Listen to more conversations with the nominees for the Golden Mill Awards.

This year, for the first time, we are presenting the Golden Mills Award – Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Animation Awards in the Manager of the Year category. Listen to interviews with two more nominees in this category. This time, they are Paweł Gębala (nominated for 2024, when he was the director of the Cultural Center in Strzelno, and currently the director of the Mogilno Cultural Center and Museum of the Mogilno Region based in Chabsko) and Joanna Bączkowska, chairwoman of the “Fajne Babki z Józefowa” Rural Women’s Club. Listen and see for yourself how broad the concept of a Culture Manager is.

The concept of cultural animation can also be interpreted just as broadly. Listen to the conversation with Katarzyna Minczykowska-Targowska about the comprehensive activities of Dorotków – the Foundation for Dorota Targowska and Her Friends.

And patronage? Well… Małgorzata Pega-Ratkowski is part of a centuries-old tradition of supporting artists for her own pleasure and satisfaction, and at the same time for the common good. Our conversation with her is our fourth recommendation for you today.

More coming soon.

The winners of the Award will be announced during the 3rd Kujawsko-Pomorskie Culture Congress on Wednesday, October 22.

The nominees for the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Golden Mills Culture Animation Awards are:

In the Animator of the Year category – the Agnieszka Dąbrowska Award. The Award of Piotr Całbecki, Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province:

• Joanna Kalenik from the Brama Epok Foundation in Brodnica,
• Katarzyna Minczykowska-Targowska from Dorotków. Foundation for Dorota Targowska and Her Friends from Toruń,
• Ewelina Olejniczak-Muzioł from the Municipal Cultural Center in Gostycyn.

The nominees in the category of Hope for Cultural Animation are:

• Klaudia Lisowicz from the Cultural Center in Strzelno,
• Patrycja Młodzik from the Center for Culture and Art in Sępólno Krajeńskie,
• Aneta Muskała from the Jan Kasprowicz Municipal Library in Inowrocław,
• Agata Zabrocka from the Wanda Rucińska Chamber Theater in Bydgoszcz.

The award in the category of Hope for Cultural Animation was presented under the honorary patronage of Elżbieta Piniewska, Chairwoman of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Provincial Assembly.

In the category of Culture Manager, the following individuals have been nominated for the Award of Piotr Całbecki, Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province:

• Joanna Bączkowska – chairwoman of the Rural Women’s Association “Fajne Babki z Józefowa” (Cool Women from Józefów),
• Paweł Gębala – former director of the Cultural Center in Strzelno, currently director of the Mogilno Cultural Center and director of the Mogilno Region Museum in Chabsko,
• Agata Kubajka – director of the Brzesko Culture and History Center “Wahadło,”
• Aneta Pytlak – president of the Pozytywka Culture Foundation in Bydgoszcz.

In the Team category, the nominees are:

• The team of the Municipal and Communal Cultural Center in Janowiec Wielkopolski, consisting of: Danuta Kozłowska-Nowak, Natalia Rumel, Patrycja Kowalska, Jolanta Kawka, Mikołaj Chojnacki, and Karol Nojgebauer.
• The Wąbrzeźno Library Team, consisting of: Małgorzata Grzybek, Agnieszka Błaszak, Marzena Seroka, Dorota Sionkowska, Aleksandra Czyżewska, Katarzyna Kruszewska, and Aleksandra Rzeczewska-Cieślak.
• The Bibliokers from Włocławek, consisting of: Natalia Piekarska, Katarzyna Fronczak, Lidia Kłosowska, Angelika Mielniczek, Barbara Przywieczerska, Milena Zasada, Urszula Puchalska, Danuta Wyżykowska, Justyna Kwiatkowska, Aleksandra Zaustowska, Natalia Bonawenturska, and Anna Rachut.
• The Zielona Lipa Association from Lipno, consisting of: Katarzyna Krakowska, Sławomir Lewandowski, Marcin Jaworski, Robert Wilmański, Radosław Paśniewski, Anna Sikorska, Tomasz Markowski, Andrzej Marciniak, Iwona Kowalska, Mariusz Jaworski, Hanna Kapuścińska, Daniel Świdurski, Robert Kowalski, Aleksandra Rutkowska, Aleksandra Marciniak, Bartosz Borkowicz, and Anna Sawicka-Borkowicz.
• The Domkultury Bydgoskie_Przedmieście/Fundacja Fabryka UTU team from Toruń, consisting of: Katarzyna Jankowska, Katarzyna Bukowska, Magdalena Kosek, Marta Rogalska, Sylwia Drozdowska, Maciej Karmiński, Beata Nowicka, Ewelina Grabowska

The following nominees have been selected in the Patron of Culture category:

• Aniro from Toruń,
• Cooperative Bank in Koronowo,
• Pegazownia from Włocławek,
• Drobex from Solec Kujawski.

From the beginning of September, we will be presenting all the nominated individuals, teams, and companies. The winners will be selected by a jury consisting of:

• Aneta Jędrzejewska – Deputy Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province,
• Honorata Zielińska-Szuster – Director of the Municipal Cultural Center in Dobrcz,
• Łukasz Wudarski – Director of the Provincial Center for Cultural Animation.

The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 22, at the Provincial Center for Cultural Animation. This year, Nina Marszałek will create unique statuettes for the winners.

The awards in the categories of Animator of the Year and Culture Manager are presented by Piotr Całbecki, Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province.

The award in the category of Hope for Cultural Animation was presented under the honorary patronage of Elżbieta Piniewska, Chairwoman of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Provincial Assembly.