Hanna-Maria Vanaküla was chosen as this year’s laureate for the “Noor ehe 2017” stipend. The award was given on the 25th of October in the Great Guild Hall.
Kadri Mälk, estonian jewellery artist and academic, introduced Hanna-Maria Vanaküla as a second year graduate student whose special interest lay in optic glass. Hanna-Maria was also the only estonian artist to be chosen to exhibit her works in the annual Schmuck jewellery exhibition in Munich.
In addition to the main prize a special award was given to Jens Andreas Clausen for his heart-shaped jewellery. The work was first exhibited in A-gallery during the exhibition of Hearts curated by Katarina Kotselainen.
The Noor Ehe stipend was founded in 2008 by Kadri Mälk who is in the jury with Tanel Veenre, Piret Hirv and Kadri Karro.
In the previous years the stipend has been awarded to Ettel Poobus, Nils Hint, Urmas Lüüs, Sofia Hallik, Darja Popolitova, Maria Valdma and Kätrin Beljaev.
You can see the video of the evening in Great Guild Hall here: http://kultuur.err.ee/638663/parima-noore-ehtekunstniku-stipendiumi-palvis-hanna-maria-vanakula
Source: “Aktuaalne kaamera”