First Lady Michelle Obama Celebrated Award Recipients at White House
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
On Tuesday, November 15, 2016, First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a reception and performance at the White House to honor the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award recipients.
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and its cultural partners – the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services – are proud to recognize 10 outstanding programs all over the country for their work in providing excellent arts and humanities learning opportunities to young people. From big cities to small towns, the 2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awardees reflect the diversity of disciplines and settings of these exceptional programs that are taking place from coast to coast.
You can watch the ceremony here.
The recipients of the 2016 award are as follows:
AileyCamp Miami
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Miami, FL
Baranov Museum Youth history & Film Summer Intensive
Kodiak historical Society
Kodiak, AK
IBA's Youth Development Program
Inquilinos Boricuas an Accion
Boston, MA
Next Gen
bay Area Video Coalition
San Francisco, CA
Screen It!
Mexic-Arte Museum
Austin, TX
Sphinx Overture
Sphinx Organization
Detroit, MI
St. Louis ArtWorks
St. Louis, MO
Subway Sleuths
New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn, NY
Teen Arts + Tech Program
Western Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT)
Grand Rapids, MI
The Reading Road Show- Gus Bus
Office on Children & Youth, Institute for Innovation in Health & Human Services
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Tribal Youth Ambassadors
California Indian Museum and Cultural Center
Santa Rosa, CA
True Colors: Out Youth Theatre
The Theatre Offensive
Boston, MA
Americans for the Arts wishes to express our congratulations to Americans for the Arts' member, the Sphinx Organization on receiving this great honor.