• Tanya Aguiñiga
  • Doug Aitken
  • Jane Alexander
  • Kwaku Alston
  • Dame Julie Andrews
  • Martina Arroyo
  • Paul Auster
  • Bob Balaban
  • Alec Baldwin
  • Annette Bening
  • Lewis Black
  • Lauren Bon
  • Amy Brenneman
  • Connie Britton
  • Blair Brown
  • Kate Burton
  • Carla Dirlikov Canales
  • Will Cotton
  • Chuck D
  • Andra Day
  • Fran Drescher
  • Pierre Dulaine
  • Todd Eberle
  • Hector Elizondo
  • Giancarlo Esposito
  • Shepard Fairey
  • Suzanne Farrell
  • Laurence Fishburne
  • Ben Folds
  • Hsin-Ming Fung
  • Frank O. Gehry
  • Marcus Giamatti
  • Denyce Graves-Montgomery
  • Josh Groban
  • Vijay Gupta
  • David Hallberg
  • Joy Harjo
  • Hill Harper
  • Craig Hodgetts
  • Lorin Hollander
  • Jenny Holzer
  • Siri Hustvedt
  • David Henry Hwang
  • Molly Joyce
  • Melina Kanakaredes
  • Moisés Kaufman
  • Kenna
  • Jon Kessler
  • Christine Sun Kim
  • Richard Kind
  • Jeff Koons
  • Swoosie Kurtz
  • Norman Lear
  • Ledisi
  • John Legend
  • Liz Lerman
  • Glenn Ligon
  • John Lithgow
  • Graham Lustig
  • Yo-Yo Ma
  • Kyle MacLachlan
  • Yvonne Marceau
  • Marlee Matlin
  • Kathy Mattea
  • Trey McIntyre
  • Julie Mehretu
  • Susan Meiselas
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Brian Stokes Mitchell
  • Sarah Morris
  • Walter Mosley
  • Paul Muldoon
  • Kate Mulleavy
  • Laura Mulleavy
  • Matt Mullican
  • Shirin Neshat
  • Alessandro Nivola
  • Craig Nutt
  • Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Richard On
  • Yoko Ono
  • Cristina Pato
  • Justin Peck
  • Robert Redford
  • Michael Ritchie
  • Marc Roberge
  • Victoria Rowell
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Zoe Saldaña
  • Martin Scorsese
  • Larramie "Doc" Shaw
  • Cindy Sherman
  • Gabourey Sidibe
  • Anna Deavere Smith
  • Arnold Steinhardt
  • Meryl Streep
  • Holland Taylor
  • Julie Taymor
  • Marlo Thomas
  • Stanley Tucci
  • Leo Villareal
  • Edward Villella
  • Clay Walker
  • Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • Kerry Washington
  • William Wegman
  • Bradley Whitford
  • Kehinde Wiley
  • Henry Winkler
  • Joanne Woodward
  • Kulapat Yantrasast
  • Michael York

In Memoriam

  • John Baldessari
  • Tony Bennett
  • Theodore Bikel
  • Jacques d’Amboise
  • Ossie Davis
  • Patty Duke
  • Mary Rodgers Guettel
  • Skitch Henderson
  • Arthur Hiller
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Arthur Mitchell
  • Paul Newman
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • Harold Prince
  • John Raitt
  • Lloyd Richards
  • Dr. Billy Taylor
  • Wendy Wasserstein

"I am proud to shine a spotlight on the necessity of public funding for arts education. The arts teach discipline, teamwork and creativity, which are the exact skills needed to succeed in the workforce. I am pleased to join Americans for the Arts to support this important cause."

- Ben Folds

 

 

"I believe that exposure to the arts in children’s and young adult’s lives help shape and change them for the better. I can speak from personal experience, and when I look around and recognize the sobering reality that these are the exact programs that are being cut from our schools and disappearing from our communities at a drastic rate, I am more determined than ever to drive my philanthropic efforts in this direction. I am honored and privileged to be able to give back in this way, and I look forward to the journey ahead as we work to help give so many the chance to find their light."

- Josh Groban

 

 

"To Americans for the Arts, my gratitude for your tireless and effective advocacy on behalf of art and all that comes with it—you truly make a difference and we're all the better for it."

- Robert Redford

 

 

"I was a very lucky child. My love for the arts was fostered in school, in community arts programs and at various NY theaters and arts institutions," said Ms. Washington. "But not all kids are that lucky. That’s why I support Americans for the Arts…. Together we are working to ensure that EVERY SINGLE PERSON has the opportunity to experience an arts education in America."

- Kerry Washington