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

• Christopher Reeve

Arts Education Award

• Martina Arroyo
• Wynton Marsalis
• Arthur Mitchell

Corporate Citizenship in the Arts

• American Express
• AT&T
• FleetBoston Financial Corp.
• General Electric
• IBM Corporation
• JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• The Hearst Corporation
• The McGraw-Hill Companies
• Time Warner/Gerald Levin
• VH1

Featured Artist

• Julie Mehretu
• Jeff Koons
• Kenny Scharf

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

• Jason Robards
• Beverly Sills

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

• Lady Gaga - Young Artist Award ^{[5] [6]}

2016

• Doug Aitken - Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award ^[7]
• Esperanza Spalding - Ted Arison Young Artist Award

References

1. Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Americans for the Arts". Americans for the Arts.
3. 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.
4. "Arthur Mitchell Receives Arts Achievement Prize". The New York Times . October 24, 1987. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
5. "Lady Gaga, Sophia Loren, and More Dazzle as Honorees at the 55th Annual Arts Awards". Vogue.
6. "Lady Gaga Earns 'Beyond Special' Young Artist Award, Poses With Sophia Loren". Billboard.
7. "National Arts Awards". Americans for the Arts. 21 October 2013.