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                                                                             NATIONAL                COUNCIL   ON   THE    ARTS




National Council on the Arts

T
        he National Council on the Arts advises the Chairman of the
        National Endowment for the Arts on agency policies and
        programs. It reviews and makes recommendations on
applications for grants, funding guidelines, leadership initiatives, and
nominations for the National Medal of Arts. The Council meets three
times a year.

Fourteen voting members of the Council--all private citizens--are
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for six-year
terms, and are selected for their distinguished service or achieved
eminence in the arts. In 1997, Congress enacted legislation that
required the appointment of six members of Congress, three from the
House of Representatives and three from the Senate, to serve in an ex
officio, non-voting capacity for two-year terms. Current Council
members can be found on the NEA Web site at www.arts.gov.
                                                                           Sworn in by then Supreme Court Justice Sandra
                                                                           Day O'Connor (2nd from left) are from left
                                                                           James Ballinger, Terry Teachout, and Gerard
                                                                           Schwarz.
                                                                           Photo by Kathy Plowitz-Worden




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    The following Council members served in FY 2005:
    James Ballinger                                       David H. Gelernter                  Deedie Potter Rose
    Museum Director                                       Author/Critic/Educator              Patron/Trustee
    Phoenix, Arizona                                      Woodbridge, Connecticut             Dallas, Texas
    Don V. Cogman                                         Teresa Lozano Long                  Gerard Schwarz
    Patron/Trustee                                        Patron/Trustee                      Symphony Orchestra Conductor
    Scottsdale, Arizona                                   Austin, Texas                       Seattle, Washington
    Mary Costa                                            James McBride **                    Terry Teachout
    Opera Singer                                          Author/Musician/Composer            Critic/Author
    Knoxville, Tennessee                                  Carversville, Pennsylvania          New York, New York
    Gordon Davidson *                                     Maribeth Walton McGinley            Karen Lias Wolff
    Theater Center Director/Producer                      Art Director/Designer               Music Educator
    Los Angeles, California                               Glendale, California                Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Katharine Cramer DeWitt                               Jerry Pinkney
    Patron/Trustee                                        Artist/Illustrator
    Cincinnati, Ohio                                      Croton-on-Hudson, New York
    Makoto Fujimura                                       Cleo Parker Robinson *
    Visual Artist                                         Dance Company
    New York, New York                                    Director/Choreographer
                                                          Denver, Colorado

    * End of term in FY 2004 but served in FY 2005 until their replacements were confirmed.
    ** Resigned in FY 2005.




    Ex officio members
    Cass Ballenger*                                         Betty McCollum
    U.S. House of Representatives                           U.S. House of Representatives
    (R-North Carolina)                                      (D-Minnesota)

    Robert Bennett                                          Howard "Buck" McKeon
                                                            U.S. House of Representatives
    U.S. Senate
                                                            (R-California)
    (R-Utah)
                                                            Harry Reid*
    Mike DeWine                                             U.S. Senate
    U.S. Senate                                             (D-Nevada)
    (R-Ohio)
                                                            Patrick Tiberi
    Patrick Leahy                                           U.S. House of Representatives
    U.S. Senate                                             (R-Ohio)
    (D-Vermont)

    * End of term in FY 2005




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