[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60243-60244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21768]


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                Proclamation 10457 of September 30, 2022

                
National Arts and Humanities Month, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                For centuries, American arts and humanities have been a 
                beacon of light and understanding, recording our 
                history and advancing new ways of thinking. This 
                National Arts and Humanities month, we celebrate our 
                Nation's visionary artists, scholars, and creators 
                whose work touches and reveals the soul of America.

                My Administration is committed to making the arts and 
                humanities more accessible to people of every age and 
                background, uplifting more voices, inspiring new 
                generations, and showing the full power of our example 
                as a great Nation. We have invested hundreds of 
                millions of dollars in strengthening the National 
                Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment 
                for the Humanities (NEH), and our American Rescue Plan 
                allocated over a billion more to help museums, 
                libraries, theaters, concert halls, and other venues 
                recover from the pandemic.

                This critical support comes on top of a historic 
                Executive Order I signed this week to promote the arts, 
                humanities, and museum and library services. The order 
                re-establishes the President's Committee on the Arts 
                and Humanities, and directs cooperation among Federal 
                agencies and offices to strengthen our Nation's health, 
                economy, equity, and civic life through these 
                disciplines. Additionally, I am proud to have appointed 
                Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson to chair the NEA, the first 
                African American and Mexican American to head the 
                agency, and Shelly C. Lowe to chair the NEH, the first 
                Native American in that role. Together, we will keep 
                working to support artists, scholars, and leaders who 
                look like America and will help tell our full story as 
                a Nation.

                The NEH charter says it best: Democracy demands wisdom. 
                The steps we are taking this month will support 
                American creators and communities, foster new 
                understanding, and inspire us all to tackle our 
                toughest challenges and keep pushing forward to form a 
                more perfect Union.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2022 
                as National Arts and Humanities Month. I call on the 
                people of the United States to observe this month with 
                appropriate programs, ceremonies, and celebrations.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-21768
Filed 10-4-22; 8:45 am]
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