June 12, 2015 · Team HG
It Festival Noorderzon has won the Groningen Culture Prize 2015. This was announced on Thursday afternoon at the Provincial House.
The other nominees were Ola Mafaalani (Artistic and General Director of Noord Nederlands Toneel) and Barbara Stok (comic artist).
The prize was awarded at the Provincial House. The festival wins a cash prize of 7,000 euros and a work of art by a (former) student of Academie Minerva.
People could vote for one of the three nominees via the website of the Province of Groningen. A total of 2,500 people cast their votes.
The Culture Prize, also known as the Wessel Gansfort Prize, is awarded every two years to a person or organization that has made a special contribution to culture in Groningen. Previous winners of the prize were: writer Kees Visscher (2006), painter Henk Helmantel (2008), and choreographer Guy Weizman of Club Guy & Roni (2013).
