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