The annual awards ceremony of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal took place at the White House on July 28th. The President told the recipients that their “accomplishments enrich our lives and reveal something about ourselves and our country.” See the list of winners below, which includes some very accomplished seniors.
The list of winners, as provided by the White House:
2013 National Medal of Arts
— Julia Alvarez, Novelist, Poet, and Essayist, Weybridge, VT
— Brooklyn Academy of Music, Presenter, Brooklyn, NY
— Joan Harris, Arts Patron, Chicago, IL
— Bill T. Jones, Dancer and Choreographer, Valley Cottage, NY
— John Kander, Musical Theater Composer, New York, NY
— Jeffrey Katzenberg, Director and CEO of DreamWorks, Beverly Hills, CA
— Maxine Hong Kingston, Writer, Oakland, CA
— Albert Maysles, Documentary Filmmaker, New York, NY
— Linda Ronstadt, Musician, San Francisco, CA
— Billie Tsien and Tod Williams (receiving individual medals), Architects, New York, NY
— James Turrell, Visual Artist, Flagstaff, AZ
2013 National Humanities Medal
— M.H. Abrams, Literary Critic, Ithaca, NY
— David Brion Davis, Historian, Orange, CT
— Darlene Clark Hine, Historian, Chicago, IL
— Anne Firor Scott, Historian, Chapel Hill, NC
— William Theodore De Bary, East Asian studies scholar, Tappan, NY
— Johnpaul Jones, Architect, Bainbridge, WA
— Stanley Nelson, Filmmaker, New York, NY
— Diane Rehm, Radio Host, Washington, D.C.
— Krista Tippett, Radio Host, St. Paul, MN
— American Antiquarian Society, Historical Organization, Worcester, MA
