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Past Honoree Bios
The National Arts Awards


Recipient: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Artistic Leadership
Year: 2003

Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeThe environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude have partnered on dozens of international site specific projects, many of immense proportions. Their installations include Wrapped Coast, Little Bay in Sydney, Australia; Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California; Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida; The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris; and The Umbrellas, Japan-U.S.A. New York City recently approved The Gates, Central Park, New York, in which 7,500 saffron-colored gates with free flowing fabric panels will be installed along 23 miles of the park’s paths. This project will be realized in February 2005.

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