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2017 Americans for the Arts Monday, October 23, 2017

Welcome from Carolyn Clark Powers Remarks by Sarah Arison Chair, National Arts Awards Co-Chair, National Arts Awards

Arts Education Award Performance by YoungArts Alumni Studio in a School Association Accepted by Thomas Cahill Ted Arison Young Artist Award Presented by Darren Walker 1 Legacy Award Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award William Lehr, Jr. Thelma Golden Presented by Marian M. Warden Presented by Raymond McGuire

Philanthropy in the Arts Award Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award and Gael Neeson Clive Davis Presented by Lisa Phillips Presented by

Remarks by Robert L. Lynch Closing Remarks President and CEO of Americans for the Arts Abel Lopez, Chair, Americans for the Arts Board of Directors Dinner and Robert L. Lynch and Carolyn Clark Powers Greetings from the Board Chair and President

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 2017 presentation of Americans for the Arts’ National Arts Awards.

Our honorees tonight – three exceptional philanthropists, a groundbreaking non-profi t organization, a social change agent, and two boundary-pushing artists – truly embody the mission and goals of Americans for the Arts. They represent the depth and breadth of the arts community and the roles we all can play in promoting access to all the arts for all the people in our country. Collectively their excellence embodies that value and the success of the public-private partnership of arts support in America.

This has been an extraordinary year on many fronts. Although the non-profi t arts continue their explosive growth, funding for the arts has been challenged more severely than in many years. Changing times require innovative solutions to new challenges, and the arts play a critical role in building those solutions. We had some good news earlier this year as our advocacy efforts paid off…so far… in the fi ght to save the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and our nation’s other cultural agencies. Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, who have time and again understood the vital value of the arts, voted to maintain funding for these institutions, rejecting a proposal to eliminate them outright. This endorsement helps us continue our work as the federal budget work is 2 still not fi nalized for this year and will be challenged anew next year. There is still much work to be done to encourage public and private support at the federal, state, and local levels. Federal funding for the arts, even if maintained, still falls short. That is why we continue to advocate for the arts to be federally supported at one dollar per capita, up from the current 46 cents, which would increase federal funding and its leveraging power to over $300 million. As the most recent iteration of our economic impact study, Arts and Economic Prosperity V, shows: non-profi t arts and cultural organizations and their audiences in the are a $166.3 billion industry that supports 4.6 million jobs and generates $27.5 billion in government revenue. Not only is the economic impact of the arts profound and ever growing, but our research shows the majority of Americans believe that the arts improve our communities, and are a “positive experience in a troubled world.”

Through our work, Americans for the Arts, is committed to healing and empowering our nation through access to the arts. As Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation and a presenter this evening, said this year as our 2017 Nancy Hanks Lecturer on Arts and Public Policy, “Without art, there is no empathy. Without empathy, there is no justice.” We hope you enjoy an evening celebrating the accomplishments of our honorees. Thank you for joining us tonight.

Abel Lopez Robert L. Lynch Chair, Board of Directors President and CEO

The National Arts Awards Chair

Dear Friends of Americans for the Arts,

I am happy to welcome you to the National Arts Awards in my third year serving as chair.

This is one of the few national events to recognize artists in all disciplines, and tonight we have transformed our space at Cipriani’s with the art of Sarah Sze, who represented our nation at the 55th in 2013. We are thrilled that her art is on view here tonight. She is a ground-breaking artist with profound vision, whose work is as at home in a or private collection as it is in the public realm.

I am pleased that our Lifetime Achievement award will go to Clive Davis – a legend in the music industry. Through my involvement in the Grammy Foundation, I have witnessed how his impact spans generations and musical genres. In addition to our mutual love of music, Clive shares my commitment to education: his namesake institute at University’s Tisch School of the Arts prepares the next generation of music producers with both business and artistic training. Clive is also an advocate for countless humanitarian causes. 3 My good friends Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis will receive our Philanthropy Award this evening. They are deeply committed to artistic innovation and public programs in their hometown of Chicago, and the city’s arts organizations have greatly benefited from their support. In 2015, they gave a transformational gift of 42 works of Pop and contemporary art to the – which was, and remains, the largest gift in the museum’s history. Their generosity extends well beyond Chicago to their second hometown of Aspen, Colorado - where I have known them for many years through our involvement in the Aspen Art Museum – and to other institutions throughout the country and around the world.

Few organizations have had such impact in the field of arts education in as the Studio in a School Association, founded by beloved arts leader and patron who has devoted herself to a philanthropic life in service of arts education and social justice. We are recognizing Studio as it celebrates 40 years of powerful work in the field, and are thrilled to celebrate the expansion of their work outside New York. I look forward to watching them evolve over the next 40 years!

The National Arts Awards Chair

The Outstanding Contributions Award has always been given to an artist, but this year, for the first time, we are breaking that trend. Thelma Golden’s work has gone far beyond her role as Director and Chief Curator at the – she is truly a cultural change agent. She has done so much within New York City, and around the country, as a member of the Obama Foundation Board and, in my neck of the woods, on the board of the County Museum of Art.

Americans for the Arts’ treasured board member, William Lehr, is this year’s Legacy Award honoree. Bill is one of the longest-serving members of the board and has seen the organization through several pivotal mergers which helped form Americans for the Arts as it exists today. His steady vision and business acumen, gained through many years of board experience, have helped not only Americans for the Arts, but countless organizations in his home state of Pennsylvania, navigate the daily challenges facing arts non-profits.

Andra Day is a stellar artist and impactful advocate for social justice. Tonight, we present her with the Ted Arison Young Artist Award. Her hit song “Rise Up,” her reinterpretation of “,” as well as her recently released duet with , “,” are reminders of the power of song to inspire and move us. We honor Andra for her incredible artistry and powerful voice – not only 4 onstage, but off-stage as well.

