2012 Sackler Center First Awards: Jessye Norman
Channel: Brooklyn Museum
Date: 2012-11-14

Vocal artist Jessye Norman made history in 1997 as the youngest recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the United States' highest award in the performing arts. She has received five Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award for Classical Music.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields were honored with Sackler Center First Awards. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art. The event was presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem and hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. The award was designed by Judy Chicago. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.