WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) presents the National Medal of Arts playwright and film director Luis Valdez (L) during an East Room ceremony at the White House September 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to recipients in the annual ceremony. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the National Medal of Arts to actress and singer Audra McDonald (L) during an East Room ceremony at the White House September 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to recipients in the annual ceremony. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the National Medal of Arts to painter Jack Whitten (L) during an East Room ceremony at the White House September 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to recipients in the annual ceremony. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama presents author Louis Menand with the 2015 National Humanities Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, September 22, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama presents author Louis Menand with the 2015 National Humanities Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, September 22, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the National Medal of Arts to playwright and film director Luis Valdez (L) during an East Room ceremony at the White House September 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to recipients in the annual ceremony. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama presents author Louis Menand with the 2015 National Humanities Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, September 22, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) presents the National Medal of Arts to actress and singer Audra McDonald (L) during an East Room ceremony at the White House September 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama awarded the 2015 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to recipients in the annual ceremony. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)