Press Release Nov 29, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on National Medal of Arts Recipient Stephen Sondheim It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of Stephen Sondheim, recipient of a 1996 National Medal of Arts.
Press Release Oct 01, 2021 NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Opera Honors Recipient Carlisle Floyd It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of Carlisle Floyd, opera composer and librettist, and recipient of a 2008 NEA Opera Honor.