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2013 Americans for the ArtsNational Arts Awards

Monday, October 21, 2013

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

Outstanding Contributions to the Arts AwardJoel ShapiroPresented by Glenn D. Lowry

Arts Education Award Alberto M. CarvalhoPresented by Sarah Arison

Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts John and Mary PappajohnPresented by Jeff Fleming

Dinner

Remarks by Robert L. Lynch

Remarks by Maria BellVice Chair Americans for the Arts Board of Directors and Chair, National Arts Awards

Performance by YoungArts Alumni

Bell Family Foundation Young Artist AwardDakota FanningPresented by Kelly Reichardt

Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement AwardB.B. KingPresented by Buddy Guy

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

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Greetings from the Board Chair and President

We are pleased to welcome you to the 2013 Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards. It is altogether fitting that we take time each year to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of those individuals who are devoted to enriching our country’s cultural landscape, via their own indelible artistry or committed leadership.

Each of our honorees—and each one of you in the room tonight—shares with us a dedication to advancing the arts and arts education in America. They realize that the arts are connectors. Connectors to our own potential by igniting a creative, bold, and innovative mindset, and connectors to people in the communities where we live and the places where we work. In fact, the connector word “and” says it all—the arts and economic prosperity. . .the arts and healing. . .the arts and better performing students. . . the arts and community revitalization. . .the arts and cultural diplomacy. . . .

Tonight’s event delivers a snapshot of how America is made better through the arts and its myriad connectors. We thank you—the artists and the friends of the arts—for once again letting us tell that story.

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

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Dear Friends of Americans for the Arts,

I’m happy to once again welcome each of you to the National Arts Awards, the annual salute to some of our country’s most stellar artists and arts leaders by Americans for the Arts.

Our featured artist this year is Will Cotton, whose take on our culture’s iconography via sugar and sweets surrounds us tonight. Will has joined us at this event in years past, and I’m so grateful that this year he is not only here with us, but that we have the pleasure of being surrounded by his magical candy forest.

The incomparable B.B. King receives our Lifetime Achievement Award this year—I recently read that Mr. King has played more than 15,000 performances during his long and distinguished career. Beyond his own considerable achievements, think of how many other musicians and artists he has influenced. The mind boggles!

Influencing and inspiring others is also the lifelong work of Alberto Carvalho, and he is doing it as the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, our nation’s fourth largest school system, where he uses the arts to help increase student achievement. That strategy has particular resonance for me as a proud product of the public school system of Orange County, CA. It was a public high school course in art history that ignited my own lifelong passion for the visual arts and my dedication to arts education, so I personally understand the power of what an early introduction to the arts can do.

In the tradition of the philanthropy award’s namesakes, another couple who has turned their personal success story into one that inspires others through their generosity is Mary and John Pappajohn from Des Moines. A singular example is demonstrated by their gift of an ever growing sculpture collection in their hometown, which now graces a four-and-a-half acre downtown city park named in their honor. Just weeks ago, a commissioned work by Ólafur Elíasson was added to the already remarkable collection of work by some of the world’s most celebrated artists.

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The National Arts Awards Chair

Sometimes we actually get to see young actors grow up on the screen, and this has been the case with Dakota Fanning, who receives the award named for my family’s foundation. She is now 19, but many of us first discovered her at the age of seven in I Am Sam, playing opposite Sean Penn and earning a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She has been praised by some of the best in film and television. She has three films opening soon and her continued career is one that we all greatly anticipate.

Finally, the Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award goes to sculptor Joel Shapiro, who has also previously joined us at this event. He has truly been an American ambassador of art abroad, creating pieces for the American Embassy in Ottawa, and for the consulate in Guangzhou, China, as well as exhibiting his work far and wide. His view of art contributing to a dialogue between cultures is one I think we all share and deeply believe in.

I would like to thank all of my co-chairs this evening. Edye and Eli Broad have given steadfast sponsorship of our award for individual philanthropy, and similarly, Isabella and Ted Dalenson for the lifetime achievement award. The four of them set the bar very high when it comes to supporting Americans for the Arts and our country’s artists and arts organizations. I would also like to acknowledge the hard work of our other co-chairs Sarah Arison, Julie and Edward J. Minskoff and Carolyn Powers.

We remain grateful to each of you here tonight, especially the benefit committee and my colleagues on the board and staff of Americans for the Arts. I extend my thanks to the honorees for allowing us to acknowledge their contributions—it’s a privilege to again chair this event.

