Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize is a $ 300,000 cultural award from the Gish Foundation (administered by JPMorgan Chase Bank ) and is considered to be one of the most highly endowed art awards in the world. Named after the actresses and sisters Dorothy and Lillian Gish , it was founded in 1994 at the will of Lillian Gish and honors outstanding artists for the contribution of their aesthetic work to the “beauty of the world” and the repertoire of forms of expression in their art. The winners include a. Actors, musicians, dancers, directors, writers and architects.
Award winners
- 1994: Frank Gehry
- 1995: Ingmar Bergman
- 1996: Robert Wilson
- 1997: Bob Dylan
- 1998: Isabel Allende
- 1999: Arthur Miller
- 2000: Merce Cunningham
- 2001: Jennifer Tipton
- 2002: Lloyd Richards
- 2003: Bill T. Jones
- 2004: Ornette Coleman
- 2005: Peter Sellars
- 2006: Shirin Neshat
- 2007: Laurie Anderson
- 2008: Robert Redford
- 2009: Pete Seeger
- 2010: Chinua Achebe
- 2011: Trisha Brown
- 2012: Anna Deavere Smith
- 2013: Spike Lee
- 2014: Maya Ying Lin
- 2015: Suzan-Lori Parks
- 2016: Elizabeth LeCompte
- 2017: Meredith Monk
- 2018: Gustavo Dudamel
Web links
- Official Homepage (Engl.)