President Barack H. Obama presented the 2016 National Medals of Arts and Humanities on Thursday, September 22, 2016, in the morning in an East Room ceremony at the White House in Washington, District of Columbia.
Latinos/Hispanics who were awarded the 2015 National Medal of Humanities include author Rodolfo Anaya and chef/entrepreneur José Andrés. For more information, or to see the full list, click here. Latinos/Hispanics who were awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts include writer Sandra Cisneros; musician Santiago Jiménez, Jr.; playwright/director/producer (and HOLA Awards honoree) Moisés Kaufman, shown at left; playwright/actor/writer/director Luis Valdez. For more information, or to see the full list, click here. To see the medal ceremony, click on the video below.
No comments:
Post a Comment