[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 60562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20812]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
156th Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of 
the National Council on the Arts will be held on November 4, 2005 from 
9 a.m.-12 p.m. (ending time is tentative) in Room M-09 at the Nancy 
Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
    This meeting will be open to the public on a space available basis. 
Following opening remarks and announcements, there will be an update on 
Congressional/White House activities. The meeting will include three 
presentations. The first will address the Creativity and Aging Study, 
with Paula Terry (NEA Director, AccessAbility), Dr. Gene Cohen (George 
Washington University), and Jeanne Kelly (Levine School of Music). The 
second will focus on Folk and Traditional Arts, with speakers Barry 
Bergey (NEA Director, Folk & Traditional Arts), Joe Wilson (National 
Center for Folk & Traditional Arts), and Wayne Henderson (NEA National 
Heritage Fellow, guitarist). The final presentation, led by Eileen B. 
Mason (NEA Senior Deputy Chairman) and Douglas Sonntag (NEA Director, 
Dance), will be on the Endowment's 40th anniversary. This will be 
followed by review and voting on applications and guidelines. The 
meeting will conclude with general discussion.
    If, in the course of the open session 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, DC 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, DC 20506, at 202-682-5570.

    Dated: October 12, 2005.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-20812 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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