[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 196 (Thursday, October 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 57966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19965]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; National Council on the Arts 
162nd 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 2, 2007 in 
Room 527 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20506.
    This meeting, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (ending time is approximate), 
will be open to the public on a space available basis. Opening remarks 
and announcements will include a film clip from Why Shakespeare? and 
the swearing in of a new Council member. After the swearing in, there 
will be an update from the Government Affairs office. The meeting will 
include a presentation on Shakespeare in American Communities, 
including a performance excerpt from Romeo and Juliet as well as 
speakers from The Acting Company and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. 
This will be followed by a presentation on the NEA National Heritage 
Fellowships 25th anniversary, including highlights from the 2007 awards 
ceremony and concert and an illustrated talk by a documentary filmmaker 
highlighting several NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients. After 
the presentations the Council will review and vote on applications and 
guidelines, and the meeting will conclude with a 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 4, 2007.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.
 [FR Doc. E7-19965 Filed 10-10-07; 8:45 am]
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