The City of Idar-Oberstein's sponsorship prize for art and culture for 2024 has been awarded to the band SpeedBottles. The city is now awarding the culture prize for this year. Proposals for the award can be submitted by all natural persons until the end of September 2025.
Since 2002, the city of Idar-Oberstein has awarded the annual sponsorship prize for art and culture. It is endowed with 2,500 euros and the prize money is sponsored by Kreissparkasse Birkenfeld. The aim of the award is to support and initiate a wide range of artistic and cultural activities and disciplines. It can be awarded for outstanding artistic achievements as well as for special merits in the training of young artists. The prize is to be awarded primarily to individuals and groups from Idar-Oberstein.
Last year's new funding guidelines were applied for the first time when deciding on the 2024 Culture Prize. These stipulate that nominations can only be made by individuals. Proposals from associations, parties, institutions or similar organizations will not be considered. Nominations for the Cultural Award can be submitted until September 30, 2025. This is a cut-off deadline, which means that proposals submitted after this date may not be considered. The same applies to proposals submitted anonymously, and nominations of previous award winners are also not permitted.
After the submission deadline, the Cultural Office checks the admissibility of the proposals and forwards them to the jury. The jury is made up of the Lord Mayor, members of the Culture Committee, a representative of the sponsor and the winner of the last three years. In addition, the eligible proposals are published and the nominees are briefly introduced. The jury then selects the winner in a closed meeting.
Proposals for the cultural award can be submitted in a sealed envelope with the reference "Kulturpreis" to the city administration, Georg-Maus-Straße 1, 55743 Idar-Oberstein. The complete funding guidelines and previous award winners can be found on the municipal website at www.idar-oberstein.de/kulturpreis.