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2015 Americans for the ArtsNational Arts Awards

Monday, October 19, 2015

Welcome from Robert L. LynchPresident and CEO of Americans for the Arts

Philanthropy in the Arts AwardJoan and Irwin JacobsPresented by Christopher Ashley

Outstanding Contributions to the Arts AwardHerbie HancockPresented by Paul Simon

Arts Education AwardAlice WaltonPresented by Agnes Gund

Dinner

Remarks by Robert L. Lynch and introduction of Carolyn Clark Powers

Remarks by Carolyn Clark PowersChair, National Arts Awards

Performance by YoungArts Alumni Musical Director, Jake Goldbas

Legacy AwardMaria Arena BellPresented by Jeff Koons

Young Artist AwardLady GagaPresented by Klaus Biesenbach

Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement AwardSophia LorenPresented by Rob Marshall

Closing RemarksAbel Lopez, Chair,Americans for the Arts Board of Directorsand Robert L. Lynch

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Greetings from the Board Chair and President

Welcome to the 2015 National Arts Awards as Americans for the Arts celebrates its 55th year of advancing the arts and arts education throughout the nation.

This year marks another milestone as it is also the 50th anniversary of President Johnson’s signing of the act that created America’s two federal cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Americans for the Arts was there behind the scenes at the beginning and continues as the chief advocate for federal, state, and local support for the arts including the annual NEA budget. Each year with your help we make the case for the funding that fuels creativity and innovation in communities across the United States.

Some additional numbers help tell this story. In 1965, an estimated 7,000 nonprofit arts organizations were in existence. Today, there are more than 95,000— from the flagship institutions anchoring our nation’s largest cities to the grassroots all-volunteer coalitions that have emerged across the country. All of them are focused on enabling art to thrive in whatever community they serve. In addition, we continue to provide essential research that helps make the case for the arts and arts education in our communities.

We also just celebrated the 10th anniversary of our National Arts Policy Roundtable program at Sundance, where over the last decade we have gathered more than 400 top thought leaders, policy makers, and artists in proactive discussions about the arts that result in positive change and action.

Tonight we honor some of the individuals instrumental to this blossoming of art in America. They are exceptional artists and committed philanthropists who inspire and nurture—and they are most deserving of our accolades.

We are also delighted to welcome Carolyn Clark Powers as our incoming chair of this evening’s event, and we thank all of you with us tonight for what you do throughout the year to better America through the arts.

Abel Lopez Robert L. Lynch Chair, Board of Directors President and CEO

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The National Arts Awards Chair

Dear Friends of Americans for the Arts,

I am so pleased to serve as the new chair of The National Arts Awards, especially after having participated as a past co-chair and having attended this wonderful event in years past. It is always a night to remember.

Here at the National Arts Awards, we celebrate the arts from all disciplines, and we are proud to be one of the few national organizations to do so. Annually we transform the space at Cipriani with visual art, and we get to enjoy a performance by some of our country’s budding young talent that comes to us through The National YoungArts Foundation.

We are privileged to be surrounded tonight by the work of Chicago-based artist Kerry James Marshall, whose work here gives us both an indoor view of an artist’s studio, in the recent work that greeted you at the entrance, to the great work from the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, from 1995, which shows us an outdoor scene of an American neighborhood.

I am very proud to have my name now associated with that of our Lifetime Achievement Award, and this year’s recipient, Sophia Loren. Her incredible career is testament to a talent that spans decades and the entire globe, and we are so glad she has traveled from Europe to join us this evening with her family.

I spend much of my time in Southern California, so I am thrilled that we are recognizing Joan and Irwin Jacobs for their extraordinary philanthropic commitment to the arts in San Diego and La Jolla where they make their home. They are also national leaders in philanthropy and we applaud all that they have done to nurture the arts. I am equally delighted to see Alice Walton acknowledged for her loyalty to her hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas and for all that she has done as an innovator in arts education and in ensuring arts access for all. Her expansive vision of bringing the best of American art to northwest Arkansas and its neighboring communities is beyond compare.

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Lady Gaga receives the Young Artist Award tonight. She is truly an artist who transcends boundaries, having excelled in music, fashion, the visual arts, and now in acting, as she begins her role as the star of this season’s American Horror Story. In spite of her busy creative schedule, she still finds time to work on issues of empowering youth and building better and more equitable communities through her Born this Way Foundation.

The Legacy Award tonight goes to the incredible Maria Bell, who served as the chair of this event for the past 10 years. Maria and I are good friends and have many common philanthropic interests and sit on many boards together. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Maria’s passionate commitment to the arts first-hand and she is a most deserving recipient at an event that has grown so much through her efforts.

Finally, the Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award goes to a man who I revere as an artist, and love as a friend, Herbie Hancock. We have worked together on a number of arts education initiatives, through the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the LA Philharmonic, and the GRAMMY Foundation, to name but a few. Our nation has no better musical ambassador, both at home and abroad than Herbie Hancock, who has done so much to shape the sound of today’s music.

I am deeply grateful to my tireless co-chairs, Sarah Arison, Gagosian Gallery, David and Susan Goode, Agnes Gund, Susan and John Hess, Nora C. Orphanides, and Regina K. Scully, as well as our benefit committee and all of you here tonight who have made this evening possible. And of course, I thank the honorees for allowing us to acknowledge their indelible cultural contributions.

