HE Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Andrzej Mochoń PhD. sign the agreement. In the photo from the left: Fr. Pralate Lech Piechota PhD., Rev. professor Tomasz Trafny and HE Bishop Marian Florczyk
President Mochoń signed the agreement with the Pontifical Council for Culture.
The echoes of the Targi Kielce jubilee gala have not yet died away. This is when the artists from the region made their presentations in Warsaw. The exhibition and congress centre does not rest on laurels and takes up new activities to promote culture. This time Targi Kielce and the Pontifical Council for Culture join forces to work to for the benefit of art which combines artistic and spiritual values.
For 13 years the Kielce exhibition and congress centre and the Pontifical Council for has supported and popularised spiritual art. This week, in the Vatican the Targi Kielce President of Board Andrzej Mochoń PhD. and the President of the Council – Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi signed the agreement whose objective is to strengthen the existing cooperation. The official agreement signing offers further motivation to promote the Per Artem ad Deum Medal – Through Arts to God idea.
– The agreement is the a culmination point in our activities designed to disseminate cultural and religious heritage. This is the result of 13 years’ joint activities whose objective has been to promote spiritual values. The SACROEXPO is the most evident embodiment of this idea. Thus we show that that our professional activity is not only guided with business goals – says Targi Kielce President Andrzej Mochoń.
Targi Kielce is the Organiser of the Europe-famous International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious Art SACROEXPO. The Pontifical Council for Culture Medal has been awarded at the expo; the Medal has been recognised as a very special distinction for artistic milieus whose works relate to sacrum and the Church.
The Per Artem Ad Deum initiative has advanced to the become Europe’s most important event for the sacred arts milieus. Every year the ceremony attracts to Kielce outstanding artists from all over the world. These are the artists whose achievements contribute towards the development of culture and shapes the human spirituality – said Cardinal Ravasi.
Until now, the Per Artem Ad Deum Medal Chapter chaired by Rev. Bishop Marian Florczyk has bestowed 21 distinctions. The Medal fellowship includes Wojciech Kilar, Leszek Mądzik, Krzysztof Zanussi, Ennio Morricone, Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo Pärt et.al.
The upcoming Sacroexpo edition and the Per Artem Ad Deum medal awarding ceremony are held from 11 to 13 June 2018. Last year’s SACROEXPO edition was the showcase for 284 exhibitors from 13 countries. Almost 5,000 visitors attended the exhibition.