The Maecenas-Ehrung is a distinction awarded by the German Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute, AsKI.Website Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. - AsKI (engl.: Association of Independent Cultural Institutions). The distinction is awarded biennially to personalities that have significantly promoted art and culture in Germany. An independent jury selects the laureates.
With the Maecenas distinction the AsKI honors privately financed promotion of culture. It is to communicate the results of and to encourage for new patronage. Part of the Maecenas-Ehrung is the presentation of a piece of art or adequate honorable gift, since 2003 a bronze sculpture of the artist Manfred Sihle-Wissel.Website of sculptor Manfred Sihle-Wissel
The AsKI has been founded in 1967 as an association of today 35 nationally and internationally renowned independent cultural and research institutions. With valuable collections they particularly represent the quality and variety of German culture.
Laureates 2009 - Anette und Udo Brandhorst 2007 – Berthold Leibinger 2005 – Prince Michael von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach 2003 – Günter Braun and Waldtraut Braun 2001 – Udo van Meeteren 1999 – Clara Freifrau von Arnim and Wolf-Dietrich Speck von Sternburg 1997 – Paul Sacher 1995 – Henri Nannen 1993 – Marion Ermer 1991 – Alfred C. Toepfer 1989 – Arend Oetker
See also List of awards for contributions to culture Gaius Maecenas, Roman advisor and eponym of the Maecenas distinction
References
External links Maecenas-Ehrung des AsKI e. V. (in German)