Artwork on Display for White House Festival of the Arts

In this photograph guests mingle during in the East Garden Room during the White House Festival of the Arts. Behind two of the guests is "Ochre and Red on Red" by Mark Rothko. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson can be seen entering the room from the right. On June 14, 1965 over 300 guests attended the White House Festival of the Arts to honor contemporary American artistic achievement. 65 works of art borrowed from 39 museums across the country were displayed in the East Wing and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The 14 hour event also featured a variety of performances in the East Room and the South Lawn including Duke Ellington, the Robert Joffrey Ballet, and the Louisville Orchestra.