Carolyn Clark Powers

The National Arts Awards Chair

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Benefit Committee

Carolyn Clark Powers Chair

Sarah Arison Co-Chairs

Gagosian Gallery

David and Susan Goode

Agnes Gund

Susan and John Hess

Nora C. Orphanides

Regina K. Scully

Benefit Committee

Page and Lou Adler

Herb Alpert

Bill Bell

Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy

Gail and Alfred Engelberg

Suzanne and David Johnson

Allison and Warren Kanders

Justine and Jeff Koons

Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis

Mrs. Lily Safra

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Irwin Jacobs is the founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, Inc., where he pioneered and led the commercialization of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, the basis for all third generation cellular communications

technology. Today, Qualcomm is the world’s largest fabless semiconductor producer and the largest provider of wireless chipset and software technology. He was previously a professor of engineering, first at MIT and later at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), now home to the Jacobs School of Engineering. Dr. Jacobs has received numerous prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton for his vision and extraordinary success as an engineer and business leader. Joan Jacobs is a graduate of Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, and with her husband, a global philanthropist and patron of the arts. At UCSD, she served on the Board of Overseers and as a trustee and former vice chair of the UCSD Foundation. She serves on the Executive Committee of the La Jolla Playhouse at UCSD in addition to being a director on its board and is a founding member of the university’s Stuart Collection. She is a tireless proponent of the arts in San Diego, having served as chair of the Gold Ribbon Patrons, a fundraising group for the San Diego Symphony, and is presently the chairwoman of the San Diego Symphony’s Endowment Foundation and chair of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s International Collectors Committee. She is the 2015 recipient of the Helen Bull Vandervort Alumni Achievement Award from Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. Irwin and Joan Jacobs are Presidential Councillors for Cornell University and Dr. Jacobs serves on the steering committee for Cornell NYC Tech. In 2013, they made a landmark gift to

establish the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell NYC Tech—the embodiment of Cornell’s and the Technion’s partnership at the new campus. In the field of arts and culture in their adopted hometown, the Jacobs have been significant contributors to the San Diego Symphony, San Diego’s public TV and radio station, KPBS, the La Jolla Playhouse, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, among many others. Last week, they received the 2015 Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy, given every two years to individuals who, like Andrew Carnegie, have dedicated their private wealth to the public good and who have impressive careers as philanthropists.

Christopher Ashley, presenterChristopher Ashley has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since October, 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of The Darrell Hammond Project, Chasing the Song, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Dram of Drummhicit, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Restoration and the acclaimed musicals Xanadu and Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. He also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Without Walls (WoW) series, the DNA New Work Series and the Resident Theater program. Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed the Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York credits include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died and Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among others. Mr. Ashley also directed the feature film Jeffrey and the American Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama League Director Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director Fellowship.

Philanthropy in the Arts AwardIRWIN M. AND JOAN K. JACOBS

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HERBIE HANCOCK

Herbie Hancock’s illustrious career has spanned five decades and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year in 2007 for River: The Joni Letters, a tribute to longtime friend and collaborator Joni Mitchell; he is one of only a handful of jazz musicians ever to receive that honor. Born in Chicago in 1940, Mr. Hancock was a child piano prodigy who performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago

Symphony Orchestra at age 11. He began playing jazz in high school, and also developed a passion for electronics and science, double-majoring in music and electrical engineering at Grinnell College.In 1960, he was discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd, and in 1963, Miles Davis invited him to join the Miles Davis Quintet. After leaving the group, he put together a new band called The Headhunters and, in 1973, recorded Head Hunters. With its crossover hit single “Chameleon,” it became the first jazz album to go platinum. He won an Oscar in 1986 for scoring the film Round Midnight, in which he also appeared as an actor. Numerous television appearances over the years led to two hosting assignments in the 1980s: Rock School on PBS and Showtime’s Coast To Coast.The legendary Headhunters reunited in 1998, recording an album and touring with the Dave Matthews Band. That year also marked the recording and release of Gershwin’s World, which included collaborators as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Kathleen Battle, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea; the album won three Grammys in 1999. He joined with Roy Hargrove and Michael Brecker in 2002 to record a live concert album, Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall, a tribute to John Coltrane and Miles Davis. In 2005, he played a number of concert dates with a re-staffed Headhunters and became the first-ever Artist-In-Residence at the Tennessee-based festival Bonnaroo. In 2010 Mr. Hancock released the critically acclaimed Herbie Hancock’s The Imagine Project, utilizing the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility.

Hancock is an activist and advocate, promoting jazz education and performance as Institute Chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and serving as co-President of the International Committee of Artists for Peace (ICAP), which he co-founded, alongside other artists, in 2002. In 2011 he was designated an honorary UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of his “dedication to the promotion of peace through dialogue, culture, and the arts.” Recently named by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Creative Chair for Jazz, Mr. Hancock was awarded the much esteemed Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in 2011, and in 2013 he was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors.

Paul Simon, presenter During his distinguished career, Paul Simon has been the recipient of many honors and awards, including 12 Grammy Awards, three of which were Album of the Year: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years, and Graceland. In 2003 he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist. His song “Mrs. Robinson,” from the film The Graduate, was named in the Top 10 of the American Film Institute’s “100 Years, 100 Songs.” Simon was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2002 and was named one of Time magazine’s “100 People Who Shape Our World” in 2006. In 2007 he was awarded the inaugural Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. Of Simon’s many concert appearances, he is most fond of the two concerts in Central Park in New York (with his partner and childhood friend Art Garfunkel in 1981 and as a solo artist in 1991) and the series of shows he did at the invitation of Nelson Mandela, being the first American artist to perform in post-apartheid South Africa. In 1998 Simon’s performance on center field at Yankee Stadium celebrating the unveiling of Joe DiMaggio’s monument is a treasured memory for this lifelong Yankees fan. Philanthropic works include the co-founding of the Children’s Health Fund (CHF) with Dr. Irwin Redlener. CHF donates and staffs mobile medical vans that bring health care to poor and indigent children in urban and rural locations around the United States. Simon also supports and fund-raises for The Nature Conservancy, Autism Speaks, Richard Leakey's Turkana Basin Insitute and Joe Torre's Safe At Home Foundation.

