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Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program:
International Indemnity
CFDA Number: 45-201
Funding Opportunity Number: 2013FCAH02
Introduction
The National Endowment for the Arts administers the U.S. Government's Arts
and Artifacts Indemnity Program on behalf of the Federal Council on the Arts
and the Humanities (FCAH). The Indemnity Program was created by Congress in
1975 for the purpose of minimizing the costs of insuring international exhibitions.
In 2007, Congress expanded eligibility under the Program to include coverage for works of art owned by U.S. entities while on exhibition in the United States. The Program has indemnified more than 1200 exhibitions, saving
the organizers nearly $375 million in insurance premiums. Please view the list of recently indemnified exhibitions.
These guidelines are for International Indemnity. Organizations interested in coverage for domestic exhibitions should refer to the separate guidelines for Domestic Indemnity.
Museums and non-profit organizations planning temporary exhibitions
that involve bringing works of art and artifacts from abroad to the United States
or sending works of art from this country abroad may be eligible for International Indemnity coverage.
Details appear below.
The indemnity agreement is backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States. In the event of loss or damage to an indemnified object, the Federal
Council must certify the validity of the claim and request Congress to authorize
payment.
Applicant Eligibility
The Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (P.L. 94-l58) authorizes the Federal
Council on the Arts and the Humanities to make indemnity agreements with non-profit,
tax-exempt organizations and governmental units for:
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Eligible objects from outside the United States while on exhibition
in the United States.
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Eligible objects from the United States while on exhibition outside
the United States, preferably when part of an exchange of exhibitions.
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Eligible objects from the United States while on exhibition in the United
States if the exhibition includes other eligible items from outside the
United States which are integral to the exhibition as a whole.
If an exhibition is being shown at several institutions, one institution
should apply on behalf of all participants. The Federal Council requires that
the applicant have previously organized at least one international exhibition.
Applicants may submit only one application, under either the international or the domestic program, for the same exhibition.
Object Eligibility
Eligible objects include works of art, other artifacts or objects, rare documents,
books and other printed materials, photographs, films, and videotapes. Such
objects must have educational, cultural, historical, or scientific value,
and the exhibition must be certified by the Secretary of State’s designee
as being in the national interest.
Note: For reasons of risk, the Federal Council is generally opposed to indemnifying
oil on copper paintings, pastels, chalks, charcoals, lacquer objects, certain types of glass
(including enamels), works on parchment or vellum, marquetry, frescoes, and
other fragile objects. Oversized works (exceeding10 feet in any direction), and oil on wood panel paintings will
be reviewed on a case by case basis. Oil on single wood panels larger than
two feet by three feet will not be indemnified. Please see Question 12(c)
in the Indemnity Narrative instructions for more information.
Indemnity Limits
The Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act allows coverage for a single exhibition
up to $1,200,000,000. The total dollar amount of indemnity agreements which
can be in effect at any one time is $10,000,000,000. The deductible amounts
follow.
If the value of objects covered by an indemnity agreement for a single exhibition
is:
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$2,000,000 or less, then coverage under the Indemnity Act extends only
to loss or damage in excess of the first $l5,000 of loss or damage to items
covered.
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More than $2,000,000 but less than $l0,000,000, the first $25,000.
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Not less than $l0,000,000 but less than $l25,000,000, the first $50,000.
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Not less than $l25,000,000, but less than $200,000,000, the first $l00,000.
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Not less than $200,000,000, but less than $300,000,000, the first $200,000.
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Not less than $300,000,000, but less than $400,000,000, the first $300,000.
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Not less than $400,000,000, but less than $500,000,000, the first $400,000.
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$500,000,000 or more, the first $500,000.
Application Process
Applicants must submit an application for review by the Indemnity Advisory Panel and the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Announcements of Certificates of Indemnity will be made after the Federal Council has met. If an application or object has been rejected, the applicant may submit a request to the Indemnity Administrator to provide a written response stating the reasons for rejection (please see Contact below).
Please see the full application instructions >> [PDF].
Application Submission Deadline Dates
The application deadlines are April 1, 2013, for Certificates of Indemnity that may be issued as early as July 1, 2013; and October 1, 2013, for Certificates that may be issued as early as January 1, 2014. (The Federal Advisory Panel and Federal Council meetings occur approximately one month and two months, respectively, following those deadline dates.) An application should not be submitted more than one year and three months in advance of the start of the indemnity period.
To assist the Panel and Council with long range planning of indemnity allocations, future applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit preliminary statements about future exhibitions as much as four years in advance of the indemnity period. Updated material may be submitted every six months, as appropriate. Send all material directly to the Indemnity Administrator (see Contact below).
Credit Requirement
In all published material and announcements concerning an indemnified exhibition, the following acknowledgement must appear: "This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities." (Do not use any logo.)
Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act and Federal Rules and Regulations, and Certificate of Indemnity
Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act >>
Rules and Regulations, October 1991 >>
Certificate of Indemnity >>
Contact
For questions about the Indemnity Program, please contact:
Patricia Loiko
Indemnity Administrator
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
telephone: 202-682-5541
fax: 202-682-5721
e-mail: loikop@arts.gov
or
Laura Cunningham
Assistant Indemnity Administrator
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Telephone: 202-682-5035
Fax: 202-682-5721
E-mail: cunninghaml@arts.gov
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