The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) hosted the public session of the 211th National Council on the Arts meeting virtually on Friday, October 27, 2023.

The National Council on the Arts advises the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, who also chairs the Council, on agency policies and programs, and reviews and makes recommendations to the chair on applications for grants, funding guidelines, and leadership initiatives.

Following opening remarks from Chair Jackson, the meeting featured:

* Highlights from the 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellows' Gathering in Fellowship activities, including the awards ceremony and celebration of the fellows from the last four years.
* Findings from two national surveys on arts participation in the United States during COVID-19: Arts Participation Patterns in 2022: Highlights from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts and Online Audiences for Arts Programming: A Survey of Virtual Participation Amid COVID-19.

PARTICIPANTS:

Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, Chair, NEA
Ayanna Hudson, Chief Strategy, Programs, and Engagement
Officer, NEA
Cheryl Schiele, Interim Director of Folk & Traditional Arts, NEA
Sunil Iyengar, Director of the Office of Research & Analysis, NEA
National Council on the Arts members

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