I am grateful to my co-chairs Sarah Arison, David and Susan Goode, Jeff and Justine Koons, Nora Orphanides, and Marian Warden, in addition to the Benefit Committee, who have all worked so hard to make tonight a success.

Finally, I want to thank all of you – without your support none of this would be possible. I am heartened that, in a time of division, we – as supporters, lovers, and practitioners of the arts – can come together to share and celebrate how the arts have touched us and our communities.

Carolyn Clark Powers

Benefit Committee

Chair

Carolyn Clark Powers

Co-Chairs

Sarah Arison

David and Susan Goode

Justine and

Nora C. Orphanides

Marian M. Warden

Benefit Committee

BVLGARI Dorothy Lichtenstein 5

Amy Cappellazzo Timothy J. McClimon

Jany and Charles Davenport Charles Segars

Lisa Dennison Nancy Stephens and Rick Rosenthal

Gail and Alfred Engelberg Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee

Gordon and Llura Gund Jamie and David Wolf

Arts Education Award STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

The mission of Studio in a These activities place Studio at the forefront of work to rebuild School Association is to foster and reinvigorate visual arts instruction in public schools with the the creative and intellectual goal to provide skills-based arts experiences that advance the development of children and lives and careers of students of all ages, as well as the dedicated youth through quality visual teachers who serve them. arts programs directed by arts professionals, and to collaborate with and develop the ability of Darren Walker, presenter those who provide or support arts programming and creative Darren Walker is President of the Ford Foundation, the nation’s development both in and outside of schools. The association second largest philanthropy, and for two decades has been a realizes its mission through two organizations: the New York City leader in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. He led the Schools Program and the Studio Institute. philanthropy committee that helped bring a resolution to the Studio’s New York City Schools Program delivers in-class city of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy and chairs the U.S. Impact instruction across multiple grades and through varied media, Investing Alliance. Prior to joining Ford, he was Vice President primarily for students who otherwise would not have access to at the Rockefeller Foundation, where he managed the rebuild a quality visual arts curriculum. It also expands the expertise of initiative after Hurricane Katrina. In the 1990s, as classroom teachers while solidifying the important role of arts COO of Harlem’s largest community development organization, 6 education within their schools. This year, Studio is engaging the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Mr. Walker oversaw a over 33,000 students and more than 2,000 teachers at 194 comprehensive revitalization program resulting in over 1,000 new educational sites in New York City, 92% of which serve students units of housing, Harlem’s first commercial development in twenty living in communities with high levels of poverty. years, and New York’s first public school built and managed by a community organization. He had a decade long career in The Studio Institute undertakes research to identify and international law and finance at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton document best practices in visual arts education; disseminates and UBS. He serves as a trustee of , New York Studio’s program models; and participates in field-wide City Ballet, the High Line, the Arcus Foundation and PepsiCo. conversations about instructional strategies. The Institute is Educated exclusively in public schools, Mr. Walker received the currently engaged in citywide professional development for Pre- “Distinguished Alumnus Award,” the highest honor given by his Kindergarten teachers in support of New York City’s Pre-K for All alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin. In 2016, TIME program, and is expanding Studio’s Arts Intern program for teens magazine named him to its annual list of the “100 Most Influential and young adults into several other U.S. cities. It is also leading People in the World.” He is a member of the Council on Foreign a research project integrating Arts Education into Math, English Relations, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Language Arts and Technology curricula in four South Bronx recipient of thirteen honorary degrees. elementary schools.

WILLIAM LEHR, JR. Legacy Award

William Lehr, Jr. is a Chairman, and former Chairman of Americans for the Arts, respected, longtime arts where he currently chairs the Investment Committee, its PAC, and community leader and its Foundation. He is Chairman of the Arts Partnership, in central Pennsylvania, a collaboration between The Foundation for Enhancing while also serving as an Communities and the Cultural Enrichment Fund. He is also esteemed national voice in a member of the Advisory Board of The University of Notre arts policy. He has served Dame’s Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business, the on the boards of more than Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the Pennsylvania Early 30 non-profit and public- Learning Investment Commission. He was recently chair of the private organizations, acting Capital Campaign Committee for the Hamilton Health Center in as Chairman of the Board for inner city Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. more than a dozen of them In previous years, Mr. Lehr has served as Chairman of the at the national, state, and Foundation for Enhancing Communities, where he still serves as regional levels. He provides a member of the Investment Advisory Committee; Chairman of advice and assistance to a MetroArts of the Capital Region; Chairman of the Capital Division wide range of regional boards and non-profit organizations. of the Pennsylvania Economy League; Founding Director and Until 2016, Mr. Lehr was Chairman of the Board of Capital Vice Chairman of The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts; BlueCross, a position he had held since 2004. He also served Founding Director of the Cultural Enrichment Fund; director of 7 as the organization’s CEO from 2008-2012 and as its president the Pennsylvania Humanities Council; and as a board member of from 2008-2010. Mr. Lehr was previously Senior Vice President, numerous other non-profit organizations in central Pennsylvania. Secretary, and Treasurer of Hershey Foods Corporation, from which he retired in 1995 after a 28-year career. He also served Marian M. Warden, presenter as the Lead Director of Hersha Hospitality Trust, a publicly traded Marian M. (Mim) Warden began her professional life as an real estate investment trust. elementary school teacher, then a non-profit radio programmer As a community leader, Mr. Lehr holds, and has held, leadership and announcer. She was the founding director of MetroArts, a positions within multiple national and regional organizations, local arts agency in Harrisburg, PA, where William Lehr became including: Lebanon Valley College, where he previously served as an active member, then Chair of the Board. Now based in New Chairman of the Board; Union Theological Seminary; Harrisburg York, Ms. Warden left Harrisburg to study Theology and the Arts Symphony Association, where he is immediate past Chairman; at Union Theological Seminary in New York, where she currently WITF Public Media, where he is also immediate past Chairman; serves as a Trustee. She is also the Board Chair of a new not-for- and the Susquehanna Art Museum, where he is serving his profit organization seeking to restore a declining church in the second term as President of the Board. He is a director, Vice city, as a vibrant space for transformation through the arts and community engagement.

