Articles related to "National Medal Of Arts"

The prolific and gifted architect Frank Gehry works can be found across America and into Europe, with famous landmarks such as the Guggenheim Museusm in Bilbao, Spain

Contemporary American playwrights, including George Abbott, Edward Albee, and Christopher Durang, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

New York City's Dance Theatre of Harlem uses art to educate and inspire children and adults around the world.

Profiles the achievements, awards and legacy of Ella Fitzgerald, one of the greatest Black American jazz vocalists.

African American composers have contributed to a number of classical music styles, influencing avant garde percussion music, 1920s dance music, chorale music and more.

Short biography of one of the first African-American painters to move beyond race barriers and achieve international fame.

Ray Bradbury thrills readers with tales of classic science fiction.

Brief biography of American novelist and teacher Saul Bellow, Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1976. Popular novels include 'Herzog' and 'Humboldt's Gift.'

American playwright Horton Foote, born March 4, 1919, died a few days ago, on March 4, 2009.

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, has been appointed as the Artists-in-Residence for the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival.

Brief biography of the world-famous painter, known for her large floral portraits and boldly spare landscapes painted in the southwestern desert.

Florence Knoll changed the world's conception of how to decorate an office space with her innovative, art-centered and Bauhaus-inspired notions about functional design.

He was a no-show for the "Nashville Loves George Jones Night" concert in 1980, but the country superstar was front and center for 2008's Kennedy Center Honors.