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| B.B. King to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award An organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education in the U.S., Americans For the Arts, has announced that blues guitar legend B.B. King will be the 2013 recipient of the Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award. According to a press release from the organization, "The annual awards recognize artists and arts leaders who exhibit exemplary national leadership and whose work demonstrates extraordinary artistic achievement." Other winners this year include actress Dakota Fanning who won the Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award and painter Will Cotton who will receive the Featured Visual Artist award. All of the awards will be presented during a ceremony on October 21st in New York City. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |