Catherine Huth receives Lucerne Culture Promotion Award
The canton of Lucerne is awarding Catherine Huth the Culture Promotion Prize, worth CHF 15,000, for her diverse and long-standing cultural work.
Catherine Huth is distinguished by her extensive and diverse cultural engagement in a wide range of cultural fields, writes the canton. With her commitment to cultural policy issues and concerns, the cultural mediator, production manager, artist, and cultural organizer has played a key role in shaping and influencing Lucerne's cultural landscape for many years.
In addition to her own artistic work in her studio, Catherine Huth has always been actively involved in the Lucerne cultural scene. During her long tenure as managing director of IG Kultur from 2009 to 2014, Huth worked tirelessly to represent the interests of independent artists and cultural workers. In 2012, she founded her own office, «fürimfall,» where she has managed various cultural projects and taken on mandates on a freelance basis. Since 2024, she has been involved in the Stanser Musiktage festival as a member of the festival management team.
Each year, the Cultural Promotion Commission awards this prize to individuals who have made a special contribution to cultural life in the canton of Lucerne through their work, activities, or in other ways.