Maria Bell

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Benefit Committee

Maria Bell Chair

Sarah ArisonEdythe and Eli Broad Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Julie and Edward J. Minskoff Carolyn Powers Co-Chairs, National Arts Awards

Benefit Committee

Herb Alpert

Bill Bell

Charles X Block

Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy

Emily Wei Rales and Mitchell P. Rales

David and Susan Goode

Agnes Gund

Justine and Jeff Koons

Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis

Nora C. and James M. Orphanides

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Outstanding Contributions to the Arts AwardJOEL SHAPIRO

Joel Shapiro received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from New York University. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998, and was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 2005. Since 1970, his work has been the subject of many one-person and retrospective

exhibitions, including the Whitechapel Gallery in London (1980); the Whitney Museum of American Art (1982); the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1985); the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (jointly with the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, 1995–1996); and the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2001).

Mr. Shapiro’s work can be found in numerous public collections in the United States and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Prominent commissions include Loss and Regeneration at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC; Conjunction, commissioned by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies for the United States Embassy in Ottawa, Canada; and a public commission, Verge, for 23 Saville Row, London. In 2011, he completed and installed For Jennifer, commissioned by the Denver Art Museum, and in the spring of 2013 installed a public work, Now, at the new U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China, commissioned by the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies.

Mr. Shapiro has exhibited widely in galleries around the world; most recently, he had solo exhibitions of new work at The Pace Gallery in New York and the Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne, as well as an exhibition of sculpture from the 1970s at The Paula Cooper Gallery in New York. In 2012, he completed installations of new sculptural work at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Rice University Art Gallery in Houston. Earlier this year, the Craig F. Starr Gallery in New York presented an exhibition of Mr. Shapiro’s sculpture and drawings from the 1960s and 1970s.

Glenn D. Lowry, presenterGlenn D. Lowry became the sixth director of The Museum of Modern Art in 1995. He leads a staff of 760 people and directs an active program of exhibitions, acquisitions, and publications. A strong advocate of contemporary art, he has lectured and written extensively in support of contemporary art and artists and the role of museums in society, among other topics. Mr. Lowry is a member of the Mori Art Museum International Advisory Committee and the Istanbul Modern International Advisory Board. He is also a Steering Committee Member for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Arts and Letters. Born in 1954 in New York City and raised in Williamstown, MA, Mr. Lowry received a B.A. degree (1976) magna cum laude from Williams College and M.A. (1978) and Ph.D. (1982) degrees in history of art from Harvard University.

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Arts Education Award ALBERTO M. CARVALHO

Alberto Carvalho became Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the nation’s fourth largest school system, in September 2008. He is a nationally recognized expert on school reform and finance who successfully transformed his district’s business operations and financial systems with the implementation of a streamlined strategic framework, aligning resources to classroom priorities resulting in dramatic increases in

reserves, bond ratings, and student achievement. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is now widely considered the nation’s highest performing urban school system, winning the coveted 2012 Broad Prize for Urban Education. On November 6, 2012, following four years of extraordinary district performance, Miami-Dade confirmed its faith in its public schools and its superintendent by passing a $1.2 billion bond referendum for school construction.

A versatile leader, in addition to serving as school superintendent, Mr. Carvalho is also the principal of two award-winning schools—the Primary Learning Center and the iPrep Academy—and serves as president of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents. He has been honored for humanitarianism as well as his work in education and business management with awards, such as the 2013 National Child Labor Committee Ron H. Brown Award, and has been recognized as Visionary Leader of the Year by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the March of Dimes Humanitarian of the Year, South Florida’s

Ultimate CEO, and for Leadership in Government by the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He is a member of Florida’s Council of 100, the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, and has been honored by the president of Portugal with the “Ordem de Mérito Civil,” and by Mexico with the “Othil Award,” the highest award for a civilian living outside of Mexico. He has been featured on CNN, NBC, and ABC, and in publications such as The New York Times, District Administration Magazine, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Sarah Arison, presenterSarah Arison is a film producer who moved to New York City from Miami, Florida. She has worked in the fashion industry at W Magazine, as well as styling advertising campaigns and runway shows for preeminent designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Chanel, David Yurman, Estee Lauder, and Alberta Ferretti. A graduate of Emory University with a double major in business and French, Ms. Arison is president of the Arison Arts Foundation, which supports arts education and emerging artists. She is also on the board of trustees of The National YoungArts Foundation and The New World Symphony, as well as the junior board of American Ballet Theatre. Ms. Arison is a co-founder of www.at60inches.com, an online resource for art and design. She is currently in post-production with her latest feature film, Desert Dancer.

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Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

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JOHN & MARY PAPPAJOHN

John and Mary Pappajohn have been longtime supporters of the arts, as well as social service, educational, and medical programs, gifting more than $100 million to various philanthropic causes.

Mr. Pappajohn served for 12 years on the board of the Des Moines Art Center and remains an honorary trustee. Mrs. Pappajohn has served for 18 years as a trustee for the Des Moines Art Center and continues as an active trustee. She also heads the museum’s acquisition committee. The Pappajohns donated a number of works of art to the Des Moines Art Center, including 27 pieces of sculpture, which form the core collection of the 4.5 acre John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park located in downtown Des Moines.

Mr. Pappajohn also serves as the vice chairman of the board of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, and has been a trustee there for 13 years. He has also been active on the Trustee Council of the National Gallery of Art, as well as longtime co-chair of its National Collectors Committee. He was also a board member of the Business Committee for the Arts, now a division of Americans for the Arts, from 2005–2010.

Mrs. Pappajohn has been an active director at the Walker Art Center, in her birth town of Minneapolis, for a dozen years, and both are presently members of the Walker’s National Advisory Board. They have both been members of the National Committee for the Performing Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, for more than 20 years.

The Pappajohns’ art collection has been listed in ARTNews magazine as one of the top 200 in the world for more than 15 years, and the Pappajohns continue to support artists, arts institutions, and artistic programming worldwide.

Jeff Fleming, presenterJeff Fleming was appointed director of the Des Moines Art Center in the fall of 2005, where he previously served as acting director, deputy director, senior curator, and curator since 1999. Previously, he held the position of chief curator of exhibitions at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC. He holds a B.F.A. from East Carolina University and an M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute. In 2009, Mr. Fleming, in collaboration with the City of Des Moines, created the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, which includes 27 significant sculptures by internationally acclaimed artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Ellsworth Kelly, Willem de Kooning, and Keith Haring. He has focused on presenting the first one-person museum shows for younger, international artists, and his initiatives as director of the Art Center include opening its doors to diverse communities and presenting thought-provoking contemporary art. Art and Living magazine recently named him one of 11 innovative directors of American museums.

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Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award DAKOTA FANNING

Film actress Dakota Fanning has starred in more than 25 films in her relatively few 19 years. Most notable are I Am Sam, Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat, Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, Uptown Girls, Dreamer, Charlotte’s Web, The Secret Life of Bees, The Runaways, Coraline, and The Twilight Saga. She is the

youngest actor to have been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has also been nominated for numerous Critics’ Choice Awards, and received a Critics Choice Award in 2002 for her role in I Am Sam and again in 2006 for her role in War of the Worlds.

Ms. Fanning can next be seen in the upcoming films Night Moves, The Last of Robin Hood, and Effie Gray. Night Moves, a film about eco-terrorism that was directed by Kelly Reichardt and co-stars Jesse Eisenberg and Peter Sarsgaard, recently premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. The Last of Robin Hood, directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, co-stars Susan Sarandon and Kevin Kline. In this film, Ms. Fanning stars as Errol Flynn’s teenage girlfriend in the years before his death. It also just had its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Effie Gray is a Victorian period drama about the art critic John Ruskin. It was written by Emma Thompson, who also stars opposite Ms. Fanning.

Most recently, Ms. Fanning finished production on Every Secret Thing for director Amy Berg and producer Frances McDormand and stars opposite Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks.

Ms. Fanning volunteers at the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, visiting with young cancer patients. She is also the Youth Ambassador for the children’s rights nonprofit First Star and works with Shane’s Inspiration, an organization that builds universally accessible playgrounds. This year, she starts her partnership with the United Nations as an ambassador to their Ending Hunger campaign. She currently attends New York University.

Kelly Reichardt, presenterAmerican landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout director Kelly Reichardt’s five feature films: River of Grass (1994), Old Joy (2006), Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek’s Cutoff (2010), and Night Moves (2013); and the short narrative Ode (1999). Her work has screened at the Whitney Biennial (2012), Film Forum, Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard, Venice International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and BFI London Film Festival. There have also been retrospectives of her work at Anthology Film Archives, Pacific Film Archive, Museum of the Moving Image, Walker Art Center, and American Cinematheque Los Angeles. Ms. Reichardt is the recipient of the United States Artists Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, and Renew Media Fellowship. She previously taught at the School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, and New York University, and she’s currently an artist-in-residence at Bard College.

