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[[File:2005 National Medal of Arts winners.jpg|thumb|US President | [[File:2005 National Medal of Arts winners.jpg|thumb|US President George W. Bush with several of the 2005 National Medal of Arts awardees]] | ||
The '''National Medal of Arts''' is an award and title created by the [[United States Congress]] in 1984, for the purpose of honoring [[artist]]s and [[Patronage|patrons]] of [[the arts]]. A prestigious American honor, it is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory committee of the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (NEA), who then submits its recommendations to the [[White House]] for the [[President of the United States]] to award.<ref name="NEA 2018 Guide">{{cite web |title=National Endowment for the Arts 2018 Guide |url=https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2018_NEA_Guide.pdf |website=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> The medal was designed for the NEA by sculptor [[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]]. | The '''National Medal of Arts''' is an award and title created by the [[United States Congress]] in 1984, for the purpose of honoring [[artist]]s and [[Patronage|patrons]] of [[the arts]]. A prestigious American honor, it is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory committee of the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (NEA), who then submits its recommendations to the [[White House]] for the [[President of the United States]] to award.<ref name="NEA 2018 Guide">{{cite web |title=National Endowment for the Arts 2018 Guide |url=https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2018_NEA_Guide.pdf |website=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> The medal was designed for the NEA by sculptor [[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]]. | ||