[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11605-11606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4558]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
142nd Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Public Law 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting 
of the National Council on the Arts will be held on March 9, 2001 from 
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in Room M-09 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506.
    The meeting will be open to the public on a space available basis. 
Following opening remarks and announcements, there will be 
Congressional and budget updates and a guest presentation by folklorist 
Barre Toelken of Utah State University. This will be followed by 
presentations on three aspects of cultural heritage. Presenters will 
be: Barbara Horgan (George Balanchine Trust), Aaron Flagg (jazz 
trumpeter, Juilliard School), and Mary Louise Defender-Wilson (Native 
American storyteller). The meeting will also include presentations on 
international cultural heritage by Christine Vincent (Ford Foundation's

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artist collaboration initiative) and James Bau Graves (Center for 
Cultural Exchange/Portland, ME). Other topics will include: Application 
Review for Access, Education, Heritage/Preservation, National Heritage 
Fellowships, and Leadership Initiatives; review of Guidelines for 
Partnerships, National Heritage Fellowships, American Jazz Masters 
Fellowships, Folk Infrastructure Initiative, and Arts on Radio and 
Television; and general discussion.
    If, in the course of discussion, it becomes necessary for the 
Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of 
intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session pursuant to 
subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. 
Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal information about 
individuals, submitted with grant applications, such as personal 
biographical and salary data or medical information, may be conducted 
by the Council in closed session in accordance with subsection (c)(6) 
of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
    Any interested persons may attend, as observers, Council 
discussions and reviews that are open to the public. If you need 
special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Office 
of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682-5532, TTY-TDD 202/682-5429, 
at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
    Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained 
from the Office of Communications, National Endowment for the Arts, 
Washington, D.C. 20506, at 202/682-5570.

    Dated: February 20, 2001.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 01-4558 Filed 2-23-01; 8:45 am]
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