Distinguished artists in the field will also be honored for their achievements.
"Elmgreen and Dragset and Katharina Fritsch are distinguished artists with major international reputations," Eshun said.
Yo-Yo Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Axist and pianist, are distinguished artists with big reputations.
The Council for the Arts recognizes distinguished artists from all disciplines with one of the country's most esteemed arts prizes, the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT.
The group's chairman Ekow Eshun said: "Elmgreen and Dragset and Katharina Fritsch are distinguished artists with major international reputations".
Distinguished artists of Chamba who have painted in this art form include Lehru, Durga and Miyan Jara Singh.
Eric Fischl, another prominent artist, is mounting a national program that will put distinguished artists with emerging artists in typical American places outside the urban downtowns -- places where people live and shop and play.
Similarly, he spends $2 million a year on the Vilar Distinguished Artists Series at his alma mater, Washington and Jefferson College, in Washington, Pa., so that students can attend classical-music performances at no charge.
The long weekend's worth of festivities will feature more than 50 separate events and 40 distinguished artists, including rising stand-up comedians, veteran comedy actors and more.
Composer John Harbison is among America's most distinguished artists.