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Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement AwardB.B. KING

B.B. King is in the eighth decade of his life and is still looking down new musical avenues in which to present his brand of the blues. In September 2008, the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive

Center was opened in his hometown of Indianola, MI, and serves as a combined B.B. King showcase, learning facility, recording studio, and tourist attraction.

Mr. King’s first real public exposure came as a disc jockey/performer on black-owned radio station WDIA. In 1949, he began his recording career, cutting a number of sides for a now-forgotten Nashville label. A year later, he cut “Three O’Clock Blues,” his first #1 R&B hit. Among Mr. King’s many classics are “The Thrill Is Gone,” “Payin’ The Cost To Be The Boss,” “Everyday I Have The Blues,” “You Don’t Know Me,” and “Why I Sing The Blues.”

His early recordings found their way to Britain, with an audience for these recordings that included young performers like Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and George Harrison, and groups like the Bluesbreakers, Yardbirds, and Animals—all part of an emerging blues scene that was to combine with rock and become the dominant popular music of the time. Mr. King toured and recorded with British Invasion artists, established permanent footholds in the European markets, and established himself as a global entity as both a performer and recording artist.

To date, more than 75 albums bear his name, and Mr. King is the recipient of many honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award (1987) to go with his 15 other Grammy Awards; induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987) and the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (1984); seven W.C. Handy Foundation Entertainer of the Year Awards; and seven honorary doctorates from such institutions as Yale University, the Berklee College of Music, Rhodes College of Memphis, and Mississippi Valley State University. He has been designated a Kennedy Center Honoree and National Heritage Fellow. In 1990, he received the National Medal of Arts, and in 2006 the highest civilian award in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Buddy Guy, presenterFor more than 50 years, guitarist Buddy Guy has linked a proud American musical past with a new generation of master musicians destined to keep the blues alive. Born into a sharecropper family in Louisiana, he belongs to an era that pioneered the blues, working alongside such legendary figures as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, B.B. King, and Little Walter. He has been a tremendous influence on virtually every notable artist who has played an electric guitar in the last half century, including Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Slash, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and John Mayer. Mr. Guy has received six Grammy Awards for both contemporary and traditional blues, and in 2003, was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Last year he was honored at The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors.

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Performers

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.

Kate Davis, Bass and VoiceThis evening’s Musical Director, 2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz and Voice and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, is a singer, songwriter, and bassist, from Portland, OR. She is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.

Patrick Bartley, Saxophone2012 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from Fort Lauderdale, FL. He attends the Manhattan School of Music.

Emmet Cohen, Keyboard2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a jazz pianist from Montclair, NJ. He is a graduate of the University of Miami and currently attends the Manhattan School of Music.

Richard Saunders, Voice2008 YoungArts Winner in Voice and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, is a jazz vocalist and songwriter from Connecticut. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music.

Gabe Schnider, Guitar2011 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a jazz guitarist from Accord, NY.  He attends the Manhattan School of Music.

Mark Whitfield Jr., Drums2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz, is a jazz drummer. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music.

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Featured ArtistWILL COTTON

Will Cotton has a B.F.A. from Cooper Union in New York City and also studied at the Beaux Arts in Rouen, France and the New York Academy of Art.

Interested in the cultural iconography of desire, Mr. Cotton’s art makes use of the common language of consumer culture and alimentary longing shared across geographical boundaries. The paintings often feature scenery made up entirely of pastries, candy, and melting ice cream, sometimes inhabited by human subjects. Working from

elaborate maquettes made of real baked goods in his Manhattan studio, he aims to depict a utopia in which all desire is fulfilled all the time.

His performative works have included Cockaigne for Performa 2011 and Will Cotton Bakery at Partners & Spade, NY. In 2010, he served as the artistic director for pop singer Katy Perry’s California Gurls music video. A monograph of his work was published by Rizzoli in 2011.

Mr. Cotton has been represented by the Mary Boone Gallery in New York since 1999. He exhibits with Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO; Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France; and Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany. His paintings have been shown at the San Francisco Museum of Art (2000); the Seattle Art Museum (2002); the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany (2004); the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris (2008); and the Albright-Knox, Buffalo, NY (2009), among others. His work is in the permanent collections of the Seattle Art Museum and the Columbus Museum of Art, as well as many prominent private collections.

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 and 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; and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum. In 2008, he was the first contemporary artist to have his work installed at the Palais de Versailles in France. Mr. Koons was the focus of two major exhibitions of recent work this past year at the David Zwirner and Larry Gagosian galleries in New York City. A retrospective of Mr. Koons’ work will open at the Whitney Museum of American Art in June. 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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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 appreciate 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.

Grammy Award®-winning musicians The Roots, receive a 2013 Citizen Artist Award from Americans for the Arts and U.S. Conference of Mayors. The awards honor elected officials and artists who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the advancement of the arts.

Spanish Bagpiper, Pianist and Composer Cristina Pato takes to The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall Stage at the 26th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy during Arts Advocacy Day.

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About Americans for the Arts

(L-R) 2012 Bell Family Foundation Young Artists Award honoree and Americans for the Arts Artists Committee Member Josh Groban with soprano Renée Fleming, who presented this award at the 2012 National Arts Awards.

Grammy Award®-winning musician and Americans for the Arts Artists Committee Member Yo-Yo Ma performs alongside members of MusiCorps, a music rehabilitation program that helps war veterans adjust to postwar life, led by founder Arthur Bloom, at the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy at The Kennedy Center.

(L-R) Grammy Award®-winning musician and Americans for the Arts Artists Committee Member Yo-Yo Ma, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Drummer Matt Sorum, and noted dancer Lil’ Buck at the Congressional Arts Kick-Off.

(L-R) Jay Dick, Americans for the Arts’ Senior Director of State and Local Government Affairs with Senator Tom Harkin (IA) and Iowa constituents T.J. and Beth Marcsisak on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building.

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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 Thomas Krens Jacob Lawrence Angela Lansbury Richard Meier Robert Redford Jason Robards James Rosenquist†Beverly 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 Jenny HolzerBrian 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 Schuyler Chapin,

civic leader

Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau,

American Ballroom Theater

Midori Goto, artist Agnes Gund,

philanthropist Wynton Marsalis, artist Arthur Mitchell, artist President’s Committee on

the Arts and the Humanities

ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE Christo and

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* David Rockefeller* Beverley Taylor

Sorenson**

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 Josh Groban∞Jake Gyllenhaal John Legend Kate and Laura Mulleavy,

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

FEATURED ARTISTS Salvador Dali Todd Eberle Jeff Koons Julie 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

CHAIRAbel LopezGALA Hispanic TheatreWashington, DC

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRC. Kendric FergesonNBC OklahomaAltus, OK

SECRETARYMichael SpringMiami-Dade County Department of Cultural AffairsMiami, FL

TREASURERJulie MuracoPraeditis Group LLCNew York, NY

VICE CHAIRSRamona BakerMaster of Arts in Arts

Administration Program, Goucher College

Indianapolis, IN

Maria BellWriterLos Angeles, CA

John HaworthNational Museum of the

American IndianNew York, NY

William Lehr, Jr.Capital Blue Cross Hershey, PA

Steven D. Spiess Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLPNew York, NY

