Arts First

Arts First is a celebration held at Harvard University each May that includes performances or shows involving virtually every musical, theatrical, and artistic group on campus. It was founded by alum John Lithgow in 1994 as a festival honoring the enormous artistic community at Harvard, and has since grown each year to include hundreds of performances.

Harvard Arts Medal

The Harvard Arts Medal[1] was established in 1995 to recognize excellence and demonstrated achievement in the arts by a Harvard or Radcliffe alumnus/a or faculty member. The medal is given to an individual who has achieved distinction in the arts and who has made a special contribution to the good of the arts, to the public good in relation to the arts, or to education. It is awarded by the Office of Governing Boards and the President of Harvard at the recommendation of a committee of faculty, alumni and administrators, which is convened by the OFA.

Recipients

Arts Medal yearRecipient
1995Jack Lemmon ‘47
1996Pete Seeger ‘40
1997Bonnie Raitt ‘72
1998John Updike ‘54
1999David Hays ‘52
2000John Harbison ‘60
2001Peter Sellars ‘80
2002William Christie ‘66
2003Mira Nair ‘79
2004Yo-Yo Ma ‘76
2005Maxine Kumin ‘46
2006Christopher Durang ‘71
2007John Adams ’69 MA ‘72
2008Joshua Redman '91
2009Fred Ho '79 and John Ashbery '49
2010Catherine Lord '70
2011Susan Meiselas Ed.M. ’71[2]
2012Tommy Lee Jones '69
2013Matt Damon '92
2014Margaret Atwood '04
2015Damian Woetzel '07
2016Frank Gehry '00
2017John Lithgow '67 & '07

References

  1. ↑ "Arts First: The Harvard Arts Medal". Archived from the original on 2013-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Susan Meiselas Named Harvard Arts Medalist". Harvard Magazine, 22 December 2010. Accessed 24 May 2017


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