[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68240-68241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32904]
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COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
Announcement; National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs 1997
Grant Program
The 1997 National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program has
received an appropriation of $6,000,000. Washington, DC organizations
which perform or exhibit the arts in the nation's capital and fulfill
the following requirements may request an application package by
writing the Commission of Fine Arts, National Capital Arts and Cultural
Affairs Program, Pension Building, Suite 312, 441 F Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20001.
Questions may be referred to Donald B. Myer, Program Administrator
at 202-504-2200.
Charles H. Atherton,
Secretary.
1997 National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program
Guidelines
In Public Law 99-190, as amended, the U.S. Congress authorized a
grant program to support artistic and cultural programs in the District
of Columbia. Its purpose is to provide grants for general operating
support to organizations whose primary purpose is performing,
exhibiting and/or presenting the arts.
Eligibility to Apply: To be eligible for a grant from the National
Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program, an organization must be
designated in 20 U.S.C. 956a or must satisfy all the following
criteria:
1. The organization must have its principal place of business in
the District of Columbia and must have the primary purpose of
performing, exhibiting, and/or presenting the arts;
2. The organization must be engaged primarily in performing,
exhibiting and/or presenting the arts in a facility or facilities
located in the District of Columbia;
a. ``Performing'' is the public presentation before a live audience
of dance, theater, opera, music and related forms.
b. ``Exhibiting'' is the public display to a live audience of the
visual arts, including, but not limited to painting, sculpture,
photography, works on paper, textiles, crafts, cultural artifacts, and
media arts.
c. ``Presenting'' is the programming and/or presentation of
``Performing'' or ``Exhibiting'' as defined above;
3. The organization must allocate a substantial portion of its
annual income to exhibiting, performing and/or
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presenting art in facilities located in the District of Columbia;
4. The organization must be a not-for-profit, non-academic
institution of demonstrated national repute; and
5. The organization must have an annual income, exclusive of
federal or pass-through federal funds, in excess of $1 million for each
of the three years prior to the year of application.
[FR Doc. 96-32904 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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