julie Anne Abel to Mark Elder regarding a grant awarded to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA), dated August 19, 1994. A separate letter from Julie Anne Abel to D. Jack Davis regarding the same grant has been attached, dated August 4, 1994. Attached documents appear as follows: "Approved FY95 Budget"; "FY95 Reporting Guidelines"; and "FY96/97 Grant Guidelines and Application Procedures."

A progress report for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts that summarizes the institutes achievements, future plans, programs, staff development, grants, budget, and proposed changes. Attached are position announcements, organizational chart, and a NTIEVA homepage website.

A list of institutes from 1990-1992 hosted by the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about The Greater Denton Arts Council awarding $17,400 in grants to twelve Denton arts organizations. Following is a list of the twelve organizations and the amount of money received from the Greater Arts Council. Among the twelve is the Department of Arts at the University of North Texas for $750 for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A scanned newspaper clipping, featuring an article about the arts. Thirty-six U.S. schools, including Brook Elementary School in Bedford, will share a five-year, $15 million dollar grant for intensive arts program. The goal of the Arts Partner Schools effort, sponsored by the Annenberg Foundation, the Getty Education Institute for the Arts and the National Arts Education consortium, is to measure the academic performance of the students at these thirty-six schools. The grant will pay to train their teachers and to purchase new materials.

A charitable trust annual report from the 1990, featuring a snippet about the University of North Texas and their education reform program, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The purpose of NTIEVA is coordination school districts, museums and art councils to develop discipline-based art education programs to achieve art literacy within every student.

Photocopy of a journal that summarizes the days that focus on the North Texas Institute for Educators on Visual Arts organization's involvement with the school. Included are discussions of the Summer Institute program and visits from the program's leading organizers. The date range is from September 6 to March 18. On the second page is a summary of all pertinent information regarding the T. D. Marshall Elementary School, which is a part of Dallas ISD.

Photocopy of a document that gives a summary of the accomplishments made by UNT's Department of Art. The summary covers the second half of the 1980s. It also gives information of staffing and offered programs as well as student enrollment.

An evaluation form from the Greater Denton Arts Council grant program filled out by the Department of Art at the University of North Texas for their project, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Attached to the evaluation is expenditures of the programs, a summary and evaluation of the first year of operation of the institute, an executive summary and a newspaper clipping which features the programs success in public schools.

Photocopy of a typed document that summarizes the impact of and response to the first NTIEVA Summer Institute. It is only four paragraphs long and gives direct responses for teachers who took part in the program.

A scanned newspaper clipping featuring an article about an exhibit featuring student's work from participating school districts on display at the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in Denton. The exhibit illustrates the combined efforts of NTIEVA to expand education in the visual arts.

A collective document that gives descriptions of foundations that provide grants for numerous organizations and programs of particular interests. This page is written about the FTV Foundation of the FTV Corporation. The FTV Foundations offers grant support for higher education, youth agencies, arts and cultural programs and employee-related scholarships. These pages belong 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 educational reform program.

A collective document that gives descriptions of foundations that provide grants for numerous organizations and programs of particular interests. This page is written about the FTV Foundation of the FTV Corporation. The FTV Foundations offers grant support for higher education, youth agencies, arts and cultural programs and employee-related scholarships. These pages belong 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 educational reform program.

A scanned newspaper clipping, featuring an article written about the Getty Center for Education in the Arts granting North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts with a five-year grant of $625,000. Collaborating with UNT on the project are the Amon Carter Museum, Dallas Museum of Arts, Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Greater Denton Arts Council, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Commission on the Arts and independent school districts of Fort Worth, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Plano, Denton and Pilot Point. The consortia's goal is to give higher arts education to elementary and secondary school children, so that they will be life-long admirers and contributors to the arts.

A budget for The Getty Center for Education in the Arts projects between the years 1990-1991. The budget includes numbers for implementations and a summer institute.

A application form for the Greater Denton Arts Council grant program filled out by the Department of Art at the University of North Texas. For the project title North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and project directors, Jack Davis and William McCarter. Included with the application is a project proposal that details the primary goals of the institute, their five-year budget, tax-exemption form and the curriculum vitae, "vita" of William McCarter and Jack Davis.

A application form for the Greater Denton Arts Council grant program filled out by the Department of Art at the University of North Texas. For the project title North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and project directors, Jack Davis and William McCarter. Included with the application is a project proposal that details the primary goals of the institute, their five-year budget, tax-exemption form and the curriculum vitae, "vita" of William McCarter and Jack Davis.

A document that details the Greater Denton Arts Council grant program, with the programs goals, who is eligible to apply, the programs limitations, requirements, deadlines, evaluation and so forth.

A evaluation form from the Greater Denton Arts Council. The form has been filled out by the Department of Art at the University of North Texas, with project directors, Jack Davis and William McCarter. Their project is titled North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts with the starting date of June 1, 1990.

A terms and agreements document between the Greater Denton Arts Council and the Department of Art at the University of North Texas for the proposed institute, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A document for the guidelines on applying for the Greater Denton Arts Councils grants. The document details the goals of the Arts council, the eligibility of those who can apply, and how the evaluation and review process works.

Photocopy of a document that lists the guidelines and provides the forms necessary to apply for a grant through the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County Community Cultural Grants Program. The guidelines list objectives, eligibility, and criteria that must be met in order to receive a grant.

A scanned newspaper clipping, featuring an article about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts receiving an three-year grant from the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation in Dallas, TX. The article features, Jack Davis, co-director of NTIEVA, who says that NTIEVA is a research and development effort to train and retrain teachers in visual arts. That their major goal is developing within children the desire to be life-long audience and supporters of visual arts.

A document that serves as Dr. D. Jack Davis' Vita. It lists his working experience, publications, editorials, research, grants, papers, presentations, consultations, workshops, panels, demonstrations, exhibitions, honors, awards, professional affiliations, and university service.