Philanthropy in the Arts Award STEFAN EDLIS AND GAEL NEESON

Gael Neeson and Stefan These works were chosen by the Art Institute and comprised of Edlis are among the noted works from , , , collectors of contemporary , , , , art in the world. A Holocaust Richard , Eric Fischl, Jeff Koons, , Charles survivor, Mr. Edlis grew up in Ray, Damien Hirst, John Currin, Katharine Fritsch, and Takashi Vienna, Austria, and came Murakami. Their collection today is comprised of approximately to New York in 1941. He 180 works by 40 artists. All works from their collection are on served in the Navy in the display. Second World War. After being discharged in San Lisa Phillips, presenter Francisco, he became a Lisa Phillips has been the Toby Devan Lewis Director of the tool maker before moving to since 1999. During her tenure, the museum Chicago and founding Apollo has grown into a major international cultural destination with Plastics in 1965. Ms. Neeson a roster of critically acclaimed exhibitions of artists including: was born and educated in William Kentridge, Cildo Miereles, Paul Chan, George Condo, Melbourne, . She left Australia after college to travel the , and Chris Ofill. The museum has also become world before coming to Chicago and Aspen, where she and Mr. a nexus of innovation, with its educational programs; art and Edlis met and were married. 8 technology initiatives; and platforms to explore expanded roles In 2007, Mr. Edlis and Ms. Neeson created the Edlis Neeson for . Phillips conceived and realized a major expansion Foundation to support the arts, communication, and outreach. of the museum’s first dedicated building, which opened on the They have provided key funding to institutions and initiatives such in 2007, and quickly became a catalyst for neighborhood as the Aspen Art Museum; the Aspen Music Festival and School; transformation. This inspired Phillips to found Ideas City, an the Aspen Institute; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; international festival on the future city, as well as NEW INC, the Lyric Opera of Chicago; Chicago Opera Theater; the Whitney the first museum-led incubator for art, technology, and design. Museum of American Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; The Museum just announced an expansion designed by Rem and the New Museum, where Ms. Neeson sits on the board. Mr. Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu, which will break ground in Edlis is a trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2019. Previously, Phillips was Curator at the Whitney Museum and serves on the Board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. of American Art where she organized over 20 exhibitions. She has served on the boards of the Andy Warhol Foundation and In 2015, Ms. Neeson and Mr. Edlis donated 44 works from the American Association of Museum Directors, among others. their collection, valued at $400 million, to the Art Institute of Phillips has authored numerous publications and lectured around Chicago. This remains the largest gift in the museum’s history. the world.

ANDRA DAY Ted Arison Young Artist Award

Andra Day is an American Recognized amongst some of music’s most legendary names, singer and songwriter known Ms. Day has paid tribute to at The Smithsonian, and for her boundless talent, as has shared the stage with everyone from Chinese piano virtuoso well as her deep conviction Lang Lang, , and to Ellie Goulding, and commitment to social , and . She has performed at the 2016 and cultural change. Ms. Democratic National Convention and the launch of Michelle Day’s full-length debut Obama’s We Will Rise documentary in partnership with Meryl garnered Streep and Freida Pinto at the “International Day of the Girl” a 2016 Grammy Award event at The White House. Ms. Day has appeared on the cover nomination in the category of Essence Magazine and was honored with the “Powerhouse of “Best R&B ,” Award” at the Billboard Women in Music event. while its anthemic Platinum 2017 kicked off with two show-stopping performances: one at lead single “Rise Up” the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards, the other a knockout earned a nod for “Best Bee Gees tribute during the 59th Annual . R&B Performance.” She Hyatt welcomed Ms. Day as the voice of its “For A World Of has appeared on: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ellen, Understanding” campaign, breathing new life into the Burt Dancing with the Stars, , Jimmy Kimmel Live, the White Bacharach and Hal David classic, “What The World Needs Now House National Christmas Tree Lighting, Hallmark’s Home for the Is Love.” She also voiced Sweet Tea in the summer blockbuster 9 Holiday’s, the CMA Country Christmas, and America’s Got Talent, Cars 3, covering ’s “Glory Days”. Closing to name just a few. She recently appeared on The Daily Show with out 2017, Ms. Day released the moving anthem “Stand Up For Trevor Noah, where she debuted her interpretation of the seminal Something” (featuring Common) from the soundtrack of the film song “Strange Fruit”, made famous by , and spoke, Marshall. The movie also marks her on-screen debut. alongside the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the history of lynching in America.

Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award THELMA GOLDEN

Thelma Golden is Director Ms. Golden holds a B.A. in Art History and African American and Chief Curator of Studies from and has received numerous honorary The Studio Museum in doctorates. In 2010, President appointed Ms. Harlem, the world’s leading Golden to the Committee for the Preservation of the White institution devoted to visual House, on which she served until 2016. She currently serves on art by artists of African the Board of Directors for the Barack Obama Foundation and descent. Ms. Golden the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She is a 2008 Henry began her career as a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and in 2016 received the Studio Museum intern in Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Center for 1987. In 1988, she joined Curatorial Studies at Bard College. In 2015, she was appointed the Whitney Museum of as a Ford Foundation Art of Change Visiting Fellow. Ms. Golden American Art, where she is a recognized authority in contemporary art by artists of African launched her influential descent and an active lecturer and panelist, speaking about curatorial practice. Over a contemporary art and culture around the nation and the globe. decade at the Whitney, she organized numerous groundbreaking exhibitions, including Raymond McGuire, presenter Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in American Art. Raymond J. McGuire is Citi’s Global Head of Corporate and She was also a member of the curatorial team for the 1993 10 Investment Banking (“CIB”). Mr. McGuire is a member of the Biennial. Institutional Clients Group Executive Committee, the Institutional In 2000, Ms. Golden returned to the Studio Museum as Deputy Clients Group Business Practices Committee, and is a Board Director for Exhibitions and Programs, working closely with Member of Global Markets Inc. Mr. McGuire actively Director Lowery Stokes Sims. She succeeded Dr. Sims as leads and manages the CIB whose clients generate over $20 Director in 2005. Under her leadership, the Studio Museum has Billion of global revenue annually. He has personally advised gained increased renown as a global leader in the exhibition of on transactions valued at over $600 Billion. Previously, Mr. contemporary art, a center for innovative education, and a cultural McGuire was the Global Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at anchor in the Harlem community. Ms. Golden’s curatorial vision Morgan Stanley, and has worked at Merrill Lynch; Wasserstein has cemented the Museum as “one of New York City’s most Perella & Co.; and The First Corp. In addition to serving consistently stimulating and innovative art institutions,” according as Chairman of the Board at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Mr. to Holland Cotter of . Her tenure as Director McGuire also serves on the boards of the American Museum of has been characterized by a deep commitment to planning for Natural History, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Museum’s future. In 2015, the Studio Museum announced De La Salle Academy, the Hotchkiss School, the New York City plans to create a new facility, designed by Adjaye Associates in Police Foundation, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the New York conjunction with Cooper Robertson, on its current site in Harlem. Public Library, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He The new building will be the Studio Museum’s first purpose-built received his M.B.A. & J.D. from and facility since its founding in 1968. and an A.B. from .

CLIVE DAVIS Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award

As the record industry’s most Since 1985, he has worked tirelessly in the battle against AIDS, innovative and influential and has received humanitarian honors from organizations such as executive, Clive Davis has the Anti-Defamation League, the American Cancer Society, and had a profound effect on the American Foundation for AIDS Research. In 2002, the Tisch the world of music. He School of the Arts at established The Clive has earned four Grammys Davis Department of Recorded Music – the first four-year, degree- granting undergraduate program that recognizes the creative in his role as album producer as an artist in his own right, and musical recording itself producer, has received the as a creative medium. In 2011, the Department was expanded Grammy Trustees Lifetime into an Institute. A documentary based on Mr. Davis’ 2013 New Achievement Award, was York Times bestselling autobiography, The Soundtrack of My Life inducted into the Rock and was released this month by Apple Music and opened to glowing Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, reviews. and, in 2010, The Recording Academy named The Dionne Warwick, presenter Grammy Museum theatre in his honor. Dionne Warwick is a five-time Grammy Award-winning music Born in , Mr. Davis graduated from New York University legend who has earned more than 75 charted hit songs and 11 and Harvard Law School. He first worked at , sold over 100 million records. She was discovered by Burt where he was named President in 1967. In 1974, Mr. Davis Bacharach and Hal David in 1961, and went on to record 18 founded , and expanded the company to include consecutive Top 100 singles (“Don’t Make Me Over,” Walk on in 1988. He continued his exploration of different By,” among the first). She received her first Grammy in 1968 for “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”. Ms. Warwick became musical genres with the formation of LaFace Records in 1989, the first African-American solo female artist of her generation and Bad Boy Records in 1994. In 2000, Mr. Davis formed J to win the prestigious award for Best Contemporary Female Records, which quickly emerged as a dominant force in the Vocalist Performance. industry. In 2008, Mr. Davis was appointed Chief Creative Officer In 1985, she participated in the recording of “That’s What for Entertainment, a position which expanded the Friends Are For,” which became a number-one hit worldwide and number of artists for whom he was creatively responsible. raised awareness and major funds for AIDS research, which she Mr. Davis has impacted the worlds of Pop, Rock and Roll, continues to support, among other causes such as The Starlight Foundation, children’s hospitals, world hunger, disaster relief, and R&B, Country and Hip-Hop, and has played a key role in the music education for which she has been honored and has raised careers of countless artists across those genres including: millions of dollars. Ms. Warwick also participated in the all-star , Chicago, Santana, , Bruce Springsteen, charity single, “We Are the World” and performed at “Live Aid.” , Simon & Garfunkel, Sly & The Family Stone, Barbra Ms. Warwick has been honored by AMFAR, the Desert Aids Streisand, , Herbie Hancock, , Project, and Clive Davis at his pre-Grammy party. Ms. Warwick , , Sarah McLachlan, Aretha was also inducted into The Grammy Museum where a special Franklin, The , Dionne Warwick, , 50th Anniversary career exhibit was unveiled. Most recently, , Brooks & Dunn, , Sean “Puffy” Ms. Warwick released a star-studded duets album entitled, Combs, Notorious B.I.G., Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, Luther “Feels So Good,” featuring collaborations with some of today’s Vandross, , and . greatest artists. Performers