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Arts Education AwardALICE WALTON

Alice Walton is the founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and now serves as chairwoman of the museum’s Board of Directors. Ms. Walton is the youngest of four children born to the late Helen Walton and the late Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. An avid horsewoman, nature lover, and art collector, Ms.

Walton envisioned creating a significant art museum in her hometown of Bentonville, AR, so that people of the region would have ready access to great works of art. She conceived Crystal Bridges as a celebration not only of American art and history, but of the Ozark landscape she loved and explored as a child, and planned to build the museum on land that had belonged to the Walton family. In 2005, she involved her family in her dream for Crystal Bridges, and the Walton Family Foundation agreed to fund the project.Nestled in 120 acres of Ozark woodlands—a gift from the Walton family to Crystal Bridges—the museum opened in 2011 with the mission of welcoming all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature.Since that time, the museum has welcomed more than 2 million visitors and garnered more than 9,000 households in its membership. More than 84,000 schoolchildren have taken part in the museum’s school visit program. Ms. Walton serves as board chairwoman, playing an active role in the museum’s goal of exploring the unfolding story of America by actively collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, and preserving outstanding works that illuminate our heritage and artistic possibilities. In addition, Crystal Bridges also initiated groundbreaking arts education and research programs that have helped to shape the field. The establishment of the museum and its impact within the region has prompted numerous accolades for Ms. Walton, including Headliner of the Year by the Arkansas

Press Association, inclusion on the 2012 “TIME 100” list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art Medal. Ms. Walton serves as a member of the board of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and is a member of the Trustees’ Council of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. She currently lives in central Texas.Ms. Walton graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio with a B.A. in economics and finance. She has remained committed to improving the quality of life in her home state and is actively involved in philanthropy as a board member of the Walton Family Foundation. In 2012 the University of Arkansas granted her an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters. Ms. Walton was presented with the 2014 Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts from The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies in a ceremony hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry.

Agnes Gund, presenterAgnes Gund is president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), chair of its International Council, and chair of MoMA PS1. She is the founder and board chair of Studio in a School, a nonprofit organization she established in 1977 in response to budget cuts that virtually eliminated arts classes from New York City public schools. A philanthropist and collector of modern and contemporary art, she is a member of the New York State Council on the Arts and currently serves on the boards of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, and Socrates Sculpture Park, among others. She is co-founder of the Center for Curatorial Leadership and an honorary trustee of the Independent Curators International and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. She earned a B.A. in history from Connecticut College and an M.A. in art history from Harvard University. She holds honorary doctorates from Bowdoin College, the CUNY Graduate Center, and Brown University. In 1997, Ms. Gund received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton and was honored for her work in arts education by Americans for the Arts at the National Arts Awards in 1999.

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nonprofits including Americans for the Arts, where she

helped raise more than $10 million to further the arts in

America as the decade-long chair of the National Arts

Awards. Since 2001, she has been on the board of P.S.

ARTS in Los Angeles, which provides arts education

to nearly 14,000 children in California Title I public

schools. She was chair of that board for six years and

for the last five years has been its president. She has

also served as chair for P.S. ARTS’ signature fundraiser

event, “Express Yourself.” for more than 10 years.

Recently, Ms. Bell completed a four-year tenure as co-

chair of the board of the Museum of Contemporary

Art, Los Angeles, where she chaired five of its most successful fundraising galas. She is also on the boards of the Friends of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and has previously served on the boards Center Dance Arts, Los Angeles and the Dicapo Opera Theater, New York.Ms. Bell was appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission in October 2012 and is a former California State commissioner, appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to the Commission for the Status of Women, which advises the legislature on issues that affect women and girls.Ms. Bell resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

Jeff Koons, presenterAmerican contemporary artist Jeff Koons is world-

renowned for creating iconic artworks such as Rabbit and

Balloon Dog, as well as his monumental floral sculptures

Puppy and Split-Rocker. Since his first solo exhibition

in 1980, his work has been shown in major galleries

and institutions throughout the world. In 2014, The

Whitney Museum of American Art presented the most

comprehensive survey of his career to date, Jeff Koons:

A Retrospective, which went on tour at the Pompidou

Centre Paris and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Among his many recent honors, the Royal Academy

of Arts presented him with the John Singleton Copley

Award; French President Jacques Chirac promoted

him to Officier de la Legion d’Honneur; and Secretary

of State Hillary Rodham Clinton honored him with the

inaugural State Department’s Medal of the Arts for his

outstanding commitment to the Art in Embassies Program

and international cultural exchange. A member of the

Americans for the Arts Artists Committee since 2002, Mr.

Koons received the Artistic Excellence Award at the 2006

National Arts Awards. Mr. Koons is the designer of Balloon

Rabbit the evening's award.

LEGACY AWARD MARIA ARENA BELL

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LADY GAGA

Lady Gaga is a one-of-a kind artist and performer. She holds the distinction of generating three consecutive Number One albums on the Billboard Hot 100, continuously topping the charts with pop hits including, “Just Dance”, “Poker Face”, “Paparazzi”, “Bad Romance”, “Telephone”, “Alejandro”, “Born This Way”, “The Edge

of Glory”, and “Applause”.Described as the “Queen of Pop” by Rolling Stone magazine, she has won six Grammy Awards and amassed an outstanding 28 million global album sales and 140 million single sales, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Known for her massive pop anthems and her fashion-forward aesthetics, Lady Gaga has expanded her talents to television this Fall appearing as The Countess on Ryan Murphy’s anthology series American Horror Story: Hotel for FX Network. The fifth season of the thriller series premiered on October 7. Lady Gaga has successfully collaborated with multi-platinum artists ranging from Beyoncé to Tony Bennett—with whom she released Cheek To Cheek, a collection of American Jazz standards that won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Together they are currently touring Cheek To Cheek, a live tour inspired by their 2014 PBS TV special which received a 2015 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Lady Gaga’s other television credits include hosting Saturday Night Live in 2013 and as herself on The Simpsons in 2012. The first woman to receive the RIAA’s Digital Diamond Award, Lady Gaga has won six Grammy Awards, 13 MTV Video Music Awards, been nominated for two Emmy Awards, been named one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes four years in a row, been featured as Billboard’s “Artist of the Year” multiple times, and been named one of the world’s most influential people by Time. Lady Gaga and her creative talents were most recently recognized by the Songwriters Hall of Fame with their first-ever Contemporary Icon Award, an award celebrating her iconic status in pop culture.