Michael S. VerrutoHPI Capital LLCCharlotte, NC

AT LARGEMadeleine BermanArts PatronFranklin, MI

Susan ColitonPaul G. Allen

Family FoundationSeattle, WA

Susan S. GoodeArts PatronNorfolk, VA

Timothy McClimonAmerican Express FoundationNew York, NY

Dorothy Pierce McSweenyMid-Atlantic Arts FoundationWashington, DC

Margie Johnson ReeseBig ThoughtDallas, TX

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

Leslie BlantonArts PatronHouston, TX

Charles X BlockBedrock Group, LLCWashington, DC

Michelle T. BooneCity of Chicago, Department of

Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Chicago, IL

Theodor DalensonNove CapitalNew York, NY

Alessandra DiGiustoDeutsche Bank

Americas FoundationNew York, NY

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

Glen S. HowardThe Pew Charitable TrustsWashington, DC

Sheila JohnsonSalamander HospitalityMiddleburg, VA

Deborah JordyColorado Business

Committee for the ArtsDenver, CO

William T. KerrMiBa Holdings LLC

Arbitron Inc. (ret)Columbia, MD

Fred Lazarus IVThe Maryland Institute, College of ArtBaltimore, MD

Liz LermanChoreographerBaltimore, MD

Mary McCullough-HudsonArtsWaveCincinnati, OH

Barbara S. Robinson Arts MidwestCleveland, OH

Edgar L. Smith, Jr.World Pac PaperCincinnati, OH

Nancy StephensActor and ActivistLos Angeles, CA

Ty StikloriusAtom FactoryCulver City, CA

Charmaine WarmenhovenArts PatronMonte Sereno, CA

EX-OFFICIORobert L. LynchAmericans for the ArtsWashington, DC

IN MEMORIAMPeggy AmsterdamPeter Donnelly

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Artists Committee

Jane Alexander

Kwaku Alston

Dame Julie Andrews

Martina Arroyo

Paul Auster

Bob Balaban

John Baldessari

Alec Baldwin

Theodore Bikel

Lewis Black

Lauren Bon

Amy Brenneman

Connie Britton

Blair Brown

Kate Burton

Chuck Close

Stephen Collins

Chuck D

Jacques d’Amboise

Fran Drescher

Patty Duke

Pierre Dulaine

Todd Eberle

Hector Elizondo

Giancarlo Esposito

Suzanne Farrell

Laurence Fishburne

Ben Folds

Hsin-Ming Fung

Frank O. Gehry

Marcus Giamatti

Josh Groban

Mary Rodgers Guettel

Vijay Gupta

Hill Harper

Arthur Hiller

Craig Hodgetts

Lorin Hollander

Jenny Holzer

Siri Hustvedt

David Henry Hwang

Melina Kanakaredes

Moisés Kaufman

Jon Kessler

Richard Kind

Jeff Koons

Swoosie Kurtz

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

Leonard Nimoy

Alessandro Nivola

Naomi Shihab Nye

Yoko Ono

Harold Prince

Robert Redford

Michael Ritchie

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 Ossie Davis

Skitch Henderson

Paul Newman

John Raitt

Lloyd Richards

Billy Taylor

Wendy Wasserstein

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Credits and Special Thanks

JOEL SHAPIROPeter ColeFord FoundationMonica FrielPamela FranksJock ReynoldsDarren WalkerChristopher WoolUnited States Holocaust

Memorial MuseumYale University Art Gallery

JOHN AND MARY PAPPAJOHNBlur MediaWorksKerry BrougherJim DemetrionDes Moines Art CenterDes Moines RegisterDes Moines SymphonyGlenn DixonHelen GavinSteve HeitzegJohn and Mary Pappajohn

Sculpture ParkHirshhorn Museum and

Sculpture GardenEllsworth KellyBrian SmaleSoundmirrorWalker Art Center

ALBERTO CARVALHODesign and Architecture

Senior High (DASH)Katiuscia GregoireThe Hawn FoundationAlberto IbargüenJohn S. and James L. Knight

FoundationStacey MancusoHelen Ann P. Matthews

Kimberly McNattMiami-Dade County SchoolsLaurie RussellSouth Miami K-8 CenterMichael Spring

DAKOTA FANNING24 Hours ProductionsBBC FilmsBedford Falls ProductionsBlueprint PicturesColumbia PicturesTom CruiseCruise/Wagner ProductionsPhilip DalensonTheodor DalensonRobert De NiroDreamWorks SKGEpsilon Motion PicturesFox 2000 PicturesFox Searchlight PicturesGoldcrest PicturesHyde Park EntertainmentJosephson EntertainmentBrittany KahanLinson EntertainmentMandolin EntertainmentMattel Children’s Hospital,

UCLAMBC Beteiligungs

FilmproduktionJessie NelsonNew Line CinemaNew Regency PicturesOverbook EntertainmentParamount PicturesOl ParkerSean PennPropaganda FilmsRegency EnterprisesRiver Road Entertainment

Kurt RussellScott Free ProductionsTwentieth Century Fox

Film CorporationMegan SeniorDenzel Washington

B.B. KINGAntidote FilmsLincoln BeauchampJon BrewerDockery Farms FoundationTina FranceStewart LevineMichael J. MaxsonCarolyn PowersJoe ReinsteinDerek Trucks and

Susan TedeschiB.B. King: The Life of Riley

Produced & Directed by Jon Brewer

Cardinal Releasing Ltd./Emperor Media Ltd. in association with KingSid Ventures. For release in 2014 worldwide

Photo of Fred McDowell from the Alan Lomax Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Used courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity.