Jake Goldbas, 2007 YoungArts Winner in , is a Grammy-nominated artist who has taken the music scene by storm. A respected educator and clinician, Goldbas leads a band for Jazz at ’s new education program Jazz for Young People and has performed at the world’s most distinguished venues from Carnegie Hall to Madison Square Garden. He is currently the drummer for Dear Evan Hansen on . Kate Davis, 2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She moved to New York in 2009 to attend the School of Music and has performed at such illustrious venues as The Kennedy Center, The Bowery Ballroom, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. Nia Ashleigh Harris, 2017 YoungArts Winner in Voice, 16 year-old highschool senior, has been performing since she was 4 years old. She made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 in Disney’s The Lion King and is a 2017 YoungArts winner in Popular Voice. Jay Julio, 2015 YoungArts Winner in Music, is a student at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studies with Karen Ritscher, where he is supported by the Virtu Foundation and the American Viola Society. He has been a prizewinner in competitions held by the National Federation of Music Club and the Music Teachers National Association, among others. Derek Louie, 2016 YoungArts Winner in Music, is a cellist in his freshman year at the studying with Joel Krosnick. Derek spent eight years at the Juilliard Pre-College with Clara Kim. Derek wants to use the arts as a means of affecting change with respect to how society views and treats mental illness. Yaegy Park, 2015 YoungArts Winner in Music, is currently a third-year undergraduate at The Juilliard School. She enjoys participating 12 in chamber music and community outreach. She has worked in collaboration with Daniel’s Music and is currently a CLIMB and Gluck Fellow at Juilliard. Sam Reider, 2007 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is an award-winning composer, accordionist, pianist, and singer making waves at the intersection of Americana, jazz, and world music. His artistry is driven by an intense creativity, a passion for discovery, and a proven ability to bring together people and communities from around the world. Gabe Schnider, 2011 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a recent graduate of the Juilliard School, who performs a wide range of music with a variety of different groups and has been featured at venues all over the world, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Blue Note, the Kennedy Center, and the Newport, Monterey, Montreux, Montreal, and Toronto International Jazz Festivals, as well as the 2016 American Folk Festival and 2017 Vail International Dance Festival. He has performed with luminaries including , Joshua Bell, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, among others.

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and nurture the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts, and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. The organization’s signature program is an application-based award for emerging artists ages 15-18 or in grades 10-12 from across the United States. Selected from a pool of more than an average of 11,000 applications (in 2015, the organization received a record-breaking number of more than 12,000 applications), YoungArts Winners receive valuable support, including fi nancial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with renowned mentors—such as Debbie Allen, , Rebecca Walker, Plácido Domingo, , Neil Patrick Harris, Jeff Koons, Wynton Marsalis, Salman Rushdie and Carrie Mae Weems—and performance and exhibition opportunities at some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions. YoungArts Winners become part of a thousands-strong alumni network of artists, which offers them additional professional opportunities throughout their careers. YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leading professionals in their fi elds include actresses , Anna Gunn, Zuzanna Szadkowski and Kerry ; Broadway stars Raúl Esparza, Billy Porter, Andrew Rannells and Tony Yazbeck; recording artists , Judith Hill and Chris Young; star Eric Owens; musicians Terence Blanchard, Gerald Clayton, Jennifer Koh and Elizabeth Roe; choreographers Camille A. Brown and Desmond Richardson; visual artists Daniel Arsham and Hernan Bas; internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Doug Aitken; New York Times bestselling author Sam Lipsyte; and Academy Award-winning fi lmmaker Doug Blush. SARAH SZE Featured Artist

Since the late 1990s, from slight gestures discovered in hidden spaces to expansive internationally acclaimed installations that scale walls. artist Sarah Sze has Ms. Sze represented the United States at the Venice Biennale in developed a signature 2013, and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003, and visual language that a Radcliffe Fellowship in 2005. She has exhibited in museums challenges the static nature worldwide, and her works are held in the permanent collections of . Ms. Sze draws of prominent institutions, including The Museum of , from Modernist traditions the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fondation Cartier, Paris; The Museum of of the and Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Museum of dismantles them through Modern Art; and the , Los Angeles. Sze’s use of materials evoking work has been featured in The , the Carnegie fl ux, transformation and International, and several international biennials, including , fragility. Her immersive and Guangzhou, Liverpool, Lyon, São Paulo, and Venice. Ms. Sze intricate works question has also created public works for the Massachusetts Institute of the value society places on objects and how objects ascribe Technology, the in Minneapolis, and the High meaning to the places and times we inhabit. Line in New York. In 2016, Ms. Sze completed a permanent commission for the New York Metropolitan Transportation 13 Ms. Sze’s work models and navigates the proliferation of Authority’s 2nd Avenue subway line, 96th Street station which information in contemporary life. Her installations unfold like a received a Public Art Network award from Americans for the Arts. series of experiments that construct intimate systems of order. Ms. Sze was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lives and works Widely recognized for challenging the boundaries of , in New York City. installation and architecture, Ms. Sze’s sculptural practice ranges

Balloon Rabbit Award

Jeff Koons, a member of the Americans for the Arts Artists Committee, designed the National Arts Awards Balloon Rabbit award in 2009. One of the world’s most preeminent artists, Mr. Koons’s work has been widely exhibited and is in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City; the and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC; The Family Foundation in Santa Monica, CA; the Tate Gallery in ; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum; and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AK. In 2008, he was the fi rst contemporary artist to have his work installed at the Palais de Versailles in France. A retrospective of Mr. Koons’ work, organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art is currently traveling the globe. The Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards evokes both Mr. Koons’s iconic 1986 Rabbit sculpture as well as the balloon forms of his Celebration Series and is truly a visual exemplifi cation of artistic “celebration!” We are grateful to the artist and his studio for their generosity and support.

