List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts
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The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts.wikipedia
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José Ferrer
Jose FerrerJosé Vicente Ferrer de Otero y CintrónFerrer, Jose
In 1985, he received the National Medal of Arts from Ronald Reagan, becoming the first actor to receive that honor.
National Endowment for the Arts
NEANational Endowment of the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts
Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory committee of the National Endowment for the Arts, who then submits its recommendations to the White House for the President of the United States to award.
The NEA also manages the National Medal of Arts, awarded annually by the President.
Hallmark Cards
HallmarkHallmark Gold CrownHallmark Cards, Inc.
In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Leontyne Price
Leontine PricePrice
Among her many honors are the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964), the Spingarn Medal (1965), the Kennedy Center Honors (1980), the National Medal of Arts (1985), numerous honorary degrees, and 19 Grammy Awards for operatic and song recitals and full operas, and a special Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989, more than any other classical singer.
Dominique de Menil
Dominique de Ménilde Menil familyde Menils
She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.
Saul Bellow
BellowBellovianBellow, Saul
For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.
Helen Hayes
Helen Brown
In 1988, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Ella Fitzgerald
EllaElla Fitzgerald and Her OrchestraFitzgerald
Her accolades included fourteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Marian Anderson
Marion AndersonMarian Anderson AwardMarian Anderson Singing Competition
The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Anderson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, the Congressional Gold Medal in 1977, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978, the National Medal of Arts in 1986, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1991.
Romare Bearden
BeardenBearden, RomareNanette Bearden
In 1987, Bearden was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Elma Lewis
She was one of the first recipients of a MacArthur Fellows Grant, in 1981, and received a Presidential Medal for the Arts by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
David Lloyd Kreeger
David Lloyd Kreeger (1909–1990) was an American art philanthropist, recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Arts Award.
Jasper Johns
JohnsJasper John
Johns has received many honors throughout his career, including receipt of the National Medal of Arts in 1990, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle Hart
In 1991, she received the National Medal of Arts from President George H. W. Bush.
Walker Hancock
Walker Kirtland HancockWalker K. HancockHancock, Walker K.
Hancock was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1989 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1990.
Lewis Mumford
Mumford, LewisClock as herald of the Industrial RevolutionLewis Mumford Award
In 1986, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Eva Le Gallienne
Civic Repertory TheatreEva LeGallienneEva La Gallienne
Le Gallienne was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne FoundationHorneM. Horne
She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts (1992) and the Kennedy Center Honors (1995).
Elliott Carter
CarterCarter, Elliott[Elliott] Carter
In 1981, he was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, in 1985 the National Medal of Arts.
Robert Merrill
He received the National Medal of Arts in 1993.
Robert Rauschenberg
RauschenbergRobert Rauschenberg FoundationRauschenberg Foundation
Rauschenberg was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1993 and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts in 1995 in recognition of his more than 40 years of artmaking.
Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake CronynHume Cronyn, Jr.
In 1990, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Earl Scruggs
ScruggsThe Earl Scruggs RevueEarl
Scruggs received four Grammy awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a National Medal of Arts.
Merce Cunningham
Merce Cunningham Dance CompanyCunninghamchance operations
Cunningham earned some of the highest honors bestowed in the arts, including the National Medal of Arts and the MacArthur Fellowship.
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
He and his wife were named to the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame; were awarded the National Medal of Arts and were recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors.
