    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2006]
    [Pages 457-458]
    [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, Management and Budget            Laurence M. Baden
    Deputy Chairman, Grants and Awards                Tony Chauveaux
    Government Affairs Director                       Ann Guthrie Hingston
        Council Operations Director and               Michael Faubion
                Deputy Director, Office of
                Government Affairs
        Federal Partnerships Coordinator              Tony Tighe
        International Activities Coordinator          Pennie Ojeda
    Chief Information Officer                         Michael Burke
    AccessAbility Coordinator                         Paula Terry
    Administrative Services Director                  Murray R. Welsh
    Arts Education Director                           Sarah B. Cunningham
    Budget Officer                                    John Sotelo, Acting
    Challenge America/Local Arts Agencies Director    Patrice Walker Powell
    Civil Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity        Angelia Richardson
            Director
    Communications Director                           Felicia K. Knight
    Design Director                                   Jeff B. Speck
    Finance Officer                                   Sandra Stueckler
    Folk/Traditional Arts Director                    Barry Bergey
    General Counsel                                   Claudia Nadig
    Grants and Contracts Officer                      Nicki Jacobs
    Guidelines and Panel Operations Director          Jillian L. Miller
    Human Resources Director                          Craig M. McCord, Sr.
    Indemnity Program Administrator                   Alice M. Whelihan
    Inspector General                                 Daniel Shaw
    Literature Director                               David Kipen
    Media Arts Director                               Ted Libbey
    Museum/Visual Arts Director                       Robert Frankel
    Music/Opera Director                              Wayne Brown
    National Initiatives and Dance Director           Douglas Sonntag
    Presenting Director                               Mario Garcia Durham
    Research and Analysis Director                    Karen Painter
    State and Regional Director                       John Ostrout
    Theater/Musical Theater Director                  Mario Garcia Durham,
                                                              Acting

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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 grants and programs, the Arts Endowment brings great art 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 fellowships in 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 their 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 Communications Office. Phone, 202-682-5400. TDD, 202-682-
    5496. Internet, www.arts.gov/grants.
    Publications  To obtain a copy of the Arts Endowment's annual report,
    funding guidelines, or other publications, contact the Communications
    Office. Phone, 202-682-5400. TDD, 202-682-5496. Internet, www.arts.gov.

    For further information, contact the Communications 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.