Above all, you are the masters of your craft that have made us a better America with all of you have done,” Biden said at the White House ceremony.

President Joe Biden will honor recipients of the National Medals of Arts and Humanities later today, with a list of recipients that include Steven Spielberg, Eva Longoria, Bruce Cohen and Spike Lee. Other honorees include Aaron Sorkin, LeVar Burton, Dawn Porter, Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Idina Menzel, Ken Burns and Jon Meacham.

Other recipients of the National Medal of Arts include actors Idina Menzel and Eva Longoria, musician Flaco Jiménez, and producer Bruce Cohen. Photographer Carrie Mae Weems, whose works challenge societal norms, and painter Alex Katz will also be awarded, along with arts leaders Jo Carole Lauder and Bruce Sagan.