NATIONAL ARTS AWARDS PAST HONOREES
Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award Betty Comden & Adolph Green (Presented 1966-1996) Barbara Cook Marian Anderson Merce Cunningham George Balanchine Anna Deavere Smith Lincoln Kirstein Renée Fleming Leonard Bernstein Hugh Hardy Hume Cronyn Al Hirschfeld Jessica Tandy Judith Jamison Agnes DeMille Peter Martins Martha Graham Yoko Ono Helen Hayes Nam June Paik Arthur Mitchell Gordon Parks Jessye Norman James Stewart Polshek William Paley Harold Prince Joseph Papp Robert Rauschenberg Itzhak Perlman Salman Rushdie Jason Robards Martin Scorsese Beverly Sills Beverly Sills Neil Simon Paul Taylor Stephen Sondheim Twyla Tharp Isaac Stern Billy Taylor Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Lila Acheson Wallace Herb Alpert Jenny Holzer Lifetime Achievement Brian Stokes Mitchell Dame Julie Andrews Richard Avedon Arts Advocacy John Baldessari Alec Baldwin Aretha Franklin Hillary Clinton Frank O. Gehry Chuck Close Ellsworth Kelly Michael Greene, National Academy of Thomas Krens Recording Arts & Sciences Jacob Lawrence Phil Ramone Angela Lansbury Christopher Reeve Richard Meier Wendy Wasserstein Robert Redford Jason Robards Arts Education James Rosenquist∞ Lin Arison, YoungArts Beverly Sills Martina Arroyo, artist Frank Stella∞ William Bassell, public school principal Isaac Stern Schuyler Chapin, civic leader Paul Taylor Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau, American Ballroom Theater Kitty Carlisle Hart Award Midori Goto, artist Edward Albee Agnes Gund, philanthropist Richard Avedon Wynton Marsalis, artist Will Barnet Arthur Mitchell, artist Mikhail Baryshnikov President’s Committee on the Arts Harry Belafonte and the Humanities Chuck Close 1
Artistic Excellence David Rockefeller* Christo and Jeanne-Claude Beverley Taylor Sorenson** Jeff Koons Peter Martins Special Recognition Ed Ruscha Representative John Brademas Cindy Sherman Bravo Television, Excellence in Arts & Kirk Varnedoe, Memorial Tribute Media Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern Award, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Outstanding Excellence Classical Music Contributions to the Arts Representative Amory Houghton, Jr. Corporate Honorees Mike Jordan, CBS, Outstanding Vision and American Express Exemplary Contributions to the Arts Amerindo Investment Advisors Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, AT&T In Honor of 25 Years of Service AXA Art Insurance Corporation National Endowment for the Arts, Bank of America In Honor of 40 years of Service Citigroup, Inc. Representative Jerrold Nadler FleetBoston Financial Corporation United States Conference of Mayors, General Electric In Honor of its 75th Anniversary The Hearst Corporation IBM Corporation Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence JP Morgan Chase & Co. Sofia Coppola Lockheed Martin Josh Groban*** The McGraw-Hill Companies Jake Gyllenhaal MetLife John Legend Music Industry and NAMM Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte*** NationsBank Natalie Portman Principal Financial Group Gabourey Sidibe*** Procter & Gamble Mena Suvari Target Corporation Uma Thurman Texaco Inc. Kerry Washington Time Warner Kehinde Wiley United Technologies Corporation VH1 Featured Artists Wells Fargo & Company Salvador Dali Todd Eberle Individual Philanthropy Jeff Koons Paul G. Allen** Julie Mehretu Wallis Annenberg* Kelly Richardson Brooke Astor Ed Ruscha Eli Broad* Kenny Scharf Sidney Harman* Jennifer Steinkamp Joan W. Harris* Frank Stella Martha Rivers Ingram** Andy Warhol Sheila C. Johnson* Teresa Heinz Kerry* *Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts **Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts Jo Carole Lauder ***Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award Raymond Nasher* ∞Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award 2