List of National Medal of Arts recipients

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2004 award recipient Ray Bradbury with President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush.
2004 award recipient Ray Bradbury with President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush.

The following is a list of National Medal of Arts recipients. The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government.

They have been awarded by the President of the United States since 1985 upon the recommendation of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory council of the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 1983, prior to the official establishment of the Medal, the following artists and patrons received a medal from President Reagan, arranged by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities:

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