    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2005]
    [Pages 461-462]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    National Endowment for the Arts

    1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506-0001

    Phone, 202-682-5400. TDD, 202-682-5496. Internet, www.arts.gov.
    Chairman                                          Dana Gioia
    Senior Deputy Chairman                            Eileen B. Mason
    Deputy Chairman, Grants and Awards                Tony Chauveaux
    Deputy Chairman, Management and Budget            Laurence M. Baden
    Director, Communications                          Felicia K. Knight
    Director, Government Affairs                      Ann Guthrie Hingston
    National Initiatives/Dance Director               Douglas Sonntag
    Budget Officer                                    Michael R. Dinkins
    Challenge America/Local Arts Agencies Director    Patrice Walker Powell
    Chief Information Officer                         Michael Burke
    Grants and Contracts Officer                      Nicki Jacobs
    Director, Administrative Services                 Murray R. Welsh
    Director, Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity      Angelia Richardson
            Manager
    Director, Guidelines and Panel Operations         Jillian L. Miller
    Director, Human Resources                         Craig M. McCord, Sr.
    Director, Research and Analysis                   Mark Bauerlein
    Federal Partnership Director                      Rosalie Kessler
    Finance Officer                                   Sandra Stueckler
    General Counsel                                   Claudia Nadig
    Inspector General                                 Daniel Shaw
    State and Regional Director                       John Ostrout
    Music/Opera Director                              Wayne Brown
    Presenting Director                               Mario Garcia Durham
    Design Director                                   Jeff B. Speck
    Indemnity Program Administrator                   Alice M. Whelihan
    AccessAbility Coordinator                         Paula Terry
    International Coordinator                         Pennie Ojeda
    National Initiatives Coordinator                  Michael McLaughlin
    Arts Education Director                           David Steiner

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    Folk/Traditional Arts Director                    Barry Bergey
    Literature Director                               (vacancy)
    Media Arts Director                               Ted Libbey
    Museum/Visual Arts Director                       Robert Frankel
    Theater/Musical Theater Director                  Gigi Bolt

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    The National Endowment for the Arts, established by Congress in 1965 as
    an independent Federal agency, is the official arts organization of the
    United States Government. It is dedicated to supporting excellence in
    the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans;
    and providing leadership in arts education.
    Through its grantsand programs, the Arts Endowment brings great arts to
    all 50 States and 6 U.S. jurisdictions including rural areas, inner
    cities, and military bases. The Arts Endowment awards competitive
    matching grants to nonprofit organizations, units of State or local
    government, and federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, for
    projects, programs, or activities in the fields of dance, design, folk
    and traditional arts, literature, media arts, museums, music, musical
    theater, opera, presenting, theater, and visual arts. In addition, it
    awards competitive nonmatching individual fellowshipsin literature and
    honorary fellowships in jazz and the folk and traditional arts. Forty
    percent of the Arts Endowment's funds go to the 56 State and
    jurisdictional arts agencies and the 6 regional arts organizations in
    support of arts projects in thousands of communities across the country.

    Sources of Information

    Grants  For information about Arts Endowment funding opportunities,
    contact the Public Information Office. Phone, 202-682-5400. Internet,
    www.arts.gov/grants.
    Publications  To obtain a copy of the Arts Endowment's annual report,
    funding guidelines, or other publications, contact the Public
    Information Office. Phone, 202-682-5400. Internet, www.arts.gov.

    For further information, contact the Public Information Office, National
    Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
    20506-0001. Phone, 202-682-5400. TDD, 202-682-5496. Internet,
    www.arts.gov.