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National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards Ceremony Dinner

National Museum of American History
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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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Mary Schmidt Campbell and Alfre Woodard

Mary Schmidt Campbell and Alfre Woodard

Rachel Goslins, Ed Norton, Shauna Robertson, Julius Genachowski, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Rachel Goslins, Ed Norton, Shauna Robertson, Julius Genachowski, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

Dancer Damian Woetzel and Justice Stephen Breyer

Dancer Damian Woetzel and Justice Stephen Breyer

Nina and Philip Pillsbury and Ann Stock

Nina and Philip Pillsbury and Ann Stock

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