National Arts Awards
The National Arts Awards[1] are presented by Americans for the Arts[2] annually during National Arts & Humanities Month to distinguish private sector arts leadership.
Categories
The National Arts Awards are divided into the following categories:
- Arts Advocacy Award is presented to a noted artist or arts advocate with a track record of advocating for the arts.
 - Arts Education Award is presented to a noted artist or arts advocate with a track record of contributing to the advancement of arts education.
 - Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award is presented to a high-profile, major corporate leader with a record of contributing to arts and cultural institutions or initiatives.
 - Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts is presented to an individual with a demonstrable history of philanthropic giving to one or more major arts institutions.
 - Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a nationally recognized, established artist with a lifetime of exemplary artistic accomplishment in his or her field.
 - The Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award is presented to an individual who has achieved incredible accomplishments and exemplary leadership while still early in their careers.
 - Outstanding Contributions to the Arts celebrates the artistic excellence of an established artist or arts advocate.
 - Kitty Carlisle Hart Award, Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award, was awarded by the Arts & Business Council from 1996 to 2004, it became part of the National Arts Awards in 2005.[3]
 
Recipients
Not all categories are awarded each year
Recipients before 1998
Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award
- Marian Anderson
 - George Balanchine
 - Leonard Bernstein
 - Hume Cronyn
 - Agnes DeMille
 - Martha Graham
 - Helen Hayes
 - Lincoln Kirstein
 - Arthur Mitchell[4]
 - Jessye Norman
 - William S. Paley
 - Joseph Papp
 - Itzhak Perlman
 - Jason Robards
 - Beverly Sills
 - Neil Simon
 - Stephen Sondheim
 - Isaac Stern
 - Jessica Tandy
 - Billy Taylor
 - Lila Acheson Wallace
 
Arts Advocacy Award
Arts Education Award
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
Featured Artist
Kitty Carlisle Hart Award
Awarded by the Arts & Business Council from 1996 to 2004, it became part of the National Arts Awards in 2005.[3]
- Edward Albee
 - Richard Avedon (2003)
 - Will Barnet
 - Mikhail Baryshnikov
 - Harry Belafonte
 - Chuck Close
 - Betty Comden & Adolf Green
 - Barbara Cook
 - Merce Cunningham
 - Renée Fleming
 - Hugh Hardy
 - Al Hirschfeld
 - Judith Jamison
 - Peter Martins
 - Yoko Ono
 - Nam June Paik
 - Gordon Parks (2001)
 - James Stewart Polshek
 - Harold Prince
 - Robert Rauschenberg
 - Martin Scorsese
 - Anna Deavere Smith
 - Paul Taylor
 
Lifetime Achievement Award
Special Recognition
- Rep. John Brademas
 - Rep. Amory Houghton, Jr.
 - Rep. Jerrold Nadler
 
1998
- Alec Baldwin, Arts Advocacy Award
 - Midori Gotō, Arts Education Award
 - Isaac Stern, Colleen Dewhurst Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Hugh McColl, Corporate Citizen Award
 - Michael H. Jordan and CBS, Special tribute for outstanding vision and exemplary contributions to the arts in America
 
1999
- Hillary Clinton, Arts Advocacy Award
 - Agnes Gund, Arts Education Award
 - Sanford I. Weill, Corporate Citizen Award
 - Jacob Lawrence, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Brooke Astor, Philanthropy Award
 
2000
- Wendy Wasserstein, Arts Advocacy Award
 - Peter I. Bijur, Corporate Citizen Award
 - Frank Gehry and Thomas Krens, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Jo Carole Lauder, Philanthropy Award
 - Uma Thurman, Young Artist Special Recognition Award
 
2001
- Peter Martins, Artistic Leadership Award
 - Michael Greene, Arts Advocacy Award
 - The Honorable Schuyler Chapin, Arts Education Award
 - Robert H. Benmosche, Corporate Citizen Award
 - Richard Meier, Lifetime Achievement Award
 
