Apply for Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2023

Are you an artisan whose work sets new standards for the future of craft? If so, why not enter the Loewe Foundation’s sixth Craft Prize?

The organisation seeks to recognise uniquely talented craftspeople and its Craft Prize awards the winner a prize of 50,000 euros. In addition, the shortlisted and winning works will feature in an exhibition to be held in New York, USA, in Spring 2023.

Entries can be made by an individual or group and all nationalities are welcome.

Work submitted must demonstrate artistic intent, as well as technical proficiency, and should be handmade or partly handmade. It must also have been produced within the last five years, be one of a kind and have not won any prizes previously. It should be innovative, in the sense that it updates tradition. The work can be a single piece or a series.

An expert panel will select a shortlist of 30 works, which will be presented to a jury of 13 leading figures from the world of design, architecture, journalism, criticism and museum curatorship. This jury will choose the winner.

Applications must be submitted by the deadline of 25 October 2022.

The Spanish Loewe Foundation was established in 1988 by Enrique Loewe Lynch, a fourth-generation member of the Loewe family. Today, under the direction of his daughter Sheila Loewe, the Foundation continues to promote creativity, support educational programmes and safeguard heritage in the fields of poetry, dance, photography, art and craft.

Find out more and submit your application via this link.