Bern Culture Prize for Atelier de gravure Moutier
The Atelier de gravure in Moutier receives the 2014 Culture Prize, endowed with 30,000 francs. After it was not awarded last year for financial reasons, this year's cantonal prize is all about design.
The cultural prize, endowed with 30,000 francs, was not awarded last year due to the canton's cost-cutting measures; in 2014 it will be awarded for the eleventh time, again with the previous prize money.
It has only ever been awarded once to a music institution, in 2007 to the Langnau Jazz Night. In 2009, it went to the Brienz Violin Making School. The other previous winners are the Literarische Gesellschaft, Biel, Radio RaBe, Bern, the Fotobüro Bern, the Theatertreffen AUAWIRLEBEN, Bern, the Architekturforum Biel, the Berner Tanztage, the Burgdorfer Krimitage and the Kunsthaus Langenthal.
The Atelier de gravure in Moutier has made a name for itself as a workshop for the techniques of intaglio printing, lithography, relief printing and, for some years now, heliogravure, which is known far beyond the region for its outstanding printing techniques.
The Canton of Bern Cultural Mediation Prize, endowed with CHF 10,000, is being awarded for the ninth time. The award to Christian Jaquet is the first time a cultural mediator from the field of design has been honored.
Born in 1935, Christian Jaquet has had a significant influence on the cultural and design scene in the canton of Bern in many different ways over the decades. In 1967, he founded the Hablützel and Jaquet studio in Bern. In 1998, he was appointed project manager for the establishment of the new Bern University of the Arts and head of the "visual communication" course; he was particularly influential in the field of signage.
Previous recipients of the Cultural Mediation Award include Roman Brotbeck, former Head of the Music Department at Bern University of the Arts, and literature and music organizer Hans Ruprecht.