Known for her innovative and exciting fashion and performances, Lady Gaga has delighted her fans with massive tours including “The Fame Ball Tour” and “The Monster Ball Tour,” which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist. Her 2012/13 “Born This Way Ball” was ranked as the fifth highest-grossing tour in 2012 by Pollstar. It was followed by 2014’s “ArtRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” which reached more than one million fans across 24 countries, making it one of the year’s highest-grossing tours. With over 3.4 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living forces in social media with over 61 million likes on Facebook, over 49.8 million followers on Twitter, and over 10.1 million followers on Instagram. In 2012, Lady Gaga launched the Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth, embracing differences and inspiring kindness and bravery. She is also an outspoken activist and philanthropist, having been an outspoken supporter of many important issues including LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness and body image issues.

Klaus Biesenbach, presenterKlaus Biesenbach is the Director of MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art.Among the exhibitions Mr. Biesenbach has organized at MoMA are: Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971(with Christophe Cherix); Bjork; Kraftwerk – Retrospective 12345678; Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception; Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures; Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present; William Kentridge: Five Themes (with Judith B. Hecker and Cara Starke); Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters); Take your time: Olafur Eliasson (with Roxana Marcoci); Doug Aitken: sleepwalkers (co-commissioned with Creative Time); and Douglas Gordon: Timeline. Mr. Biesenbach also organized the exhibitions Wael Shawky: The Cabaret Crusades; Zero Tolerance; Francesco Vezzoli; and Rockaway! at Fort Tilden; Korakrit Arunanondchai at MoMA PS1 and MoMA; Christoph Schlingensief in Berlin and New York; EXPO1 in New York and Rio de Janeiro (2013 and 2014); Cyprien Gaillard; Jeff Elrod; Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever; Laurel Nakadate; Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz; and Mexico City: An Exhibition About the Exchange Rate of Bodies and Values, among many others. In 1990, at age 23, he founded KW (KUNST-WERKE) and subsequently the Berlin Biennale, which began as independent initiatives and are now federal- and state-funded institutions.

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Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award SOPHIA LOREN

In 1991 Sophia Loren received an Honorary Academy Award for her body of work and was declared “one of world cinema’s greatest treasures.”Born in Rome, Italy, she grew up in the struggling city of Pozzuoli during World War II. Her life took an unexpected turn when as a teenager, she entered a beauty contest and caught the attention of film producer Carlo Ponti, whom she later married and under whose guidance she appeared

as an extra in 10 films beginning in 1950, before working her way up to supporting roles. By her late teens, she was playing lead roles in many Italian features. In 1957, she embarked on a successful acting career in the U.S., starring in such films as Legend of the Lost with John Wayne and The Pride and the Passion with Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. For the next three years she also starred in Desire Under the Elms with Anthony Perkins, The Key with William Holden, The Black Orchid with Anthony Quinn, It Started in Naples with Clark Gable, A Breath of Scandal with Maurice Chevalier and John Gavin, and The Millionairess with Peter Sellers before returning to Italy to star in Two Women. For this Vittorio De Sica film, Ms. Loren created a powerful portrayal of a mother living in war-torn Italy who is raped while unsuccessfully trying to protect her young daughter, who is also assaulted. Originally cast in the role of the daughter, Ms. Loren fought against type and was re-cast as the mother, receiving international acclaim and the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first artist to receive an Oscar for a foreign-language performance.She continued as an international star throughout the sixties and seventies, making films on both sides of the Atlantic. Her American films included El Cid, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Arabesque, and Man of La Mancha, and the Italian films Marriage Italian Style and A Special Day, both with Marcello Mastroianni, her frequent co-star. During these years she received a second Oscar nomination and won five Golden Globe Awards.In the 1980s, Ms. Loren limited her filming schedule in order to spend more time with her husband and two

sons, appearing occasionally in television films, and becoming the first actress to launch her own fragrance and eye wear line. She returned to the big screen in Robert Altman’s Ready to Wear in 1994 and followed it up with the hit comedy Grumpier Old Men with Walter Matthau. Over the next decade she took plum roles in a few non-mainstream arthouse films, and in 2009, she appeared in the musical Nine opposite Daniel Day-Lewis and directed by Rob Marshall. In addition to her work as an actress, Ms. Loren was named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador In 1992. Moved by a widely publicized image of a Somali child, “a living skeleton, with enormous eyes, tragically attempting a smile,” she said, “was the moment I decided that I must do something.” “I know it is a human, instinctive reaction to remove from us anything that can disturb our eyes.” Ms. Loren said. “But I firmly say: NO! We must feel disturbed, we must feel shaken and ask ourselves which way we can be involved and help.” With a career that has already spanned six decades and been honored with some 50 awards, Sophia Loren remains one of the most beloved and recognizable figures in the international film world and humanitarian community.

