Obama to present awards to abstract painter Jack Whitten and choreographer Ralph Lemon

The American abstract painter Jack Whitten and the conceptual choreographer Ralph Lemon are among the 12 recipients who will be awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts (NEA) by president Barack Obama in a ceremony to be held at the White House in Washington, DC on 22 September. The award recognises artists across a range of disciplines that have helped to define our nations cultural legacy through the artistic legacy of their creative traditions, the NEA chairman Jane Chu said in a press release