[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 68241]] 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] BILLING CODE 6330-01-M