[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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