March 2 at 1:45 p.m., President Obama will award 20 honorees the 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal.
The following individuals and organizations will receive awards:
2010 National Medal of Arts:
- Robert Brustein
- Van Cliburn
- Mark di Suvero
- Donald Hall
- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
- Quincy Jones
- Harper Lee
- Sonny Rollins
- Meryl Streep
- James Taylor
2010 National Humanities Medal:
- Daniel Aaron
- Bernard Bailyn
- Jacques Barzun
- Wendell E. Berry
- Roberto González Echevarría
- Stanley Nider Katz
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Arnold Rampersad
- Philip Roth
- Gordon Wood