Arts, and numerous grants, including a MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. At the 1982 Barnard College commencement ceremonies, Tharp's alma mater awarded her its highest honor, the Barnard Medal of Distinction. She received the Tony Award for Best Choreography and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography for Movin' Out. She received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Choreography for Singin' in the Rain. Tharp was named a Kennedy Center Honoree for 2008. She was inducted into the Academy of Achievement in 1993. From 2013 to 2014, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery featured Tharp in the critically acclaimed "Dancing the Dream" exhibition as a pioneer of American modern dance. On May 24, 2018, she was awarded the Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University. Awards by year 1965 Walter Gutman 1969 George Irwin The Lepercq Foundation 1970 Foundation for the Contemporary Performing Arts, 1970 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation The Emma A. Sheafer Trust, 1970–1981, 1985 1971 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1971, 1974 National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, 1971, 1973 New York State Council on the Arts Annual Support, 1971–1986 1972 Brandeis University, Creative Arts Citation 1973 National Endowment for the Arts Annual Support, 1973–1986 1974 Creative Artists Public Service Program Edward John Nobel Foundation New York Public Library Dance Collection The Place Trust, London The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1974–1978, 1982, 1983, 1986 1975 Eight Jelly Rolls, 1st in Festival in Video and Modern Dance Video Certificate of Honor Making Television Dance, Modern Dance Video Certificate of Merit 1976 Mademoiselle Magazine, Mademoiselle Magazine Award Exxon Corporation, 1976, 1980, 1982–1984, 1986 1977 The Green Fund, 1977, 1980, 1981 National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grant, 1977, 1985 The Shubert Foundation, 1977, 1978, 1980–1986 1978 Dance Film Association, 7th Annual Dance Video and Film Festival Honorary Degree, California Institute of the Arts Silver Satellite Award for Making Television Dance, American Women in Radio & Television The Ford Foundation, 1978, 1980 The Ford Motor Company, 1978–1985 The Surdna Foundation, 1978, 1980, 1985 1979 Soho Arts Second Annual Awards, The SoHo Weekly News Honorary Degree, Bucknell University The Scherman Foundation, 1979, 1980, 1982–1985 United Artists The David Merrick Arts Foundation Mobil Foundation, Inc., 1979, 1981–1986 1980 Honorary Degree, Bates College Dance Educators