Past Honorees
The National Arts Awards

■ 2003 ■

Richard Avedon
  Lifetime Achievement
Teresa Heinz
  Philanthropy in the Arts
Sofia Coppola
  Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
Dr. Vance Coffman
  Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
  Artistic Leadership
Kirk Varnedoe
  Special Tribute

■ 2002 ■

David Rockefeller,
  Philanthropy in the Arts
Cindy Sherman,
  Artistic Leadership
Alberto Vilar
  Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
Bravo, The Film and Arts Network,
 Excellence in Arts and Media
Pinchas Zukerman,
  Artistic Excellence
Natalie Portman,
  Young Artist Special Recognition
Institute for Museum and Library Services
  25^th Year Anniversary

■ 2001 ■

The Honorable Schuyler Chapin
 Arts Education
Robert H. Benmosche
 Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
Richard Meier
  Lifetime Achievement
Peter Martins
 Artistic Leadership
Michael Greene
  Arts Advocacy

■ 2000 ■

Frank Gehry
Thomas Krens
Wendy Wasserstein
Jo Carole Lauder
Peter I. Bijur
Uma Thurman

■ 1999 ■

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Agnes Gund
Jacob Lawrence
Sanford I. Weill

■ 1998 ■

Isaac Stern
Midori Goto
Alec Baldwin
Hugh McColl

■ 1997 ■

The Honorable Amory Houghton
Gerald M. Levin
Arthur Mitchell
The Honorable Jerrold L. Nadler
Beverly Sills