Crystals of Kindness are the awards of Kaunas City Mayor. It is a symbolic crystal of glass with the blazon of the city in a red insert (author - E. Unguraitis).

The Crystal of Kindness (earlier called Brick of Kindness) is an exceptional award granted to a person for good deeds to the society only once in a lifetime. Neither politicians nor officers may receive it. Candidates to the award are offered by the City Mayor, townspeople, public organisations. Awards are granted in the Town Hall of Kaunas.

Crystals of Kindness have been awarded to the following professional Kaunas artists:

 

Year 2014

Rimgaudas Bulota – member of the board of male choir Perkūnas, 1st tenor

Petras Klimantavičius – singer of male choir Perkūnas, bass

Dalia  Jatautaitė – head of Kaunas Religious Music Centre

 

Year 2013

Kazimieras Garšva – head of Names Division of the Lithuanian Language Institute, linguist

Algirdas Liepinaitos – folk artist

Daiva Nevardauskienė – librarian

Pijus Bernotas – president of male choir Perkūnas

 

Year 2012

Virginija Vitkienė – art critic, art director of Kaunas Biennial

Vytautas Stasys Lagunavičius – artist

 

Year 2011

Marijus Gvildys – florist, organiser of international festival Land Art

Alfonsas Pakėnas – poet

 

Year 2010

Aidas Augustis – artist, art teacher of Kaunas Sargėnai Secondary School

Rolandas Daugėla – conductor, head of chamber choir Cantate Domino

Dalia Draugelienė – secretary of Kaunas Branch of Artists’ Association

Audronė Eitmanavičiūtė – pianist, concertmaster, music teacher

Romaldas Misiukevičius – conductor, art director of Kaunas male choir Perkūnas, teacher

Modestas Pitrėnas – choir and orchestra conductor

 

Year 2009 (Mayor Andrius Kupčinskas)

Rolandas Daugėla – choir conductor, teacher.

Audronė Eitmanavičiūtė – pianist, concertmaster.

Romaldas Misiukevičius – choir conductor, teacher.

Modestas Pitrėnas – choir and orchestra conductor.

Monika Vilčinskienė – designer.

 

Year 2008 (Mayor Andrius Kupčinskas)

Aldona Ruseckaitė – writer

Egidijus Stancikas – actor

Jolanta Šmidtienė – textile artist

 

Year 2004 (Mayor Arvydas Garbaravičius)

Stasė Ivanauskaitė and Algis Kybartas – actors, heads of the children and youth theatre Vilkolakis

 

Year 2003 (Mayor Arvydas Garbaravičius)

Karalius Audrys – architect

Keturakis Robertas – poet

Masiulis Algimantas – actor

Varnaitė Regina – actress

 

Year 2002 (Mayor Giedrius Donatas Ašmys)

Kuprevičius Giedrius – composer

Kazragytė Doloresa – actress

Žiupsnytė Albina – painter

Žekienė Elena – actress

 

Year 2001 (Mayor Erikas Tamašauskas)

Krėpšta Justinas – director of the Philharmonic and Pažaislis Festival

Macijauskas Aleksandras – art photographer

Venslovas Petras – actor