Level Four: Art and Fashion

"This is your house, too.” First Lady Michelle Obama. 

President Barack Obama straightens the painting, The Three Tetons, by Thomas Moran, in the Oval Office, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama tours the Whitney Museum with Adam Weinberg, Whitney Museum Director, and Whitney Museum Board of Trustees Co-chairs Robert “Bob” Hurst and Brooke Garber Neidich in New York City, NY, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

The West Wall of the Family Dining Room in the White House showing the painting, “Early Bloomer [Anagram (a Pun)] ” (1998) by Robert Rauschenberg, 2016. Matthew D'Agostino/White House Historical Association.

The Old Family Dining Room in the White House, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Obama awards the 2012 National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, 2013. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama looks at the Edward Hopper paintings displayed in the Oval Office, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

The family of Martin Luther King, Jr. visit the Oval Office to view the King bust by Charles Alston on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes the Broadway cast of Hamilton and students to a workshop held in the State Dining Room at the White House, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama looks at a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall by artist Chaz Guest in the White House, 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama hosts lunch with prominent authors at the White House, 2017. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama, as part of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, hosts students and artists from across the country to perform at the White House Turnaround Arts Talent Show in the East Room of the White House, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama dances as Rachel Crow performs during the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room of the White House, 2013. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with artist Amy Sherald in the Oval Office of the White House, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Herbie Hancock, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bobby Watson, Terrence Blanchard, master jazz students from UCLA and members from the Thelonious Monk Institute conduct the History of Jazz Student Workshop as part of the International Jazz Day celebration in the State Dining Room of the White House, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Performers rehearse on the South Lawn and Rose Garden for the Cinco de Mayo reception at the White House, 2010. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama joins a Bollywood Dance Clinic in the State Dining Room of the White House, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Ana Wintour speaks at the Fashion Education Workshop luncheon in the East Room of the White House, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Obama on stage with First Lady Michelle Obama, wearing a gown byJason Wu, during the Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a photo shoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vogue, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the Prime Minister of Italy for a State Dinner at the White House, 2016. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama, as photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue in the White House, 2013. © Annie Leibovitz.

First Lady Michelle Obama visits children at the Naval Air Station Oceana Summer Camp in Virginia Beach, VA, 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

“She decided, knowingly or unknowingly, to bring highlight and focus on the young, emerging immigrant American designers, and it changed our lives completely.” Prabal Gurung. Courtesy of ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE.

US First Lady Michelle Obama greets officials upon arrival on Air Force One at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi, India, 2015. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.

First Lady Michelle Obama dressed in a red attire by Nepalese-American designer Prabal Gurung, attends the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with President Barack Obama, Washington, D.C., 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the crowd during his inaugural parade, Washington, D.C., 2009. Courtesy of ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok on arrival at the North Portico of the White House for the State Dinner at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2011. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to designers and students at the Fashion Education Workshop luncheon in the East Room of the White House, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama join D.C. Youth Orchestra members in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, 2015. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks to people at the Fashion Education Workshop, held at the White House, 2014. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the Zemer Chai Choir in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, 2013. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.

Halloween festivities at the White House, Washington, D.C., 2009. National Archives, Obama Presidential Library.