, Sharon Percy Rockefeller and the musicians of the United States Military in a White House ceremony on Thursday.This will be the first time Trump hosted a National Medal of Arts ceremony, which was last held in 2016 by his predecessor, Barack Obama. Trump also will award the National Humanities Medal to the Claremont Institute, philanthropist Teresa Lozano Long, chef Patrick J. O’Connell and author James Patterson.
The award is given to individuals who “are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States,” according to the National Endowment for the Arts. National Council on the Arts, which oversees the endowment, reviews nominations and send recommendations to the president, who determines the honorees.Voight is one of Trump’s most visible Hollywood supporters.