National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards Ceremony Dinner
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the National Museum of American History
NIGHT OF GLORY: The night before they were honored by President Barack Obama at the White House, recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and the National Humanities Medal were feted at a gala dinner attended by top Administration officials and non-political VIPs of every stripe. HONOR ROLE: Arts recipients included artist Frank Stella, singer Bob Dylan, actor Clint Eastwood, architect Maya Lin, and opera diva Jesse Norman. Among the humanities crowd: historian Robert Caro, writer/lawyer Ted Sorensen, museum director Philippe de Montebello, Washington philanthropist Albert Small, and author Elie Wiesel.
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- Rachel Goslins, Ed Norton, Shauna Robertson, Julius Genachowski, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi