Susan Fazakerly, the president of Amateo, handed over the very first Amateo Award ever during a special ceremony in Kranj as part of the launch of the Slovenian Week of Amateur Arts (Teden ljubiteljske kulture). She was proud to reward the Duth organisation Oproet with their project EdvanHoornF*ckthesystem.

Slovenia’s national broadcaster, RTV Slovenija, featured the announcement of the inaugural Amateo Award in their news broadcasts. Watch the clip and read the news article here. https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/vse-gre-v-tri-cankarje-v-kranju-se-je-zacel-peti-teden-ljubiteljske-kulture/454472

The attending audience got to know five remarkable projects, of high artistic quality and all with remarkable social impact on the (local) society.