National Council on the Arts Convenes Under NEA Chairman Dana Gioia's Leadership

Five New Council Members to Participate

April 7, 2003

		Contact: Katherine Wood 202-682-5570

Washington, D.C. -- National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia will lead his first meeting with the National Council on the Arts, the agency's advisory body, on Friday, April 11, 2003. Five new members of the Council will also participate for the first time. The meeting is open to the public and will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room M-09 at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Chairman Gioia will give the keynote presentation and lead the Council in a discussion about his vision for the agency. New Council members attending their first meeting are: Mary Costa, an opera singer from Knoxville, Tenn.; Makoto Fujimura, a painter from New York, N.Y.; David H. Gelernter, an author, critic and educator from Woodbridge, Conn.; Jerry Pinkney, an artist and illustrator from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.; and Dr. Karen Lias Wolff, a music school dean from Ann Arbor, Mich. They will be sworn into office by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a private ceremony on April 10. Their biographies are available on the NEA Web site.

AGENDA FOR OPEN SESSION:

9:00-9:15 a.m. -- Opening Remarks
9:15-9:30 a.m. -- Introduction of New Council Members
9:30-9:45 a.m. -- Congressional and White House Update
9:45-10:00 a.m. -- Budget Update
10:00-11:00 a.m. -- Presentation by Chairman Dana Gioia
11:00-11:15 a.m. -- Break
11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. -- Response/Discussion with Council members
12:15-12:30 p.m. -- Application Review
12:30-12:45 p.m. -- Guidelines Review
12:45-1:00 p.m. -- General Discussion
1:00 p.m. -- Adjourn

Members of the National Council on the Arts

Donald V. Cogman, Patron/Trustee, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Mary Costa, Opera Singer, Knoxville, Tenn.
Gordon Davidson, Theater Center Director/Producer, Los Angeles, Calif.
Katharine Cramer DeWitt, Patron/Trustee, Cincinnati, Ohio
Makoto Fujimura, Visual Artist, New York, N.Y.
David H. Gelernter, Author/Critic/Educator, Woodbridge, Conn.
Nathan Leventhal, Attorney/Consultant, Woodbury, Conn.
Teresa Lozano Long, Patron/Trustee, Austin, Tex.
Maribeth Walton McGinley, Art Director/Designer, Glendale, Calif.
Jerry Pinkney, Artist/Illustrator, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Earl A. Powell, III, Museum Director, Washington, D.C.
Cleo Parker Robinson, Dance Company Director/Choreographer, Denver, Colo.
Deedie Potter Rose, Patron/Trustee, Dallas, Tex.
Dr. Karen Lias Wolff, Music Educator, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Ex-Officio Members, United States Congress
House of Representatives
Rep. Cass Ballenger, R-NC
Rep. Betty McCollum, D-MN
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-CA

Senate
Three vacancies

For more information on the National Council on the Arts, including biographies of its members, please visit http://www.arts.gov/about/NCA/About_NCA.html

For more information, contact the NEA Office of Communications at 202-682-5570.

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