2002
- Cindy Sherman, Artistic Excellence
 - Alberto Vilar, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
 - David Rockefeller, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern Award for Excellence in Classical Music
 - Dr. Robert S. Martin, Special Recognition for 25 Years of Service
 - Kathleen A. Dore, Special Recognition for Excellence in Arts & Media
 - Natalie Portman, Young Artist Award
 
2003
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Artistic Leadership
 - Dr. Vance D. Coffman, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
 - Teresa Heinz, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Richard Avedon, Lifetime Achievement
 - Kirk Varnedoe, Special Memorial Tribute for Extraordinary Contributions to the Arts
 - Sofia Coppola, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
 
2004
- Chuck Close, Artistic Leadership and Arts Advocacy
 - A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
 - Raymond Nasher, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Paul Taylor, Lifetime Achievement
 - William Bassell, Principal, Long Island City High School, Special Arts Education Recognition Award
 - Mena Suvari, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
 
2005
- Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau, Arts Education Award
 - Target Corporation, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
 - Eli Broad, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts
 - John Baldessari, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Kerry Washington, Young Artist Award
 
2006
- Jeff Koons, Artistic Achievement Award[5]
 - United Technologies Corporation, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award
 - Sheila C. Johnson, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Aretha Franklin, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Kitty Carlisle Hart, Special Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts
 - Jake Gyllenhaal, Young Artist Award
 
2007
- Music Industry and NAMM, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award
 - Wallis Annenberg, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Anna Deavere Smith, Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts
 - Ellsworth Kelly, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - The United States Conference of Mayors, Special Recognition in Honor of Its 75th Anniversary
 - John Legend, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
 
2008
- Phil Ramone, Arts Advocacy Award
 - The Principal Financial Group, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award
 - Joan W. Harris, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy
 - Yoko Ono, Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts
 - Dame Julie Andrews, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Kehinde Wiley, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
 
2009
- Ed Ruscha, Artistic Excellence Award
 - Anne Finucane, Bank of America, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award
 - Sidney Harman, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Salman Rushdie, Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts
 - Robert Redford, Lifetime Achievement Award
 
2010
- Martha Rivers Ingram, Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Angela Lansbury, Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte, Maria and Bill Bell Young Artist Award
 - Herb Alpert, Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award
 
2011
- Frank Stella, Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Jenny Holzer, Outstanding Contributions to the Arts
 - President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Arts Education Award
 - Gabourey Sidibe, Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award
 - Beverley Taylor Sorenson, Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Wells Fargo & Company, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award
 
2012
- Paul G. Allen, Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - James Rosenquist, Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award
 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award
 - Josh Groban, Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award
 - Lin Arison, Arts Education Award
 - Axa Art Insurance Corporation, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award
 
2013
- Dakota Fanning - Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award
 - B.B. King – Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award
 - John and Mary Pappajohn – Eli & Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
 - Joel Shapiro – Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award
 - Alberto Carvalho – Arts Education Award
 
2014
- Richard Serra - Lifetime Achievement Award
 - David Hallberg - Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award
 - Norie Sato - Public Art Network Award
 - Malissa Feruzzi Shriver - Arts Education Award
 
2015
2016
- Doug Aitken - Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award[7]
 - Esperanza Spalding - Ted Arison Young Artist Award
 
References
- ^ Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ "Americans for the Arts". Americans for the Arts.
 - ^ a b Robishaw, Lori; Gard Ewell, Maryo (2011). Commemorating 50 Years of Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-879903-07-4.
 - ^ "Arthur Mitchell Receives Arts Achievement Prize". The New York Times. October 24, 1987. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
 - ^ a b "Lady Gaga, Sophia Loren, and More Dazzle as Honorees at the 55th Annual Arts Awards". Vogue.
 - ^ "Lady Gaga Earns 'Beyond Special' Young Artist Award, Poses With Sophia Loren". Billboard.
 - ^ "National Arts Awards". Americans for the Arts. 21 October 2013.