National Medal of Arts
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Presenter
Joan Harris
Arts Patron
Bill T. Jones
Dancer and Choreographer
John Kander
Musical Theater Composer
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Director and CEO of DreamWorks
Maxine Hong Kingston
Writer
Albert Maysles
Documentary Filmmaker
Linda Ronstadt
Musician
Billie Tsien and Tod Williams
Architects
James Turrell
Visual Artist
Herb Alpert
Musician and Producer
Lin Arison
Arts Patron
Joan Myers Brown
Dance Company Founder and Director
Renée Fleming
Soprano
Ernest Gaines
Author