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Americans for the Arts will present its 2009 National Arts Awards on Monday, October 5 at Cipriani Wall Street, according to Variety.
Stage veteran and Oscar-winning actor and director Robert Redford will receive the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Actress Rosario Dawson — who appeared in the Public Theater’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona and played Mimi in the film version of Rent — will receive the group’s Young Artist Award.
Awards will also be presented to author Salman Rushdie, artist Ed Ruscha, philanthropist Sidney Harman, and Bank of America executive Anne Finucane.