SPECIAL THANKSText Design, Inc.Yves BressonCipriani 42nd StreetPhotography courtesy

Connie Wilson DesignWill CottonMitch CurtisKate Davis

DigiLinkFITZ & COJB Brookman

Photography PublicityJulie Ann GrassoDavid HathcoxJeff KoonsJustine KoonsBetsy LibrettaGary McCrawJana and Larry MoralesJohn MoranJustin Morris, Morris BureauKate and Laura MulleavyCandace and Charles NelsonLori RobishawChris RossiLoriel SamarasShiffman & KohnkeAndrew SotomayorSprinkles CupcakesLee StalsworthTimarie Harrigan,

Sweet MiltonMathieu VictorYoungArtsBrittni Zotos

WILL COTTONFeatured Art:Will Cotton (cover image)Forest, 2003 oil on linen60 x 70 inchesImage courtesy of the artist

and Mary Boone Gallery

Will CottonPastoral, 2009oil on linen60 x 72 inchesImage courtesy of the artist

and Mary Boone Gallery

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To advance the arts in any discipline, we must continuously embrace the new. And that’s why we believe it is so important to recognize young artists at the National Arts Awards.

Our involvement with Americans for the Arts reaches back to when we first began attending the awards ceremony in 2002 and were so impressed to see a nationally prominent event where visual artists were honored alongside artists from all other disciplines. The awards further distinguished themselves in our minds because Americans for the Arts is committed to recognizing artists who not only excel at their craft, but also represent the best of citizen advocates, using their prominence to help causes which further enrich our communities and our nation. The fact that Americans for the Arts expressly honors young artists in addition to those more established “lifetime” achievers is something that meshes completely with our own interests.

Our longstanding commitment to young people and arts education, as well as to Americans for the Arts, on whose board Maria sits and for which she chairs the National Arts Awards, makes the naming of this award a perfect match for us. We couldn’t be more delighted to know that Dakota Fanning is the fourth recipient of the award named for our family foundation.

Maria Bell Bill Bell

The Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award

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We have been blessed with extraordinary success, and we were both raised in families where we were taught that it is important to give back. Our philanthropy has proved to be harder work than running two Fortune 500 companies. But it has been immensely rewarding.

We started The Broad Foundations to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science, and the arts—and the arts hold a special place for us.

We have collected art seriously since the 1970s when we first purchased a Van Gogh ink drawing. Eventually, we moved on to contemporary art for the simple reason that we enjoyed talking to the artists, whose view of the world broadened our perspectives. Our support of the arts is driven by the desire to make art accessible to the broadest public.

At a time of limited resources and competing priorities, we need to make a case for the arts. We are fond of saying that civilizations are not remembered by their bankers, lawyers, and accountants, but by their artists and architects. The arts play a critical role in our society, as both a creative and economic engine.

We commend Americans for the Arts for its leadership in making the national case for private and public arts funding. The collective investment we make in this country, fusing government and philanthropic dollars to fund the visual and performing arts, is an extraordinary hallmark of American artistry.

We couldn’t be more pleased to lend our name to this award in recognition of those philanthropists who share our beliefs. Tonight we commend and congratulate Mary and John Pappajohn for their extraordinary leadership in the arts, particularly in their home state of Iowa and the city where they make their home, Des Moines.

We encourage all of you to take advantage of the unlimited opportunities to get involved and make a difference. The needs are significant, but the personal satisfaction and rewards are extraordinary.

Edythe Broad Eli Broad

Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

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Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award

We have both been delighted to be engaged with Americans for the Arts via Ted’s board membership and to attend the National Arts Awards these past eight years, serving as co-chairs for six of them.

As art collectors, we are very interested in the historical perspective and the influence of contemporary art and architecture on our society, and that is why we are so pleased to lend our name to the award for lifetime achievement. This honor has been bestowed each year since the inaugural event in 1996, and it 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 painter James Rosenquist.

We couldn’t be happier to have the award bearing our name this year presented to blues icon B.B. King.

Isabella Dalenson Theodor Dalenson

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CONGRATULAT IONS

to this year’s

National Arts Awards honorees

and to Americans for the Arts

for keeping the arts alive across our nation.

-Julie and Edward J. Minskoff

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Congratulations to our good friends and generous philanthropists of the arts,

Mary and John Pappajohn

-Mary and Michael Jaharis

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CongratulationsAlberto M. Carvalho

Superintendent of SchoolsMiami-Dade County Public Schools

Miami-Dade County is so much the richer

and our future much brighter,

thanks to your visionary work in arts and education,

your indefatigable commitment to a complete and enriching education

for every child, and

your passion for innovation and transformation.

