[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 9213] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-4980] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES National Endowment for the Arts President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities: Meeting XXXVII and Press Conference With Honorary Chair, Hillary Rodham Clinton Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will be held on February 25, 1997 from 1:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This meeting will convene in conjunction with a press conference at which the Honorary Chair of the President's Committee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will release Creative America, the report to the President on the state of support for arts and culture in the United States. The press conference will take place before the meeting. Both will be held at the Library of Congress, at the Northwest Curtain and Pavilion in the Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, SE, Washington, DC. The President's Committee Meeting will be open to the public and begin at 1:30 with a statement by the Chairman regarding the Committee's objectives for 1997. The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities was created by Executive Order in 1982 to advise the President, the two Endowments, and the IMS on measures to encourage private sector support for the nation's cultural institutions and to promote public understanding of the arts and the humanities. If, in the course of discussion, it becomes necessary for the Committee to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of intrinsic value, the Committee will go into closed session pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b. Any interested persons may attend as observers, on a space available basis, but seating is limited in meeting rooms and staff of the Library of Congress will need to know who will be attending. Therefore, for this meeting, individuals wishing to attend are required to notify the staff of the President's Committee in advance at (202) 682-5409 or write to the Committee at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 526, Washington, DC 20506. Dated: February 24, 1997. Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts. [FR Doc. 97-4980 Filed 2-27-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537-01-M