[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.