TARGI KIELCE SUPPORTED BY THE VATICAN

HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Andrzej Mochoń PhD. sign the agreement. In the
picture - from the left: Rev. Pralate Lech Piechota PhD., Rev. professor Tomasz Trafny
and HE Bishop Marian Florczyk

For 13 years the Kielce exhibition and congress centre and the  Pontifical Council for  has supported and popularised spiritual art.  This week, in the Vatican the Targi Kielce President of Board Andrzej Mochoń PhD. and the President of the Council - Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi signed the agreement whose objective is to strengthen the existing cooperation.  The official agreement signing offers further motivation to promote the Per Artem ad Deum Medal - Through Arts to God idea. 

- The agreement is the a culmination point in our activities designed to disseminate cultural and religious heritage.  This is the result of 13 years' joint activities whose objective has been to promote spiritual values. The Sacroexpo is the most evident embodiment of this idea.  Thus we show that that our professional activity is not only guided with business goals - says TK President Andrzej Mochoń.

Targi Kielce is the Organiser of the Europe-famous  International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious Art SACROEXPO. The Pontifical Council for Culture Medal has been awarded at the expo; the Medal has been recognised as a very special distinction for artistic milieus whose works relate to sacrum and the Church. 

The Per Artem Ad Deum initiative has advanced to the become Europe's most important event for the sacred arts milieus.  Every year the ceremony attracts to Kielce outstanding artists from all over the world. These are the artists whose achievements contribute towards the development of culture and shapes the human spirituality - said Cardinal Ravasi.

Until now, the Per Artem Ad Deum Medal Chapter chaired by Rev.  Bishop Marian Florczyk has bestowed 21 distinctions.  The Medal fellowship includes  Wojciech Kilar, Leszek Mądzik, Krzysztof Zanussi, Ennio Morricone, Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo Pärt et.al.

The upcoming Sacroexpo edition and the Per Artem Ad Deum medal awarding ceremony is from 11 to 13 June 2018. Last year's edition was the showcase for 284 exhibitors from 13 countries. Almost 5,000 visitors attended the exhibition.  

(PP)