Rob Marshall, presenterRob Marshall’s films have been honored with a total of 26 Academy Award nominations—winning nine, including Best Picture. His most recent film is the musical Into the Woods starring Meryl Streep, which was nominated for three Oscars, three Golden Globes (including Best Picture), and was chosen as one of AFI’s best films of the year. He also has directed the films Chicago (six Academy Awards, DGA and National Board of Review Awards — Best Director); Memoirs of a Geisha (three Academy Awards), Nine (four Academy Award nominations), starring Sophia Loren and Daniel Day-Lewis, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, which earned more than billion dollars worldwide. On television, Mr. Marshall received Emmy Awards for directing, choreographing, and executive producing Tony Bennett, An American Classic, and he also directed and choreographed the Disney/ABC musical Annie (Emmy Award, Peabody Award). A six-time Tony Award nominee, Mr. Marshall’s stage work includes Broadway productions of Cabaret, Little Me, Victor/Victoria, Damn Yankees, She Loves Me, Company, and Kiss of the Spiderwoman.P

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Performers

Jake Goldbas 2007 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a Grammy nominated artist who has taken the music scene by storm. A respected educator and clinician, Goldbas leads a band for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new education program Jazz For Young People and has performed at the world’s most distinguished venues from Carnegie Hall to Madison Square Garden.

India Carney 2011 YoungArts Winner in Theater and Voice and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, is a multi-talented performing artist and vocalist with “a voice of gold” (MStars News), Carney sang alongside Grammy-award winner Christina Aguilera and American pop singer Jason Derulo as one of the Top 5 on The Voice. Based in Los Angeles and New York, the Brooklyn native has performed at NYC’s Apollo Theater, Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, California’s Rose Bowl, Montana’s Crown Guitar Workshop & Festival, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Elena Ayodele Pinderhughes 2013 YoungArts Winner in Voice and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, is a New York-based flutist and vocalist. She has performed in jazz festivals and clubs throughout the U.S, Europe, Japan, and South America, and won numerous awards for “best soloist” at jazz festivals and from Downbeat magazine.

Samora Pinderhughes 2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a world-renowned pianist and composer who has performed in venues including the White House, the Blue Note, MoMA, the Sundance Film Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, and Carnegie Hall. He is a 2015 Sundance Composers Lab fellow and is currently working on a live score for the historic film Lime Kiln Field Day, commissioned by MoMA and Harlem Stage.

Elliott Skinner 2013 YoungArts Winner in Voice, is a New York-based singer, songwriter, and bass player from Dallas, Texas. He is currently the bassist and background singer for Grace Weber and member of the band Thirdstory, and has performed with artists such as John Clayton and Polyphonic Spree.

Alex Wintz 2006 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a guitarist quickly becoming a name in the international jazz community. At a young age he has already won numerous awards and performed around the world in Europe, Asia, South America and in major U.S. clubs including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, The Knitting Factory, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and the DC Jazz Festival, to name a few.

Martin Jaffe 2012 YoungArts Winner in Jazz and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, is a bassist and composer based in New York City. He has studied with Dr. Salvatore Macchia, John Clayton, Ray Drummond, and Ron Carter; toured with pianists Takeshi Obayashi and Beka Gochiashvili; and collaborated with dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, pianist Conrad Tao, and French Horn virtuoso John Clarke.

Adam O’Farrill 2013 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY to a musical family. He joined Rudresh Mahanthappa’s new band for his latest album, Bird Calls, and has co-led the O’Farrill Brothers Band with his brother, Zack. Adam is now leading a new quartet, called Stranger Days, with recent performances at The Jazz Gallery, Yale University, the Lilypad, Williams College, and more.

The National YoungArts Foundation (formerly known as the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts) was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and support the next generation of visual, literary, and performing artists. To date, YoungArts has honored more than 17,000 young artists with over $6 million in monetary awards; facilitated in excess of $150 million

in college scholarship opportunities; and enabled its participants to work with master teachers who are among the most distinguished artists in the world, such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d’Amboise, Plácido Domingo, Bill T. Jones, Quincy Jones and Martin Scorsese. In addition, YoungArts serves as the exclusive nominating agency for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, the country’s highest honor for young artists. Some of YoungArts’ work is featured in its two-time Emmy nominated HBO series YoungArts MasterClass, which chronicles renowned artists including Bruce Weber, Kathleen Turner and Bobby McFerrin sharing their art and life experiences with YoungArts Winners. YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leading professionals in their fields include actors Viola Davis, Adrian Grenier, and Kerry Washington; four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza; recording artists Nicki Minaj and Chris Young; Metropolitan Opera star Eric Owens; musicians Terence Blanchard and Jennifer Koh; choreographer and dancer Desmond Richardson; visual artist Hernan Bas; and internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Doug Aitken.

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Featured Artist KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

With a career spanning almost three decades, Kerry James Marshall is well known for his paintings depicting actual and imagined events from African-American history. His complex and multilayered portrayals of youths, interiors, nudes, housing estate gardens, land- and seascapes synthesize different traditions and genres, while seeking to counter stereotypical representations of black

people in society. Mr. Marshall also produces drawings in the style of comic books, sculptural installations, photography, and video. As with his paintings, these works accumulate various stylistic influences to address the historiography of black art, while at the same time drawing attention to the fact that they are not inherently partisan because their subjects are black.Mr. Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, AL. He studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, earning his BFA in 1978 and an honorary doctorate in 1999. The artist lives and works in Chicago.

In 2013, Mr. Marshall was one of seven new appointees named to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, where he participates in the committee’s Turnaround Arts program. Other prestigious awards include a 1997 grant from the MacArthur Foundation and a 1991 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Currently on view through May 2016 is a large-scale mural the artist created specifically for the High Line, located at 22nd Street and 10th Avenue in New York. Titled Above the Line, it marks Mr. Marshall's first public commission in New York City. In the spring of 2016, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago will host the first major museum survey of his work. The show will travel to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, followed by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.On view this evening at the National Arts Awards are Untitled (Studio), 2014 and Our Town, 1995. Our Town is in the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Mr. Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, AL. He studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, earning his BFA in 1978 and an honorary doctorate in 1999. Mr. Marshall lives and works in Chicago.

