The Culture and Art Prize established by Kaunas City Municipality in 2007 is granted to Kaunas city culture and art creators for long-year active and important cultural deeds, cherishing of ethnic culture and heritage, stage art and visual art, the most important artwork of the year, highest achievements in republic and international contests, innovative creative idea and its implementation in Kaunas city and important activities in the field of literature.
The prize amounts to LTL 10 thousand. The prize amounts to 3000 EUR from 2015.
Year 2015 (2 prizes awarded in total)
Vaida Tamoševičiūtė – artist of various fields, creator of performing art
Alvyda Česienė – specialist of folklore
Year 2014 (2 prizes awarded in total)
Albinas Petrauskas – musician
Viktoras Rudžianskas – poet, journalist
Year 2013 (3 prizes awarded in total)
Dovilė Gimberienė (Zelčiūtė) – poetess, writer
Jolanta Šmidtienė – artist, organiser of art and public projects
Birūta Komskienė (Letukaitė) – choreographer, founder and art director of Kaunas dance theatre Aura
Year 2012 (4 prizes granted in total)
Zinaida Irutė Dargienė – textile artist
Algirdas Patackas – politician, signatory of the RL Highest Council Act regarding the Restoration of Independent State of Lithuania, publicist
Romualdas Rakauskas – photographer
Stanislovas Rubinovas – head of Kaunas Chamber Theatre, director, singer
Year 2011 (5 prizes granted in total)
Romualdas Požerskis – photographer
Donaldas Kajokas – writer
Virginija Vitkienė – art critic, curator
Osvaldas Jablonskis – artist, painter
Leonoras Vytautas Strioga – sculptor
Year 2010 (3 prizes granted in total)
Kira Katerina Daujotaitė – choreographer, dancer
Rolandas Daugėla – choir conductor
Monika Vilčinskienė – graphic designer
Year 2009 (5 prizes granted in total)
Romualdas Čarna – painter
Aleksas Dabulskis – writer
Petras Palilionis – writer
Jurgis Rimvydas Palys – architect
Leonardas Zelčius – actor
Year 2008 (9 prizes granted in total)
Gražina Balandytė – actress
Rūta Regina Staliliūnaitė- Matulionienė – actress
Jurgis Gimberis – writer
Vladas Stauskas – architect
Aleksandras Macijauskas – photographer
Rasutė Andriušytė-Žukienė – art researcher
Year 2007 (2 prizes granted in total)
Aldona Ragauskaitė – Kuliukienė – soloist and director
Stasys Ratkevičius – founder and director of Kaunas Puppet Theatre
