Invitation to the award ceremony for the Lyonel Art Prize during the summaery2025
Media representatives are cordially invited to the award ceremony for the Lyonel Art Prize, which will take place at Berkaer Straße 11 at 6 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2024. This award recognising the final theses of talented young artists will be conferred for what is now the sixth time.
Initiated by the Lyonel Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur, an association that promotes art and culture, the award is endowed with 2,000 euros in prize money. The Lyonel Art Prize is awarded to a graduate of the Faculty of Art & Design and honours outstanding achievements in their final thesis.
This year’s nominees for the award are the fine arts students Sahrah Feyerabend, Jakob Nickels and Fabian Reetz. Their work will be showcased in a group exhibition at Berkaer Straße 11 in Weimar as part of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s annual exhibition.
The nominees and award winner are selected by an expert jury. Renowned experts could once again been recruited for this year’s event, namely Mike Geßner (curator, Kunstraum Potsdam), Dr. Kassandra Nakas (art historian, Berlin) and Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt (curator, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz).
The exhibition is being curated by a team from the »marke.6« student initiative for the fourth time. Artistic Associate Florian Hesselbarth is responsible for coordination.
2025 Lyonel Art Prize
Vernissage: 5 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2025
Award ceremony: 6 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2025
Exhibition Opening Hours:
5–8 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2025
12–8 p.m. on Saturday 12 July 2025
12–6 p.m. on Sunday 13 July
Venue:
Diplomandenateliers »Freie Kunst«
Berkaer Straße 11
99425 Weimar
About the Lyonel e. V.:
The Lyonel Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur (Lyonel e. V.) is a non-profit organisation. Initiated in 2019 by regional entrepreneurs, Juliane Keith, Constanze Roth and Dr. Sebastian Händschke are currently on the board and help to support graduates of fine arts and artistic programmes. It awards the Lyonel Art Prize in cooperation with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to this end (www.lyonel-kunstpreis.de; info@lyonel-kunstpreis.de).
In case of questions, please contact Romy Weinhold, Press & Public Relations Officer for the Faculty of Art & Design by telephone (+49 36 43 58 11 86) or email (romy.weinhold[at]uni-weimar.de).
Invitation to the award ceremony for the Lyonel Art Prize during the summaery2025
Media representatives are cordially invited to the award ceremony for the Lyonel Art Prize, which will take place at Berkaer Straße 11 at 6 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2024. This award recognising the final theses of talented young artists will be conferred for what is now the sixth time.
Initiated by the Lyonel Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur, an association that promotes art and culture, the award is endowed with 2,000 euros in prize money. The Lyonel Art Prize is awarded to a graduate of the Faculty of Art & Design and honours outstanding achievements in their final thesis.
This year’s nominees for the award are the fine arts students Sahrah Feyerabend, Jakob Nickels and Fabian Reetz. Their work will be showcased in a group exhibition at Berkaer Straße 11 in Weimar as part of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s annual exhibition.
The nominees and award winner are selected by an expert jury. Renowned experts could once again been recruited for this year’s event, namely Mike Geßner (curator, Kunstraum Potsdam), Dr. Kassandra Nakas (art historian, Berlin) and Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt (curator, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz).
The exhibition is being curated by a team from the »marke.6« student initiative for the fourth time. Artistic Associate Florian Hesselbarth is responsible for coordination.
2025 Lyonel Art Prize
Vernissage: 5 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2025
Award ceremony: 6 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2025
Exhibition Opening Hours:
5–8 p.m. on Friday 11 July 2025
12–8 p.m. on Saturday 12 July 2025
12–6 p.m. on Sunday 13 July
Venue:
Diplomandenateliers »Freie Kunst«
Berkaer Straße 11
99425 Weimar
About the Lyonel e. V.:
The Lyonel Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur (Lyonel e. V.) is a non-profit organisation. Initiated in 2019 by regional entrepreneurs, Juliane Keith, Constanze Roth and Dr. Sebastian Händschke are currently on the board and help to support graduates of fine arts and artistic programmes. It awards the Lyonel Art Prize in cooperation with the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to this end (www.lyonel-kunstpreis.de; info@lyonel-kunstpreis.de).
In case of questions, please contact Romy Weinhold, Press & Public Relations Officer for the Faculty of Art & Design by telephone (+49 36 43 58 11 86) or email (romy.weinhold[at]uni-weimar.de).
Kontakt
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Claudia Weinreich
Pressesprecherin
Tel.: +49(0)3643/58 11 73
Luise Ziegler
Mitarbeiterin Medienarbeit
Tel.: +49(0)3643/58 11 80
Fax: +49(0)3643/58 11 72
E-Mail: presse[at]uni-weimar.de
Web: www.uni-weimar.de/medienservice