Balloon Rabbit Award

Jeff Koons, a member of the Americans for the Arts Artists Committee, designed the National Arts Awards Balloon Rabbit award in 2009. One of the world’s most preeminent artists, Mr. Koons’s work has been widely exhibited and is in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City; the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC; The Eli Broad Family Foundation in Santa Monica, CA; the Tate Gallery in London; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum; and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AK. In 2008, he was the first contemporary artist to have his work installed at the Palais de Versailles in France. A retrospective of Mr. Koons’ work, organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art is currently traveling the globe. The Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards evokes both Mr. Koons’s iconic 1986 Rabbit sculpture as well as the balloon forms of his Celebration Series and is truly a visual exemplification of artistic “celebration!” We are grateful to the artist and his studio for their generosity and support.

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Credits and Special Thanks

Joan and Irwin JacobsVincent AndrunasMary BeebeKay BurlingameCandy ColemanMartha GilmerVictoria L. HamiltonMel KatzWarren KesslerLa Jolla LightLa Jolla PlayhousePhilipp Scholz RittermannMichael RosenbergColette Carson RoystonSan Diego Public Library Foundation

San Diego SymphonyStuart CollectionUC San Diego

Herbie HancockMarc AllanTom CarterDawn Hamilton/UCLAJosh JohnsonChip Latshaw/UCLAMelinda MurphyPharrellJonathan PinsonWayne ShorterPamela Springsteen/UCLAThelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA NewsroomUNESCOThe VoiceHolly Wallace

Alice WaltonRod BigelowDiane CarrollCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Ford FoundationMichael GerickeThelma GoldenStephen IronsidePentagramMoshe SafdieSafdie ArchitectsRenee SandellStudio Museum in HarlemDarren Walker

Maria Arena BellAlice and Andy ArenaEli BroadChateau MarmontJeffrey DeitchKaren DenneThe Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

LACMALAGALLA ProductionsMOCAKate & Laura MulleavyP.S. ARTSLoriel SamarasFrancesco Vezzoli

Lady GagaTony BennettBonoBobby CampbellEmmaJeff KoonsDon LawrenceMica Medoff

Jared MinkRyan MurphyAmanda Silverman

Sophia LorenF. Murray AbrahamAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Kerry BrougherCompania Cinematografica Champion

Daniel Day-LewisAndrea GiustiBarbra KornLancaster GateLucamar ProductionsParamount PicturesRelativity MediaSociete Generale de Cinematographie

uniFrance FilmsWarner Bros.The Weinstein CompanyLina Wertmüller

Special ThanksText Design, Inc.Charlotte BrooksSteven BurridgeCipriani 42nd StreetMitch CurtisElizabeth De MaseDigiLinkAmy HerrittKatherine KliewerJeff KoonsJustine KoonsVanessa LeitmanBetsy LibrettaGary McCraw

Jana and Larry MoralesJohn MoranJustin Morris, Morris BureauJulie MuracoNadine Johnson & Associates Inc.

Candace and Charles Nelson

Lauran RothsteinLori RobishawShiffman & KohnkeSprinkles CupcakesTy Stiklorius John Von SchmidLauren WinstonYoungArtsMichael Zimmer

Featured Art:Kerry James Marshall(cover image)Our Town, 1995Acrylic & collage on canvas101 x 143 inchesCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Vancouver Art Gallery.

Kerry James MarshallUntitled (Studio), 2014Acrylic on PVC panel84 1/8 x 119 1/2 inches Courtesy David Zwirner, London

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I am delighted to be engaged with Americans for the Arts as the new chair of the National Arts Awards, and I am proud to lend my name to the award for lifetime achievement.

I was raised in a family immersed in American music history. My ancestral home, Dockery Farms in the Mississippi Delta, is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places for its role in the creation of blues music. Musicians who once lived on the farm or had a presence in the community include Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, and the late, great B.B. King, who I helped to connect with Americans for the Arts when he received our Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. The farm remains a vibrant place of pilgrimage for musicians and enthusiasts alike.

From this musical foundation, I grew to passionately embrace all forms of the arts, and I am a strong champion of arts education. Because of this, I was thrilled at the opportunity to support the National Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.

This award has gone to recipients from every arts discipline and to such luminaries as opera singer Beverly Sills; the choreographer Paul Taylor; architect Frank O. Gehry; the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin; actor/director Robert Redford; and visual artist John Baldessari, among many others.

I am so pleased that the award bearing my name in this first year will go to iconic film legend Sophia Loren. I have always been in awe of her tremendous talent, grace, and beauty and so admire her commitment to human rights.

Carolyn Clark Powers

Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award

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Past Honorees

ARNOLD GINGRICH MEMORIAL AWARD (Presented 1966-1996) Marian Anderson George Balanchine Lincoln Kirstein Leonard Bernstein Hume Cronyn Jessica Tandy Agnes DeMille Martha Graham Helen Hayes Arthur Mitchell Jessye Norman William Paley Joseph Papp Itzhak Perlman Jason Robards Beverly Sills Neil Simon Stephen Sondheim Isaac Stern Billy Taylor Lila Acheson Wallace

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Dame Julie Andrews Richard Avedon John Baldessari Aretha Franklin Frank O. Gehry Ellsworth Kelly B.B. King†Thomas Krens Jacob Lawrence Angela Lansbury Richard Meier Robert Redford Jason Robards James Rosenquist†Richard SerraBeverly Sills Frank Stella†Isaac Stern Paul Taylor

KITTY CARLISLE HART AWARD Edward Albee Richard Avedon Will Barnet Mikhail Baryshnikov Harry Belafonte Chuck Close Betty Comden &

