# National Council on the Arts 219th Meeting
**AGENCY:**
National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities.
**ACTION:**
Notice of meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held open to the public in-person and via videoconference. An additional session will be closed to the public for reasons stated below.
**DATES:**
See the *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* section for meeting time and date.
**ADDRESSES:**
The National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20560. Please see arts.gov for the most up-to-date information.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Office of Public Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 20506, at *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The meeting will take place on May 5-6, 2026, and will consist of one closed session and one open session. If, in the course of the open session discussion, it becomes necessary for the Council to discuss non-public commercial or financial information of intrinsic value, the Council will go into closed session pursuant to subsection (c)(4) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in accordance with the March 11, 2022, determination of the Chair. Additionally, discussion concerning purely personal information about individuals, such as personal biographical and salary data or medical information, may be conducted by the Council in closed session in accordance with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b.
**Detailed Meeting Information**
*Closed Session:* May 5, 2026; 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Location: The Radical Hotel, Asheville, NC. This meeting session will be closed to the public for the aforementioned reasons.
*Open Session:* May 6, 2026; 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location: Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Asheville, and via videoconference. There will be a discussion of general agency business. Please see arts.gov for the most up-to-date information, including a link to the videoconference.
Dated: April 21, 2026.
David Travis,
Specialist, Office of Guidelines and Panel Operations.