Pursuant to section 10 (a) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held open to ...
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts
AGENCY:
National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY:
Pursuant to section 10 (a) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held open to the public in-person and via videoconference. An additional session will be closed to the public for reasons stated below.
DATES:
See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for meeting time and date.
ADDRESSES:
The National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20560. Please see
arts.gov
for the most up-to-date information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506, at
PublicAffairs@arts.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The meeting will take place on October 28-29, 2026, and will consist of one closed session and one open session. If, in the course of the open session discussion, it becomes necessary for the Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in accordance with the April 30, 2026, determination of the Chair. Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal information about individuals, such as personal biographical and salary data or medical information, may be conducted by the Council in closed session in accordance with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
Detailed Meeting Information
CLOSED SESSION:
October 28, 2026; 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Location: First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, PA. This meeting session will be closed to the public for the aforementioned reasons. The Council will discuss nominations submitted for the National Medal of Arts.
OPEN SESSION:
October 29, 2026; 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location: Perelman Theatre at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and via videoconference. There will be a discussion of general agency
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business. Please see
arts.gov
for the most up-to-date information, including a link to the videoconference.
Dated: October 13, 2026.
David Travis,
Specialist, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.
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91 FR 65607
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
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“National Council on the Arts 219th Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (October 15, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-21065/national-council-on-the-arts-219th-meeting.
5 U.S.C. 552b