标题：National Medal of Arts
简介
美国国家荣誉艺术奖章（National Medal of Arts）是由美国国会在1984年创建的，用来表彰为艺术做出贡献的艺术家和赞助商。在美国，这是艺术家能获得的最高个人荣誉。获奖者由国家艺术基金会评选，并由美国总统亲自颁奖。奖牌设计者为雕塑家 Robert Graham.[1]  
得奖者有我们熟悉的大提琴家马友友，演员梅里尔斯特里普，歌手鲍勃迪伦等。
最近几届得奖者
2000
Maya Angelou - poet, writer
Eddy Arnold - country singer
Mikhail Baryshnikov - dancer, director
Benny Carter - jazz musician
Chuck Close - painter
Horton Foote - playwright, screenwriter
Lewis Manilow - arts patron
National Public Radio, cultural programming division - broadcaster
Claes Oldenburg - sculptor
Itzhak Perlman - violinist
Harold Prince - theater director, producer
Barbra Streisand - entertainer, filmmaker
2001
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation - modern dance company and school
Rudolfo Anaya - writer
Johnny Cash - singer, songwriter
Kirk Douglas - actor, producer
Helen Frankenthaler - painter
Judith Jamison - artistic director, choreographer, dancer
Yo-Yo Ma - cellist
Mike Nichols - director, producer
2002
Florence Knoll Bassett - architect
Trisha Brown - artistic director, choreographer, dancer
Philippe de Montebello - museum director
Uta Hagen - actress, drama teacher
Lawrence Halprin - landscape architect
Al Hirschfeld - artist, illustrator
George Jones - country music composer, performer
Ming Cho Lee - theater designer
William "Smokey" Robinson - songwriter, musician
2003
Austin City Limits - PBS television program
Beverly Cleary - writer
Rafe Esquith - arts educator
Suzanne Farrell - dancer, choreographer, company director, educator
Buddy Guy - blues musician
Ron Howard - actor, director, writer, producer
Mormon Tabernacle Choir - choral group
Leonard Slatkin - symphony orchestra conductor
George Strait - country singer, songwriter
Tommy Tune - dancer, actor, choreographer, director
2004
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - philanthropic foundation
Ray Bradbury - author
Carlisle Floyd - opera composer
Frederick Hart - sculptor
Anthony Hecht - poet
John Ruthven - wildlife artist
Vincent Scully - architectural historian and educator
Twyla Tharp - contemporary dance choreographer
2005
Louis Auchincloss - author
James DePreist - symphony orchestra conductor
Paquito D'Rivera - jazz musician
Robert Duvall - actor
Leonard Garment - arts advocate
Ollie Johnston - pioneering film animator and artist
Wynton Marsalis - jazz musician and educator
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Tina Ramirez - dancer and choreographer
Dolly Parton - country singer-songwriter
2006
William Bolcom, composer
Cyd Charisse, dancer
Roy DeCarava, photographer
Wilhelmina Holladay, arts patron
Interlochen Center for the Arts, summer arts camp and winter arts-focused boarding high school
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, jazz ensemble
Gregory Rabassa, literary translator
Viktor Schreckengost, industrial designer/sculptor
Ralph Stanley, bluegrass musician
2007
Morten Lauridsen, composer
N. Scott Momaday, author
Craig Noel, director
Roy Neuberger, arts patron
Les Paul, electric guitar pioneer
Henry Z. Steinway, arts patron
George Tooker, painter
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (University of Idaho)
Andrew Wyeth, painter
2008
Stan Lee, writer, editor, and creator of many comic books.
Richard M. Sherman, songwriter
Robert B. Sherman, songwriter
Olivia de Havilland, actress
Hank Jones, jazz pianist
Jesús Moroles, sculptor
Ford's Theatre Society, historic theatre organization
Fisk Jubilee Singers, (Fisk University), African-American choral group
José Limón Dance Foundation, dance troupe
The Presser Foundation, music philanthropy organization
2009
Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter
Clint Eastwood, actor and director
Milton Glaser, graphic designer
Maya Lin, artist and architect
Rita Moreno, singer and actor
Jessye Norman, soprano
Joseph P. Riley, Jr., mayor
Frank Stella, artist
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
John Williams, composer, conductor and pianist
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
School of American Ballet
2010
Robert Brustein -- theater director & producer
Van Cliburn -- classical pianist
Mark di Suvero -- sculptor
Donald Hall -- poet
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Quincy Jones -- composer, music producer
Harper Lee -- novelist
Sonny Rollins -- jazz musician
Meryl Streep -- actress
James Taylor -- singer & songwriter
2011
Will Barnet -- artist
Rita Dove -- poet
Al Pacino -- film and stage actor and director
Emily Rauh Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. -- arts patron
Martin Puryear -- sculptor
Mel Tillis -- country music singer & songwriter
United Service Organization (USO)
André Watts -- classical pianist