Guam § 85102 - Purposes of the Council.

§ 85102. Purposes of the Council.

The purposes and the charge of the Guam Council on the Arts

and Humanities are:

(a) To stimulate and encourage the study and presentation

of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participa-

tion therein.

(b) To help develop and sustain existing independent

institutions of the arts by providing technical assistance in

strengthening administrative and fund-raising techniques.

(c) To provide for the exhibition of art works in public

buildings; to administer the art bank purchases and to make

policies therefor.

(d) To bring highest quality in arts to the Territory, to

promote the opportunity for people to experience, enjoy and

profit from the arts and humanities.

(e) To join or contract with private patrons, individual

artists and ensembles and with institutions, local sponsoring

organizations and professional organizations.

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(f) To enter into contracts to provide grants, loans or

advances to individuals, organizations or institutions -- public

or private -- engaged in artistic, humanistic and cultural pro-

grams.

(g) To accept gifts, contributions and bequest of funds or

artifacts and property.

(h) To serve as sole government agency for administering

any state plan of the National Endowment for the Arts and/or

Humanities.

(i) To make applications for federal funds from the

National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities or to any

office or agency of the United States for participation in or

receipt of aid from federal programs.

(j) To receive requests for grants and to make grants to

institutions, individuals and agencies of government in further-

ance of the arts and humanities.

(k) To administer and disburse funds.

(l) To expend appropriations made by the Legislature for

arts and humanities programs.

(m) To serve and act as the official lead agency for

planning and administering Guam’s participation and

representation at the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture.