Cultural Figures’ Day: Congratulations to the Award Winners!
The annual Marshal of the Region’s Cultural Awards for cultural figures ceremony took place today (3 November) at the Regional Centre for Cultural Animation in Toruń. Among those honoured, who met with Dariusz Kurzawa, Member of the Region Executive Board, were artists and the people whose work keeps cultural institutions running.
“Our cultural institutions are constantly broadening their offer, bringing residents new exhibitions, workshops, lectures and concerts. Their appeal depends above all on the professionalism and commitment of their staff, whose everyday work determines the quality and diversity of the events they organise,” says Marshal Piotr Całbecki.
The award recipients:
- Mateusz Jagielski – “Wozownia” Art Gallery in Toruń
- Natalia Lewandowska – Children’s Art Gallery and Centre of Creativity in Toruń
- Anna Susarska – Children’s Art Gallery and Centre of Creativity in Toruń
- Bartłomiej Kozłowski – Chopin Centre in Szafarnia
- Joachim Wachowski – Lubostroń Palace in Lubostroń
- Nina Marszałek – Regional Centre for Cultural Animation in Toruń
- Anna Weistock-Mentel – Regional Centre for Cultural Animation in Toruń
- Ewelina Neumann – Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz
- Joanna Schuetz-Gabriel – Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz
- Anna Marcinkiewicz – Contemporary Art Centre “Signs of the Times” in Toruń
- Mariusz Meszek – Contemporary Art Centre “Signs of the Times” in Toruń
- Michał Korsak – Chopin en vacances Cultural Promotion Foundation in Rypin
- Marcin Kopczyński – PRO ARTE Inowrocław Music Society
Cultural institutions run or co-managed by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Regional Self-Government include: the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz; the Opera NOVA in Bydgoszcz; the Wilam Horzyca Theatre in Toruń; the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Music Theatre in Toruń; the Professor Maria Znamierowska-Prüffer Ethnographic Museum in Toruń; the Children’s Art Gallery and Centre of Creativity in Toruń; “Wozownia” Art Gallery in Toruń; the Archaeological Museum in Biskupin; the The Museum of the Kujawy and Dobrzyń Lands in Włocławek; the Chopin Centre in Szafarnia; Lubostroń Palace in Lubostroń; the Regional Public Library and Copernicus Library in Toruń; the Witold Bełza Regional and Municipal Public Library in Bydgoszcz; the Regional Centre for Cultural Animation in Toruń; the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz; the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Heritage Centre in Toruń; the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Centre for Education and Innovation in Toruń; and the Contemporary Art Centre “Signs of the Times” in Toruń.
Beata Krzemińska
Spokesperson for the Marshal’s Office
3 November 2026