Adolph Green Barbara Cook Merce Cunningham Anna Deavere Smith Renée Fleming Hugh Hardy Al Hirschfeld Judith Jamison Peter Martins Yoko Ono Nam June Paik Gordon Parks James Stewart Polshek Harold Prince Robert Rauschenberg Salman Rushdie Martin Scorsese Beverly Sills Paul Taylor Twyla Tharp

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTS Herb Alpert American Legion AuxiliaryJenny HolzerJoel Shapiro Brian Stokes Mitchell

ARTS ADVOCACY Alec Baldwin Hillary Clinton Chuck Close Michael Greene, National

Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

Phil Ramone Christopher ReeveWendy Wasserstein

ARTS EDUCATIONLin Arison, YoungArtsMartina Arroyo, artistWilliam Bassell,

public school principal Alberto M. Carvalho,

public school superintendent

Schuyler Chapin, civic leader

Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau, American Ballroom Theater

Midori Goto, artist Agnes Gund,

philanthropist Wynton Marsalis, artist Arthur Mitchell, artistP.S. ARTS President’s Committee

on the Arts and the Humanities

ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE Christo & Jeanne-Claude Jeff Koons Peter Martins Ed Ruscha Cindy Sherman Kirk Varnedoe,

Memorial Tribute Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac

Stern Award, Excellence Classical Music

CORPORATE HONOREES American Express Amerindo Investment

Advisors AT&T AXA Art Insurance

CorporationBank of America Citigroup, Inc. FleetBoston Financial

Corporation General Electric The Hearst Corporation IBM Corporation JP Morgan Chase & Co. Lockheed Martin The McGraw-Hill

Companies

MetLife Music Industry and NAMM NationsBank Principal Financial Group Procter & Gamble Target Corporation Texaco Inc. Time Warner United Technologies

Corporation VH1 Wells Fargo & Company

INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPY Paul G. Allen**Wallis Annenberg* Brooke Astor Eli Broad* Sidney Harman* Joan W. Harris* Martha Rivers Ingram** Sheila C. Johnson* Teresa Heinz Kerry* Jo Carole Lauder Raymond Nasher* John and Mary

Pappajohn**David Rockefeller* Vicki and Roger Sant**Beverley Taylor

Sorenson**

LEGACY AWARDMadeleine H. Berman

SPECIAL RECOGNITION Representative John

Brademas Bravo Television,

Excellence in Arts & Media

Kitty Carlisle Hart, Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

Representative Amory Houghton, Jr.

Mike Jordan, CBS, Outstanding Vision and Exemplary Contributions to the Arts

Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, In Honor of 25 Years of Service

National Endowment for the Arts, In Honor of 40 years of Service

Representative Jerrold Nadler

United States Conference of Mayors, In Honor of its 75th Anniversary

YOUNG ARTIST AWARD FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE Sofia Coppola Dakota Fanning∞Josh Groban∞Jake Gyllenhaal David Hallberg∞John Legend Kate and Laura Mulleavy,

Rodarte∞Natalie Portman Gabourey Sidibe∞Mena Suvari Uma Thurman Kerry Washington Kehinde Wiley

FEATURED ARTISTS Will CottonSalvador Dali Todd Eberle Jeff Koons Sol LeWittJulie MehretuKelly Richardson Ed Ruscha Kenny Scharf Jennifer Steinkamp Frank Stella Andy Warhol

*Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

**Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

∞Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award

†Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award

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Americans for the Arts Board of Directors

CHAIR

Abel LopezGALA Hispanic TheatreWashington, DC

SECRETARY

Michael SpringMiami-Dade County Department of Cultural AffairsMiami, FL

TREASURER

Julie MuracoPraeditis Group LLCNew York, NY

VICE CHAIRS

Ramona BakerRamona Baker Consulting,Master of Arts in Arts Administration Program, Goucher CollegeIndianapolis, IN

Maria Arena BellArts PatronVitameatavegamin ProductionsLos Angeles, CA

John HaworthNational Museum of the American IndianNew York, NY

William Lehr, Jr.Capital Blue Cross Hershey, PA

Timothy McClimonAmerican Express FoundationNew York, NY

Steven D. Spiess Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationNew York, NY

AT LARGE

Susan ColitonPaul G. Allen Family FoundationSeattle, WA

Susan S. GoodeArts PatronNorfolk, VA

Dorothy Pierce McSweenyDC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesWashington, DC

Margie Johnson ReeseArts Management ProfessionalDallas, TX

Charmaine WarmenhovenArts PatronMontalvo Arts CenterMonte Sereno, CA

DIRECTORS

Nolen V. BivensU.S. Army (ret)Arlington, VA

Leslie BlantonArts PatronHouston, TX

Charles X BlockBedrock Group LLCPhiladelphia, PA

Theodor DalensonNove CapitalNew York, NY

Alessandra DiGiustoDeutsche Bank Americas FoundationNew York, NY

Floyd W. Green, IIIAetna, Inc.Hartford, CT

Glen S. HowardCultural Data ProjectWashington, DC

Deborah JordyColorado Business Committee for the ArtsDenver, CO

William T. KerrEaglepoint Advisors, LLCNew York, NY

Liz LermanChoreographerBaltimore, MD

Felix PadrónCity of San Antonio Department for Culture & Creative DevelopmentSan Antonio, TX

Barbara S. RobinsonArts PatronCleveland, OH

Edgar L. Smith, Jr.World Pac Paper, LLCCincinnati, OH

Tommy Sowers, Ph.DU.S. Army Solo Chapel Hill, NC

Ann StockFormer Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural AffairsAlexandria, VA