Credits and Special Thanks

Studio in a School Association Justine Koons Joyce Davis Peggy Chapman Thomas Cahill Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Ford Foundation Crystal Cunningham Barbara Cura Karla Loring Amy Gadola Mitch Curtis Ellen Emerson Lyric Opera of Chicago Elizabeth Gwinn DigiLink Agnes Gund Brice Marden Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Matt Eller, Afternoon Inc. Jeff Koons Takashi Murakami David Hammons Jake Goldbas Larry Levine Museum of Contemporary Art, Texas Isaiah Bianca Hirschowitz Dorothy Lichtenstein Chicago Jeff Koons The Noguchi Museum Adam Reich Betsy Libretta Seijin Park Estate of Robert Rauschenberg Jessica Reynolds Gary McCraw James R. Reynolds II Charles Ray Jarvis Ridges Jana and Larry Morales Jonas Stigh Gerhard Richter Scott Rudd Justin Morris, Morris Bureau William Lehr, Jr. James Rondeau Nadine Johnson & Associates Inc. Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Cindy Sherman Julie Skarratt National YoungArts Foundation Daryl Bughman Photography Estate of Cy Twombly Emma Osore Heather Doughty Estate of Andy Warhol Studio Museum in Harlem Lauran Rothstein Vicki Dubuisson Andra Day Estate of Alma Thomas Izzy Ruiz 14 Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra 42 West Darren Walker Schmit Prototypes Chris Guerrisi Buskin Entertainment Jeanette Waters Text Design, Inc. Philip Horn Richard Channer Stanley Whitney TV Mambo Sam Krepps Common Whitney Museum of American Art Wide Graphics, Inc. Pennsylvania Council Alexandra Crotin Kehinde Wiley Featured Art Fred Wilson on the Arts Karen Dupiche Sarah Sze (stage and journal cover image) Alice Anne Schwab Equal Justice Initiative Clive Davis Timekeeper, 2016 Susquehanna Art Museum Jeffrey Evans Michael Bernstein Mixed media, mirrors, wood, Theatre Harrisburg Mariela Bradford stainless steel, archival pigment Marian M. Warden Sean Cassidy prints, projectors, lamps, desks, Elise Mesa stools, stone Whitaker Center for Science & Arts Rosie Perez Clive Davis Institute Dimensions variable Jeff Woodruff Myriam Santos of Recorded Music Installation view, Rose Museum of Art, 2016 Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson Bryan Stevenson Charles Ortner Courtesy Tanya Bonakdar Gallery The Art Institute of Chicago Maki Somosot Chris Perkel and Victoria Miro Gallery Estate of Urban Arts Partnership Jeff Rabhan Photo: Mike Barnett Aliza Rabinoff Robert Carl James Warren Sarah Sze Kevin Sasaki Maurizio Cattelan Josh White (lobby gallery) Sellers Webb Blueprint for a Landscape Eric Fischl Thelma Golden , 2016 Anthony Freud Sarah Sze Porcelain Tile SaVonne Anderson Dimensions Variable Holly Gilson Adjaye Associates Mike Barnett New York 2nd Avenue Subway line, Alani Bass Yan Ma 96th Street Station, 2016 Amanda Hicks Courtesy Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Mary Schmidt Campbell Special Thanks and Victoria Miro Gallery Jasper Johns Geoffrey Clements Marilyn Bagel Photo: Tom Powel Imaging Jeff Koons Isoke Cullins Cipriani

Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award

I am delighted to again be engaged with Americans for the Arts serving as the chair of the National Arts Awards, and I am proud to lend my name to the award for lifetime achievement.

I was raised in a family immersed in American music history. My ancestral home, Dockery Farms in the Mississippi Delta, is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places for its role in the creation of music. Musicians who once lived on the farm or had a presence in the community include Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, and the late, great B.B. King, who I helped connect with Americans for the Arts when he received our Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. The farm remains a vibrant place of pilgrimage for musicians and enthusiasts alike.

From this musical foundation, I grew to passionately embrace all forms of the arts, and I am a strong champion for arts education. Because of this, I was thrilled at the opportunity to support the National Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.

This award has gone to recipients from every arts discipline and to such luminaries as opera singer , the choreographer Paul Taylor, architect Frank O. Gehry, the Queen of Soul , actor/director , visual artist , film legend Sophia Loren, and last year, the incomparable .

I am so pleased that this year the award bearing my name goes to another legend in the music industry: Clive Davis. His 15 contributions to the world of popular music, arts education, and social justice, are truly remarkable.

Carolyn Clark Powers

Ted Arison Young Artist Award

I am so pleased to have the opportunity to name this award after my late grandfather, Ted Arison. He and my grandmother, Lin, were visionaries back in 1981 when they founded the National YoungArts Foundation. Their idea was to identify and support the next generation of young artists in the visual, literary, design, and performing arts, assisting them at critical junctures in their development. To date, YoungArts has provided more than 20,000 alumni with access to significant scholarships, national recognition, and opportunities to study with renowned mentors.

The involvement of YoungArts with Americans for the Arts and the National Arts Awards goes back to 2009 when alumni and students from our program became the featured performers at the event. The ceremony is a wonderful opportunity for these young artists to shine in front of an audience of true arts enthusiasts. And I note with pride that several National Arts Awards honorees have been associated with YoungArts, including my grandmother, , who received the Arts Education Award in 2012, and alumni Josh Groban and , who are past recipients of the Young Artist Award.

We applaud Americans for the Arts for ensuring that young artists are expressly honored for their achievements, right alongside the established artists who have made a lifetime of contributions to our country’s cultural landscape.

On behalf of the Arison Arts Foundation, I congratulate the amazing Andra Day as this year’s recipient of the award named for my 16 grandfather.