Bravo, Mr. Carvalho, the 2013 Arts Education Award winner.

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council and the entire South Florida Arts Community applaud you.

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Honoring Lin Arison for her dedication to ensuring the future of the arts

The National YoungArts Foundation was established in 1981 by Lin and Ted Arison to identify and support the nation’s next generation of visual, literary and performing artists and to provide them with opportunities throughout their artistic careers. To date, YoungArts has honored its 17,000+ alumni with over $6 million in monetary awards, facilitated over $150 million in college scholarships, and enabled its participants to work with master teachers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo, Quincy Jones and Martin Scorsese. YoungArts is also 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, with YoungArts Master teachers including Edward Albee, Bobby McFerrin, James Rosenquist, Josh Groban, Wynton Marsalis, and Kathleen Turner sharing their art and life experiences with YoungArts Winners. In conjunction with Columbia University’s Teachers College, YoungArts developed a Study Guide based on the series, which is distributed free to schools nationwide to help increase arts education and awareness. A special thanks to Superintendent Carvalho for supporting the development of the Study Guide and ensuring its distribution in all Miami-Dade junior and high schools.

YoungArts celebrates the leadership of

Alberto Carvalho and applauds his efforts to

ensure that every public school student

in Miami-Dade County has access to the arts.

May his shining example serve as inspiration for a

nationwide movement to put the arts back

in our schools.

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When community members speak about supporting the arts, we respond to their call for making the possible actual. Valuing artistic diversity within our neighborhoods helps to unite communities, creating shared experiences and inspiring excellence.

Bank of America is proud to support Americans for the Arts and applauds Arts Education awardee Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and all National Arts Award honorees for their leadership in creating a successful forum for artistic expression.

Visit us at bankofamerica.com

We’re proud to support the voices of our community.

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Salutes Americans for the Arts and 2013 National Arts Awards Honorees

Alberto Carvalho

Dakota Fanning

B.B. King

John and Mary Pappajohn

Joel Shapiro

5790 Armada Drive • Carlsbad, CA 92008 • 760.438.8001 • www.namm.org

NAMM’s Vision:

We envision a world in which the joy of making music is a precious element for everyone; a world in which every child has a deep desire to learn music and a recognized right to be taught; and in which every adult is a passionate champion and defender of that right.

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Mary and John Pappajohn

for this recognition

of their inspirational philanthropy.

— Ed and Andrée Scanlon

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SalutingAlberto Carvalho

For his Profound Commitment to the Importance of the Arts in Education.

Jonathan Plutzik, Lesley Goldwasser and all of your admirers at

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Thank you, tonight’s honorees, for keeping art alive in America. – Lynda & Stewart Resnick

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Will Cotton, Meringue 2, Meringue, 2010. Oil on paper, 48 x 28 inches each

The Baldwin Gallery congratulates

Will CottonBaldwin Gallery

209 S. Galena Street Aspen CO 81611 Tel 970.920.9797 www.baldwingallery.com

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My congratulations and support to

Americans for the Arts &

Joel Shapiro&

Alberto CarvalhoWill Cotton

Dakota FanningB.B. King

John and Mary Pappajohn

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

With much gratitudeAgnes Gund

CongratulationsAlberto M. Carvalho

Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Winner of 2013 Arts Education Award We are honored to be your partner

in arts education.

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Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

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2013 Arts Education Awardfor his contribution to the advancement

of the arts in education.

We congratulate tonight’s honorees and applaud

Americans for the Artsfor their dedicated leadership and

tireless support of the arts in America

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Here’s to a man who is fearless in his pursuit of excellence for ALL children. A man who exemplifies courage by annually going “Over the Edge” for Liberty City’s children.

Miami Children’s Initiative is honored to celebrate Superintendent

Alberto M. Carvalho.

Congratulations! We are so proud of you!

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

salutes

americans for the arts

Auguste Rodin • The Thinker

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Congratulations Mary and John Pappajohn

We celebrate your contributions to the arts.

With gratitude for your generosity and leadership,

Walker Art Center

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Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN

walkerart.org

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Thanks to Americans for the Artsfor supporting organizations like

Making Books Sing

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees!

www.makingbookssing.org

Dear John & Mary,We honor the many philanthropic endeavors and generous support the Pappajohn Family has given throughout the years.Fondly, Robin L. Smith

Congratulations,Superintendent Carvalho!

From your friends at

Join us for the

2014 National Arts AwardsMonday 10.20.14

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