Arts academy hands out prizes
Playwright John Guare and artist Chuck Close received Gold Medal Awards for drama and graphic design, respectively, from the American Academy of Arts and Letters at an awards ceremony in New York City Wednesday.
The Gold Medal prizes, which rotate annually among various creative disciplines, carry no cash award.
Other winners -- who will receive cash -- include Stephen Hartke, a professor of composition at USC’s Thornton School of Music, who will receive $75,000 a year for three years as winner of the Charles Ives Living Award in Music; poet Rosanna Warren ($10,000); architect Hans Hollein ($5,000); and Metropolitan Opera Chairwoman Beverly Sills, who was honored with the award for distinguished service to the arts. Sills accepted the honor but turned down the $1,000 cash prize.
Former President Bill Clinton received a medal for spoken language.
Diane Haithman
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