National Council on the Arts Public Meeting, Friday, October 28, 2016

Washington, DC—The fall meeting of the National Council on the Arts takes place on Friday, October 28, 2016 from 9:00 to 11:45 am EDT at the NEA offices at 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC in Conference Rooms A and B on the main floor. Also, the meeting will be live webcast at arts.gov. The meeting includes agency business as well as guest presentations about the intersection of arts and non-arts sectors. An archived version of the Friday webcast will be available at arts.gov. The meeting agenda is: 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 the Chairman                                                      Jane Chu, Chairman 9:30-10:00 am                 Presentation on the New Museum innovation incubator programs                                                 Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum 10:00-10:30 am               Presentation on NEXUS of Engineering and the Arts at the                                        University of Iowa                                                 Deanne Wortman, Director of NEXUS Engineering and Art 10:30-11:00 am               Presentation on therapeutic music for the aging population                                                 Dan Cohen, Founder and Executive Director of Music & Memory 11:00-11:30am                Presentation on founding of Kickstarter                                                 Yancey Strickler, Co-Founder and CEO of Kickstarter 11:30-11:45 am               Concluding Remarks/Voting Results                                                 Jane Chu, Chairman 11:45 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).