Biden Awards 20 Recipients Of National Medal Of Arts, Here’s The Full List

Joe Biden gave out 20 National Medals of Arts on Monday.

Some of the big names included filmmaker Spike Lee and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah.

Biden awarded both the 2022 and 2023 winners of the prestigious award.

Here’s the Full List:

2022 National Medal of Arts recipients:

• Ruth Asawa (posthumous), artist
• Randy A. Batista, photographer
• Clyde Butcher, landscape photographer
• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, museum and education center
• Melissa “Missy” Elliott, artist and producer
• Leonardo “Flaco” Jimenez, musician
• Eva Longoria, actress, director, and philanthropist
• Idina Menzel, actress and singer
• Herbert I. Ohta, musician
• Bruce Sagan, arts leader
• Carrie Mae Weems, visual artist

2023 National Medal of Arts recipients:

• Mark Bradford, artist
• Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker
• Bruce Cohen, producer
• Alex Katz, artist
• Jo Carole Lauder, arts leader
• Spike Lee, filmmaker
• Queen Latifah, artist and actress
• Selena Quintanilla (posthumous), singer
• Steven Spielberg, filmmaker

At the White House ceremony for the National Medal of Arts: @IAMQUEENLATIFAH and Spike Lee. pic.twitter.com/iPKGsNwFWk

— Akayla Gardner (@gardnerakayla) October 21, 2024

Per KPTV:

Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah are among 20 recipients of National Medals of Arts, which were formally presented by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony Monday. Biden also honored 19 recipients of National Humanities Medals, including playwright-screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and historian Jon Meacham.

Three of the medals were awarded posthumously: The late singer Selena Quintanilla and artist Ruth Asawa are arts medal winners and the late chef-author Anthony Bourdain was among the humanities medal winners. The arts medals are managed by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the humanities medals by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Actors Idina Menzel and Eva Longoria, producer Bruce Cohen and musicians Leonardo “Flaco” Jimenez and Herbert I. Ohta also receive arts medals, along with photographers Randy A. Batista and Clyde Butcher, artists Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz and Mark Bradford, arts leaders Jo Carole Lauder and Bruce Sagan and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

The arts medals are given “to individuals or groups who are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.”

Missy Elliott, Selena, Queen Latifah to Receive National Arts Prize

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— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 21, 2024

Per NBC Chicago:

President Joe Biden presented National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to dozens of recipients in a White House ceremony Monday.

Twenty people, including filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah, were receiving National Medals of Arts. Two of the arts medals were being awarded posthumously: one to late singer Selena Quintanilla and one to late artist Ruth Asawa.

The arts medals are given “to individuals or groups who are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.”

Biden was also honoring 19 recipients of National Humanities Medals, including playwright-screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and historian Jon Meacham. Late chef-author Anthony Bourdain received a posthumous humanities medal.

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Actors Idina Menzel and Eva Longoria, producer Bruce Cohen and musicians Leonardo “Flaco” Jimenez and Herbert I. Ohta also received arts medals, along with photographers Randy A. Batista and Clyde Butcher, artists Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz and Mark Bradford, arts leaders Jo Carole Lauder and Bruce Sagan and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.