Marlies Mikolajczak receives the coveted Hannah Höch ceremony 2024!

Marlies Mikolajczak receives the coveted Hannah Höch ceremony 2024!

A glamorous evening in Gotha! The city honored an outstanding artist for the seventeenth time with the coveted "Hannah-Höch ceremony". This year the award fell on the impressive Marlies Mikolajczak, who has been tirelessly committed to contemporary art for decades. Mayor Knut Kreuch held the moving laudation and praised her tireless work.

Marlies Mikolajczak, a native of Freiberg, has decisively shaped Gotha's art scene. Since moving to the city in the 1980s, she has organized countless exhibitions and has promoted art education. From 1990 to 1997 she headed the "Gallery on the main market" and organized impressive 69 exhibitions. Even after retirement, she remains active and organizes readings and exhibitions in the city library. Your commitment to art is unbroken!

The Hannah Höch ceremony: a festival for art

Every year, for Gotha's most famous daughter Hannah Höch, the ceremonial award takes place. The event organized by the equal opportunities officer Kerstin Tornow is a tribute to the artistic work of women in Gotha. Artists of all genres are awarded and the citizens of the city can submit suggestions for the honor. Marlies Mikolajczak is now involved in the list of impressive winners, which ranges from writers to artists from different disciplines.

The list of previous winners is long and impressive, including names such as Ingrid Seyffarth, Helga Wilfroth and Michaela Barchevitch. The "Hannah Höch ceremony" is not just an award, but an important sign of the appreciation of art and creative minds in Gotha. With Marlies Mikolajczak at the top, this tradition will remain alive in the future!