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At the festive awards ceremony for contemporary art prize-winners of the 12th International Lace Biennial in Brussels, the 5th prize, known as the Crystal Bobbin, was awarded to Latvian artist Atis Lusis for his work entitled The Black Hole.
An international jury evaluated 132 works, from which 21 were selected for the closing exhibition in Brussels. Among other works exhibited were The Transparent by Ilze Egle and The Witnesses by Ieva Krumina.
The Deputy Director of the Museum of Decorative Applied Arts of Latvia, Velta Raudzepa, was a member of the jury. This is the highest evaluation for Latvian artists during the last three years since Latvian representatives participate in the International Lace Biennial in Brussels and is once again evidence of the high mastery of the Latvian textile art. The Latvian Ambassador to Belgium, Raimonds Jansons, was invited to the awards ceremony as a guest of honour.
The Grand Prix of the biennale was awarded to Dutch artist Erna van Sambeek for her work Kirmizi Kokteyl.
The awards ceremony on 16 November in Brussels was also attended by Queen Fabiola of Belgium, who was the patroness of the event.
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