Thuringian Youth Art Prize 2025: Creative talent in Gotha!

Thuringian Youth Art Prize 2025: Creative talent in Gotha!

This year the Eva-Maria-Dicken Prize 2025 was awarded in Gotha in Gotha this year, which is now being held for the 14th time. This price has established itself as a platform to appreciate the creative work of children and adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 in Thuringia. This year's work accompanied an exciting topic: "Here and in me. My place in this world".

The jury, consisting of main and youth jurors, had to select the best under about 50 submitted works of art. On the places! The winners in the age group from 12 to 15 years are:

• 1. Place: Lina-Marie Lehmann from Jena for her work "Heartcore".
• 2. Place: Shahnaz Hamid from Erfurt with "Between the flowers and the sea - a fleeting moment of calm".
• 3. Place: Edith Taylor from Erfurt for "The Lights of the others".

and also the age group from 16 to 19 years was strongly represented:

• 1. Place: Ellen Zornow from Golmsdorf with her work "Together".
• 2. Place: Franz-Leonard Bindi from Jena for "accompanied".
• 3. Place: Hanna Nieland from Gotha for "Light in the dark".

A group price went to the talented Lills Gerhardt, Charlotte Hoerselmann, Maia Weise and Merle Ladige from Gotha.

diverse works of art to be seen until August

All submitted works open exciting insights into the topics of location, homeland and belonging. The art forms that the young artists were allowed to choose: ranged from collages to photo art to urban art. The exhibition is up to 10. August 2025 to visit the Hannah Hönah art forum, which every art lover should use in Thuringia. The organizers encourage visitors to give their voice in the audience award, which will also contribute to the award - so do not miss!

support for cultural education

The patronage of this creative competition lies at the Gotha Foundation Foundation, which, in cooperation with the Dicken family from Wuppertal, the LAG youth art schools Thuringia e.V. and the Freundeskreis Kunstskmlungen Schloss Friedenstein Gotha ensures the success and visibility of the initiative. An important connection between art and life is created every year.

For more information and details about the exhibition, interested parties can visit the website of the price: dickenpreis.de .

For art lovers in Thuringia, it is to be hoped that enthusiasm for art and culture will remain strong in the future. After all, a good knack for cultural support is what it takes to inspire the creative minds of tomorrow!

For more about the participating artists: The inside and the program are the reports of Oscar on Friday , Foundation Friedenstein and ljk Thuringia recommended!