Nancy StephensActor and ActivistLos Angeles, CA

Ty StikloriusFriends at WorkSanta Monica, CA

Michael S. VerrutoHPI Capital LLCCharlotte, NC

EX-OFFICIO

Robert L. LynchAmericans for the ArtsWashington, DC

IN MEMORIAM

Peggy Amsterdam

Peter Donnelly

EMERITUS

Madeleine H. Berman

C. Kendric Fergeson

Fred Lazarus

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Artists Committee

Doug Aitken

Jane Alexander

Kwaku Alston

Dame Julie Andrews

Martina Arroyo

Paul Auster

Bob Balaban

John Baldessari

Alec Baldwin

Lewis Black

Lauren Bon

Amy Brenneman

Connie Britton

Blair Brown

Kate Burton

Chuck Close

Chuck D

Jacques d’Amboise

Carla Dirlikov

Fran Drescher

Patty Duke

Pierre Dulaine

Todd Eberle

Hector Elizondo

Giancarlo Esposito

Shepard Fairey

Suzanne Farrell

Laurence Fishburne

Ben Folds

Hsin-Ming Fung

Frank O. Gehry

Marcus Giamatti

Josh Groban

Vijay Gupta

David Hallberg

Hill Harper

Arthur Hiller

Craig Hodgetts

Lorin Hollander

Jenny Holzer

Siri Hustvedt

David Henry Hwang

Melina Kanakaredes

Moisés Kaufman

Kenna

Jon Kessler

Richard Kind

Jeff Koons

Swoosie Kurtz

Norman Lear

John Legend

Liz Lerman

John Lithgow

Graham Lustig

Kyle MacLachlan

Yo-Yo Ma

Yvonne Marceau

Peter Martins

Marlee Matlin

Kathy Mattea

Trey McIntyre

Julie Mehretu

Richard Meier

Arthur Mitchell

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Walter Mosley

Paul Muldoon

Kate Mulleavy

Laura Mulleavy

Matt Mullican

Alessandro Nivola

Naomi Shihab Nye

Richard On

Yoko Ono

Harold Prince

Robert Redford

Michael Ritchie

Marc Roberge

Victoria Rowell

Salman Rushdie

Martin Scorsese

Cindy Sherman

Gabourey Sidibe

Anna Deavere Smith

Arnold Steinhardt

Meryl Streep

Holland Taylor

Julie Taymor

Marlo Thomas

Stanley Tucci

Edward Villella

Clay Walker

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Kerry Washington

William Wegman

Bradley Whitford

Kehinde Wiley

Henry Winkler

Joanne Woodward

Kulapat Yantrasast

Peter Yarrow

Michael York

IN MEMORIAM

Theodore Bikel

Ossie Davis

Mary Rodgers Guettel

Skitch Henderson

Paul Newman

Leonard Nimoy

John Raitt

Lloyd Richards

Billy Taylor

Wendy Wasserstein

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About Americans for the Arts

Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreci-ate all forms of the arts. Each year, Americans

for the Arts provides a rich array of programs that meet the needs of more than 150,000 members and stakeholders.

For more information about our programs or to learn how you can become more involved in our work, please visit us online at www.AmericansForTheArts.org or contact us at 202.371.2830 or 212.223.2787.

Artists Committee Members O.A.R. guitarist Richard On and front man Marc Roberge take to Capitol Hill to lobby for arts education. Photo by Ayappa Biddanda

2014 Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award honoree and Artists Committee Member David Hallberg gives a kiss to his presenter RoseLee Goldberg, founding director and curator of Performa, at the 2014 National Arts Awards.

President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Turnaround Artist Doc Shaw with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) during Arts Advocacy 2015 on Capitol Hill.

Actor, director, writer, and producer Ben Stiller speaking about the importance of arts education at the 2014 National Arts Awards.

Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch with Congressional Arts Award recipient Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Tom McClimon of the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the 2015 Congressional Arts Kick Off, part of Arts Advocacy Day 2015 on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) with 2015 Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy lecturer Norman Lear and former Ovation EVP for Content Distribution Brad Samuels.

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), founding co-chair Congressional Arts Caucus with Artists Committee Member Holland Taylor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch during Arts Advocacy Day 2015.

The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra with artist COMMON at the 2015 Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy.

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees. Your talent and commitment are a work of art. — Lynda & Stewart Resnick

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10 years of commitment, dedication, support and hard work for Americans for the ArtsCongratulations, MariaWe are so proud of you!!

With love from your sisters, Dad, and Alice

My congratulations and support to

Americans for the Artsin honoring

Alice Walton &

Lady Gaga, Maria Bell, Herbie HancockJoan and Irwin Jacobs, Sophia Loren

Kerry James Marshall

who have done so much to make a difference through the arts

With much gratitudeAgnes Gund

The Board of Trustees and staff of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art celebrate Alice Walton as a National Arts Awards honoree for her contribution to arts education.

CELEBRATING ALICE WALTON

Carolyn Clark Powers & Maria Arena Bell

You are both stars!With love, Bridget Gless Keller

Congratulationsto my dear friends

The Board of Directors and Staff of The Old Globe congratulate

Joan and Irwin Jacobs.We thank you from the bottom of our hearts

for your love and support of live theatre.

Othello, directed by Barry Edelstein, sponsored by Joan and Irwin Jacobs, 2014. Pictured: Richard Thomas, Kristen Connolly, Blair Underwood, and Noah Bean with the cast of Othello. Photo by Jim Cox.

Americans for the Arts is proud to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the National Arts Policy Roundtable, an annual forum of which over 300 national leaders have shared a commitment to the arts and a willingness to meet and recommend policies critical to the advancement of American culture and society.

NationalArts PolicyRoundtable

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS

CONGRATULATES

ROBERT L. LYNCH

ON HIS

30TH ANNIVERSARY

AS OUR PRESIDENT & CEO

Congratulations Carolyn ON A GOAL SHATTERING FIRST YEAR AS CHAIR!

WITH AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE FROM THE BOARD AND STAFF OF AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS

Save the DateNational Arts Awards 2016

October 17, 2016(Same place, same time)

See you there!

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