Washington, DC--The tri-annual public meeting of the National Council on the Arts takes place on Thursday, March 24, 2016 from 9:00 to 11:30 am EDT. The meeting will be held in Conference Room A and B on the Plaza Level of the Constitution Center at 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC. The meeting will be live webcast at arts.gov as well and features agency business as well as guest presentations. An archived version of the Thursday webcast will be available at arts.gov. The scheduled presentations are: 9:00-9:30 am                      Opening Business                                              Voting on Recommendations for Funding and Rejection & Guidelines                                              Carol Walton, Senior Advisor for Programs & Partnerships                                              Jillian Miller, Director of Guidelines and Panel Operations                                              Updates from Jane Chu, Chairman 9:30-9:45 am                      Presentation on 50^th Anniversary Videos                                             Jess Sarmiento, Director of Public Affairs 9:45-10:15 am                    Presentations on IMPart at the Art League of Alexandria                                             Suzanne Bethel, Executive Director of the Art League of Alexandria 10:15-10:45 am                  Presentation “All the Way Home”                                             Marty Pottenger, Executive Director, Terra Moto Inc 10:45-11:15 am                  Presentation on Hot Shop for Heroes Program                                             Deborah Lenk, Executive Director, Museum of Glass 11:15-11:30 am                  Concluding Remarks/Voting Results                                             Jane Chu, Chairman 11:30 am                             Adjournment About the National Council on the Arts The National Council on the Arts is convened three times per year to vote on funding recommendations for grants and rejections; to advise the chairman on application guidelines, the budget, and policy and planning directions; and to recommend to the President nominees for the National Medal of Arts. Including the chairman there are 18 members of the National Council on the Arts: Bruce Carter, Ph.D., Aaron Dworkin, Lee Greenwood, Deepa Gupta, Paul Hodes, Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D., Emil J. Kang, Charlotte Kessler, María López De León, Rick Lowe, David "Mas" Masumoto, Irvin Mayfield, Jr., Barbara Ernst Prey, Ranee Ramaswamy, Diane Rodriguez, Tom Rothman, and Olga Viso. Ex-officio members from Congress are Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH). 

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