Sarah Arison President, Arison Arts Foundation

Past Honorees

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT ‡ Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Corporation § Mikhail Baryshnikov ‡ Marceau, American VH1 Josh Groban ' Ballroom Theater Dame Julie Andrews ‡ Wells Fargo & Company Jake Gyllenhaal Midori Goto, artist Richard Avedon Chuck Close ‡ David Hallberg ' Agnes Gund, philanthropist INDIVIDUAL George Balanchine § Betty Comden & Adolph John Legend Wynton Marsalis, artist John Baldessari Green ‡ PHILANTHROPY Kate and Laura Mulleavy, , artist Tony Bennett ~ ‡ Paul G. Allen** Rodarte ' The Mr. Holland’s Opus § ‡ Wallis Annenberg* Foundation § Anna Deavere Smith ‡ Brooke Astor Gabourey Sidibe ' P.S . ART S Agnes DeMille § Renée Fleming ‡ Eli Broad* Esperanza Spalding^ Herbie Hancock President’s Committee on the Sidney Harman* Mena Suvari Aretha Franklin Arts and the Humanities Hugh Hardy ‡ Joan W. Harris* Uma Thurman Frank O. Gehry Alice Walton Martha Graham § Hart Martha Rivers Ingram** Kerry Washington Helen Hayes § ‡ ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE Joan and Irwin Jacobs Kehinde Wiley Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sheila C. Johnson* FEATURED ARTIST ‡ Jeff Koons Teresa Heinz Kerry* B.B. King + Will Cotton Peter Martins ‡ Peter Martins Jo Carole Lauder Lincoln Kirstein § Salvador Dali Yoko Ono ‡ Ed Ruscha Raymond Nasher* Thomas Krens Todd Eberle Nam June Paik ‡ Cindy Sherman John and Mary Pappajohn** Jeff Koons Gordon Parks ‡ , David Rockefeller* Sol LeWitt James Stewart Polshek ‡ Memorial Tribute Vicki and Roger Sant** Sophia Loren ~ Kerry James Marshall ‡ Pinchas Zukerman, Beverley Taylor Sorenson** Richard Meier Julie Mehretu 17 Robert Rauschenberg ‡ Award, Roselyne Chroman Swig Arthur Mitchell § Excellence Classical Music Robert Rauschenberg Salman Rushdie ‡ § LEGACY Kelly Richardson Martin Scorsese ‡ William Paley § CORPORATE HONOREES Maria Arena Bell Ed Ruscha Joel Shapiro American Express § Madeleine H. Berman Kenny Scharf Beverly Sills ‡ Amerindo Investment § Susan and David Goode Jennifer Steinkamp Brian Stokes Mitchell Advisors Robert Redford Paul Taylor ‡ AT&T SPECIAL RECOGNITION § Andy Warhol + ‡ AXA Art Insurance Representative John Brademas Corporation ARTS ADVOCACY Bravo Television, Bank of America Excellence in Arts & Media Beverly Sills § Alec Baldwin Citigroup, Inc. Representative Neil Simon § § FleetBoston Amory Houghton, Jr. § Arnold Gingrich Memorial Chuck Close Financial Corporation Award Frank Stella+ Mike Jordan, CBS, Michael Greene, National General Electric Outstanding Vision and ‡ Kitty Carlisle Hart Award Isaac Stern § Academy of Recording The Hearst Corporation Exemplary Contributions * Frederick R. Weisman § Arts & Sciences IBM Corporation to the Arts Award for Philanthropy in § Phil Ramone JP Morgan Chase & Co. Institute for Museum and the Arts Paul Taylor Christopher Reeve Library Sciences, In Honor Lockheed Martin ** Eli and Edythe Broad § Wendy Wasserstein of 25 Years of Service The McGraw-Hill Companies Award for Philanthropy in National Endowment for the the Arts OUTSTANDING MetLife Arts, In Honor of 40 years ARTS EDUCATION ' Bell Family Foundation CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE Lin Arison, YoungArts Music Industry and NAMM of Service Young Artist Award NationsBank Representative Jerrold Nadler ARTS Martina Arroyo, artist ^Ted Arison Young Artist William Bassell, Principal Financial Group United States Conference of Award Doug Aitken public school principal Procter & Gamble Mayors, In Honor of its + Isabella and Theodor ‡ Alberto M. Carvalho, Target Corporation 75th Anniversary Dalenson Lifetime public school Inc. Achievement Award American Legion Auxiliary YOUNG ARTIST superintendent Time Warner ~ Carolyn Clark Powers Richard Avedon ‡ Sofia Coppola Schuyler Chapin, civic leader United Technologies Lifetime Achievement Dakota Fanning ' Award

Americans for the Arts Board of Directors

CHAIR AT LARGE Glen S. Howard EX-OFFICIO Abel Lopez Susan S. Goode The Pew Charitable Trust Robert L. Lynch GALA Hispanic Theatre Arts Patron Washington, DC Americans for the Arts Washington, DC Norfolk, VA Deborah Jordy Washington, DC SECRETARY Dorothy Pierce McSweeny Colorado Business IN MEMORIAM Committee for the Arts Michael Spring DC Commission on the Peggy Amsterdam Arts and Humanities Denver, CO Miami-Dade County Peter Donnelly Department of Cultural Affairs Washington, DC Charles B. Ortner Miami, FL Margie Johnson Reese Proskauer Rose LLP EMERITUS Los Angeles, CA TREASURER Wichita Falls Alliance for Madeleine H. Berman Arts and Culture Felix Padrón C. Kendric Fergeson Julie Muraco Wichita Falls, TX Arts Administrator Praeditis Group LLC San Antonio, TX Fred Lazarus IV New York, NY Charmaine Warmenhoven Warmenhoven Foundation Carolyn Powers VICE CHAIRS Monte Sereno, CA Arts Patron Ramona Baker DIRECTORS Manhattan Bech, CA 18 Ramona Baker Consulting, Barbara S. Robinson Master of Arts in Arts Sarah Arison Arison Arts Foundation Arts Patron Administration Program, , OH Goucher College New York, NY Indianapolis, IN Leslie Blanton Edgar L. Smith, Jr. Arts Patron World Pac Paper, LLC Maria Arena Bell Cincinnati, OH Vitameatavegamin Productions Houston, TX Los Angeles, CA Charles X Block Tommy Sowers, Ph.D U.S. Army John Haworth Bedrock Group LLC Philadelphia, PA Solo National Museum of the Chapel Hill, NC American Indian Michelle Boone New York, NY Navy Pier, Inc. Ann Stock Chicago, IL Women in Foreign Policy William Lehr, Jr. Alexandria, VA Capital Blue Cross Alessandra DiGiusto Hershey, PA Deutsche Bank Nancy Stephens Americas Foundation Actress and Activist Timothy McClimon Los Angeles, CA American Express Foundation New York, NY New York, NY Floyd W. Green, III Ty Stiklorius Aetna, Inc. Friends At Work Steven D. Spiess Venice, CA Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Hartford, CT Denver, CO Vijay Gupta Michael S. Verruto LA Philharmonic HPI Capital LLC Los Angeles, CA Charlotte, NC

