[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 530-531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-34717]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES


Cooperative Agreement for the Coordination and Production of 
Videotapes of Group Discussions Among Artists, Scientists, Astronauts 
and Others About the Creation of Art (Dance, Music, Design, etc.) on 
Mars for Use by Schools Across the Country as Part of the National Mars 
Millennium Project

AGENCY: National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts is requesting proposals 
leading to the award of a Cooperative Agreement to coordinate and 
videotape five to seven sessions of artists, scientists, engineers and 
astronauts conversing about the creative process and environmental 
conditions on Mars. Discussions will focus on how the conditions might 
influence the art

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produced there, and the design of livable structures, among other 
issues. The videotapes will be used in pre K-12 schools across the 
United States as part of the Mars Millennium Project. The project as 
envisioned will include: development of script format, coordinating 
scheduling and travel arrangements for participants, arranging 
production and post production, and providing up to 200,000 copies of 
the material produced. Those interested in receiving the Solicitation 
should reference Program Solicitation PS 99-02 in their written request 
and include two (2) self-addressed labels. Verbal requests for the 
Solicitation will not be honored.

DATES: Program Solicitation PS 99-02 is scheduled for release 
approximately January 25, 1999 with proposals due on February 22, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Requests for the Solicitation should be addressed to the 
National Endowment for the Arts, Grants & Contracts Office, Room 618, 
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Hummel, Grants & Contracts Office, National Endowment for the 
Arts, Room 618, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20506 (202/
682-5482).

Larry Baden,
Deputy Chairman, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 99-34717 Filed 1-4-99; 8:45 am]
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