Nominees to the Pontifical Council for Culture’s Medal Per Artem Ad Deum announced

The Pontifical Council for Culture Medal Per Artem ad Deum’s Chapter held their meeting
in Targi Kielce in order to announce the names of artists nominated to this year’s
distinction

The session was attended by the President of Chapter, His Eminency Bishop Marian Florczyk, Andrzej Mochoń PhD Targi Kielce President of Board and the previous years’ laureates– Krzysztof Zanussi, Dobrosław Bagiński, Stanisław Słonina and Tomasz Furdyna.

From among the group of 13 artists whose names have been put forward, the Chapter selected the four nominees to be granted with the Medal.

The nominees are: Mario Botta; a Swiss architect, Maja Komorowska; a Polish filma and theatre actress, Adam Bujak; photography artist and Ermano Olmi; Italian film director, scriptwriter and producer.

In a few weeks’ time a meeting will be held in Vatican; the session will be attended by the President of Pontifical Council for Culture Medal Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. This year’s Medal laureate will be selected then.

The Per Artem Ad Deum medal has been awarded for ten years during the International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious Art SACROEXPO held in Targi Kielce. The Pontifical Council for Culture, the body which awards this accolade, was founded in 1982 upon the initiative of Pope John Paul II. Establishing it, the Holy Father emphasized that “the dialogue of the Church with cultures of the contemporary world constitutes a significant area of activity, in which in the last years of the 20th century the future of the world is being shaped”. Thus, owing to the cooperation of the Council members, the dialogue between the Church and Culture has been continuously and dynamically developing at the level of universities, experts, researchers and scientists. This is also a chance to hold world of culture milieus’ meetings.

The only place in the world where this exceptional award is presented is The International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious Art SACROEXPO, the trade fair which has been held in Targi Kielce for fifteen years. The laureate circle is comprised of: Stained Glass Workshop Furdyna, Dobrosław Bagiński, Stanisław Słonina, Leszek Mądzik, Wojciech Kilar, Krzysztof Zanussi, Stanisław Niemczyk, Stefan Stuligrosz, Ennio Morricone and Stanisław Rodziński.