Americans for the Arts Artists Committee

Doug Aitken Marcus Giamatti Richard Meier Leo Villareal Jane Alexander Josh Groban Lin-Manuel Miranda Kwaku Alston Vijay Gupta Arthur Mitchell Clay Walker Dame Julie Andrews David Hallberg Brian Stokes Mitchell Malcolm-Jamal Warner Martina Arroyo Hill Harper Walter Mosley Kerry Washington Paul Auster Craig Hodgetts Paul Muldoon William Wegman Bob Balaban Lorin Hollander Kate Mulleavy Bradley Whitford John Baldessari Jenny Holzer Laura Mulleavy Kehinde Wiley Alec Baldwin Siri Hustvedt Matt Mullican Henry Winkler Tony Bennett David Henry Hwang Shirin Neshat Lewis Black Melina Kanakaredes Alessandro Nivola Kulapat Yantrasast Lauren Bon Naomi Shihab Nye Peter Yarrow Amy Brenneman Kenna Richard On Michael York Connie Britton Jon Kessler Yoko Ono IN MEMORIAM 19 Blair Brown Richard Kind Harold Prince Theodore Bikel Kate Burton Jeff Koons Robert Redford Chuck Close Swoosie Kurtz Michael Ritchie Patty Duke Will Cotton Marc Roberge Mary Rodgers Guettel Ledisi Victoria Rowell Skitch Henderson Jacques d’Amboise John Legend Salman Rushdie Arthur Hiller Carla Dirlikov Canales Liz Lerman Martin Scorsese Paul Newman Fran Drescher Glenn Ligon Laramie “Doc” Shaw Leonard Nimoy Pierre Dulaine John Lithgow Cindy Sherman John Raitt Todd Eberle Graham Lustig Gabourey Sidibe Hector Elizondo Kyle MacLachlan Anna Deavere Smith Billy Taylor Giancarlo Esposito Yo-Yo Ma Arnold Steinhardt Wendy Wasserstein Shepard Fairey Yvonne Marceau Peter Martins Holland Taylor Julie Taymor Ben Folds Kathy Mattea Marlo Thomas Hsin-Ming Fung Trey McIntyre Stanley Tucci Frank O. Gehry Julie Mehretu Ben Vereen

About Americans for the Arts

National Arts Policy Roundtable Fellow Braxton Cook Singer and songwriter Esperanza Spalding accepts the President and CEO Robert L. Lynch kicks off Arts performs at the 2017 National Arts Policy Roundtable in Ted Arison Young Artist Award at the 2016 National Arts Advocacy Day 2017. Sundance, Utah. Awards.

Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to creating opportunities for every American to participate 20 in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Each year, Americans for the Arts provides a rich array of programs that meet the needs of more than 150,000 members and stakeholders.

Javier Gonzalez, Mayor of Santa Fe, For more information about our programs or to learn how you Artists Committee Member Ben Folds presents at the 2017 National Arts speaks at a Summer Advocacy Fly-In Policy Roundtable in Sundance, Utah. can become more involved in our work, please visit us online at supporting the launch of Americans www.AmericansForTheArts.org or contact us at 202.371.2830 or for the Arts’ Arts and Economic Prosperity 5 study. 212.223.2787.

Music producer Sol Guy speaks at the 2017 National Arts Artists Committee and Board Member Brian Stokes Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of Policy Roundtable in Sundance, Utah. Mitchell, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, the Equal Justice Initiative, delivers the keynote address Artists Committee Member Anna Deavere Smith, Artists at Americans for the Arts’ 2017 Annual Convention in Committee Member Ben Vereen, Actress Gabrielle Ruiz, San Francisco. and Board Member Edgar Smith, at the 2017 Post-Hanks Lecture Dinner during Arts Advocacy Day. CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEARS NATIONAL ARTS AWARDS HONOREES

Carolyn Clark Powers

We applaud Americans for the Arts for more than 55 years of ensuring that arts and arts education are available to all!

– Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis Congratulations! CLIVE J. DAVIS Tisch Dean's Council, NYU Alumnus, Friend & Namesake Founder of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

We are grateful for your leadership and generosity.

We salute you!

Dean Allyson Green & All Your Fans

My congratulations and support to Americans for the Arts in honoring

THELMA GOLDEN & STUDIO IN A SCHOOL & Clive Davis, Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis William Lehr, Jr., Andra Day and Sarah Sze

who have done so much to make a diff erence through the arts With much gratitude Agnes Gund

Thank you Americans for the Arts for taking a stand for the arts.

We are proud to stand with you, and congratulate this year’s exceptional honorees.

Sarah Arison Congratulations to Americans for the Arts and the 2017 National Arts Awards honorees.

Your work in and on behalf of the arts are needed and appreciated now more than ever.

The Rosenthal Family Foundation, Rick Rosenthal and Nancy Stephens, Jane Stephens Rosenthal, and Jamie Rosenthal Wolf and David Wolf

We congratulate tonight’s honorees and applaud Americans for the Arts for their dedicated leadership and tireless support of the arts in America Congratulations to Studio in a School for 40 years of inspiring and serving the New York City Public Schools and its students

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation The is proud to congratulate Studio in a School. Your mission to provide public school students with access to an exceptional arts education is truly an inspiration.

ClevelandArt.org

In Warm Memory of John Moran Producer of the National Arts Awards from 1999 – 2016 Americans for the Arts Congratulates Robert L. Lynch on his 32nd year as our President and CEO Congratulations to Carolyn Clark Powers with Affection and Gratitude from the Board and Staff of Americans for the Arts

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