Announcements

The Pied Piper Children’s Theatre will present Oklahoma! Saturday, June 5, 12, and 19, 2021 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Audubon Terrace.

On May 22, 2021, the radio program and podcast Person Place Thing, hosted by Randy Cohen, posted an interview with Academy member Annie Proulx.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented its 2021 Virtual Ceremonial on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 7 p.m. EDT. Both 2020 and 2021 honorees were recognized. You may view the archived video of the event.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters announces the recipients of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize and four Arts and Letters Awards.

April 14, 2021 statement from Board of Directors.

Eighteen writers receive awards totaling $600,000.

Yehudi Wyner, Rita Dove, and Phong Bui receive top awards in Music, Poetry, and Service to the Arts.

Eighteen artists receive awards and purchase prizes totaling $500,000.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented a reading of tributes over Zoom on Thursday, April 8, from 7 to 8 p.m EDT. A video recording is now available.

Twenty-nine new members and four honorary members will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters during its virtual award ceremony on May 19 at 7 p.m. EST.

The Monster, Oratorio for Living Things, and TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix have won the 2021 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater.

Eighteen composers receive this year’s awards in music, which total $225,000.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented a reading of tributes over Zoom on Wednesday, February 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. EST. A video recording is now available.

On November 7, 2020, the radio program and podcast Person Place Thing, hosted by Randy Cohen, broadcast an interview with Academy member George Lewis.

On October 31, 2020, the radio program and podcast Person Place Thing, hosted by Randy Cohen, broadcast an interview with Academy member David Sedaris.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented a reading of tributes over Zoom on Thursday, November 12, from 7 to 8 p.m. EST. A video recording is now available.

June 5, 2020 statement from Board of Directors.

Billie Tsien on recommittment to the arts in times of vulnerability.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters announces the recipients of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize and four Arts and Letters Awards.

Peter Eisenman, David W. Blight, Richard Powers, and Bill Henderson receive top awards in Architecture, History, Literature, and Service to the Arts.

Twenty-four artists receive awards and purchase prizes totaling $295,000.

Leslie Marmon Silko wins the second biennial $100,000 Christopher Lightfoot Walker Award for a significant literary contribution, and eighteen writers receive literature prizes.

In the Green and The Loophole have won the 2020 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater.

Academy to induct thirteen new members in May 2020.

Seventeen recipients receive this year’s awards in music, which total $235,000.

On October 22, 2019, the Academy received the Archives Medal from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.

Lee Bontecou and Toni Morrison will receive Gold Medals in Sculpture and Fiction, respectively. Thelma Golden will receive the 2019 Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts.

Architect Billie Tsien was elected president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ms. Tsien, who was inducted into the Academy in 2007, will serve a three-year term from January 2018 to January 2021.