NATIONAL ARTS AWARDS PAST HONOREES
Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award Chuck Close (Presented 1966-1996) Betty Comden & Adolph Green Marian Anderson Barbara Cook George Balanchine Merce Cunningham Lincoln Kirstein Anna Deavere Smith Leonard Bernstein Renée Fleming Hume Cronyn Hugh Hardy Jessica Tandy Al Hirschfeld Agnes DeMille Judith Jamison Martha Graham Peter Martins Helen Hayes Yoko Ono Arthur Mitchell Nam June Paik Jessye Norman Gordon Parks William Paley James Stewart Polshek Joseph Papp Harold Prince Itzhak Perlman Robert Rauschenberg Jason Robards Salman Rushdie Beverly Sills Martin Scorsese Neil Simon Beverly Sills Stephen Sondheim Paul Taylor Isaac Stern Twyla Tharp Billy Taylor Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Lila Acheson Wallace Herb Alpert Lifetime Achievement American Legion Auxiliary Dame Julie Andrews Jenny Holzer Richard Avedon Joel Shapiro John Baldessari Brian Stokes Mitchell Aretha Franklin Arts Education Frank O. Gehry Lin Arison, YoungArts Ellsworth Kelly Martina Arroyo, artist B.B. King∞ William Bassell, public school principal Thomas Krens Alberto M. Carvalho, public school Jacob Lawrence superintendent Angela Lansbury Schuyler Chapin, civic leader Richard Meier Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau, Robert Redford American Ballroom Theater Jason Robards Midori Goto, artist James Rosenquist∞ Agnes Gund, philanthropist Beverly Sills Wynton Marsalis, artist Richard Serra Arthur Mitchell, artist Frank Stella∞ President’s Committee on the Arts Isaac Stern and the Humanities Paul Taylor P.S. ARTS Kitty Carlisle Hart Award Legacy Award Edward Albee Madeleine H. Berman Richard Avedon
Will Barnet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Harry Belafonte
Arts Advocacy Special Recognition Alec Baldwin Representative John Brademas Hillary Clinton Bravo Television, Excellence in Arts & Chuck Close Media Michael Greene, National Academy of Kitty Carlisle Hart, Outstanding Recording Arts & Sciences Contributions to the Arts Phil Ramone Representative Amory Houghton, Jr. Christopher Reeve Mike Jordan, CBS, Outstanding Vision and Wendy Wasserstein Exemplary Contributions to the Arts Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, Corporate Honorees In Honor of 25 Years of Service American Express National Endowment for the Arts, Amerindo Investment Advisors In Honor of 40 years of Service AT&T Representative Jerrold Nadler AXA Art Insurance Corporation United States Conference of Mayors, Bank of America In Honor of its 75th Anniversary Citigroup, Inc. FleetBoston Financial Corporation Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence General Electric Sofia Coppola The Hearst Corporation Dakota Fanning*** IBM Corporation Josh Groban*** JP Morgan Chase & Co. Jake Gyllenhaal Lockheed Martin David Hallberg*** The McGraw-Hill Companies John Legend MetLife Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte*** Music Industry and NAMM Natalie Portman NationsBank Gabourey Sidibe*** Principal Financial Group Mena Suvari Procter & Gamble Uma Thurman Target Corporation Kerry Washington Texaco Inc. Kehinde Wiley Time Warner Featured Artists United Technologies Corporation Will Cotton VH1 Salvador Dali Wells Fargo & Company Todd Eberle Individual Philanthropy Shepard Fairey Paul G. Allen** Jeff Koons Wallis Annenberg* Julie Mehretu Brooke Astor Kelly Richardson Eli Broad* Ed Ruscha Sidney Harman* Kenny Scharf Joan W. Harris* Jennifer Steinkamp Martha Rivers Ingram** Frank Stella Sheila C. Johnson* Andy Warhol Teresa Heinz Kerry* Jo Carole Lauder Raymond Nasher* *Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts **Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts John and Mary Pappajohn** ***Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award David Rockefeller* ∞Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Vicki and Roger Sant** Award Beverley Taylor Sorenson**