Summing up the cultural year 2008/09 and the opening of the Central Europe Theatre Festival “The Neighbours” will take place on June 15, 2009 at 7:30pm in “Chatka Żaka” MCSU Cultural Center.
The ceremony includes presentation of the City of Lublin Awards 2008. The laureates were chosen by the City of Lublin Award Commission: Natasza Ziółkowska–Kurczuk - president and Przemysław Buksiński, Dorota Gonet, Grzegorz Kondrasiuk, Andrzej Mroczek, Bernard Nowak, Marcin Nowak, Tomasz Rakowski and Mirosław Ziomek.
The 2008 Laureates:
Adam Wiesław Kulik – the City of Lublin Art Award – 25.000 zł (for the “Leśmian, Leśmian…” book)
Łukasz Witt - Michałowski – the City of Lublin Award for promotion of culture – 25.000 zł (animation of Lublin’s cultural life, and especially for Scena Prapremier „InVitro” and using theater as rehabilitation method in the penitentiary system)
Włodzimierz Staniewski - the City of Lublin Award for the achievements in culture and art – 30.000 zł and the statuette designed by Ireneusz Wydrzyński.
The Mayor of Lublin City granted also financial awards for cultural and artistic activities in 2008/09. The Laureates:
1.Maria Pietrusza–Budzyńska – teacher, originator of the Occupational Therapy Workshops
2.Dariusz Boruch – culture animator, active member of the “Węglin Północny” Association
3.Reverend Stefan Batruch – parish priest of the Greek-Catholic parish; co-founder of the Multicultural Lublin project
4.Władysław Stefan Grzyb – Town Crier since 1990
5.Krzysztof Szymczyk – trainer of the “Między Nami” Club, organizer of Summer and Winter Actions
6.Izabela Urban – head and the conductor of “Sine Nomine” band from “Pod Akacją” Youth Cultural Center
7.Zbigniew Ryss – employee of the “Bronowice” Cultural Center; organizer of music classes and the author of music for many events
8.Anna Pawłowska – head of the Municipal Library – Local Branch no 9
9.Maria Błach – employee of Municipal Library – Local Branch no 24
10.Anna Krawczyk – culture animator, the head of Cultural Education Department of the Center for Culture, organizer of “Word Study” and the head of Polish-Israeli Society in Lublin
11.Miłosz Zieliński – culture animator, editor-in-chief of ZOOM
12.Barbara Sawicka – volunteer at International Festival Theatre Confrontations, now also member of the editorial staff of ZOOM
13.Dorota Kanior-Borys – trainer and choreographer of “Lublin” Song and Dance Ensemble
14.Tomasz Czajkowski – political scientist, employee of The “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Center
15.Marzena Baum – employee of “Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre” Center, coworker at the Righteous among the Nations project
16.Henryk Kowalczyk – Provincial Cultural Center and Bruno Schultz Festival Association; organizer of the Small Theaters Festival
17.Urszula Stalbowska – head of the technical department of the Music Theater, involved in the “La Traviata” production
The Mayor of Lublin City awarded also the Laureates of the “Culture Cranes 2009,” namely:
1.Paweł Laufer – philosopher, writer, author of the “Far Poland” project, editor of the Eastern section of “Kultura Enter”
2.Tomasz Dymek – hiphop star, aka Dolar, best Lublin’s freestyler
3.Maria Natanson – singer and violonist in Orkiestra Świętego Mikołaja and Čači Vorba; conducts Carpathian music and culture workshops
4.Tomasz Bazan - Maat Projekt Theater – artist and director, employee of the Center for Culture
5.Piotr Choroś – culture animator, founder of Homo Faber Association, coordinator of Akademia Obywatelska (Civic Academy)
The performance by “Polonia” Theater closes the ceremony.
