The Loewe Foundation is organising the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025. The deadline for submission is October 30, 2024.

About the Competition

The competition is organized by theΒ Loewe Foundation, a Spanish company based in Madrid. LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize is an international award forΒ contemporary craft. The work must be handmade or partly handmade by the participant. The work should fall within an area of the applied arts and, as a guide, within the following categories: ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, wood, paper, etc.

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025

Timeline

July 9, 2024 to October 30, 2024

Eligibility

The competition is open to professional artisans of 18 years or older.

How to Participate?

  • Read the Rules of Entry and make sure you comply with all requirements. All participants must be professional artisans 18 years or older. Entries may be made by an individual or collective (as a β€˜group submission’). All nationalities are welcome.
  • Make sure the work demonstrates artistic intent in addition to technical proficiency is an original piece, handmade or partly handmade is recently created (in the last five years), and one-of-a-kind, and has not won any prizes previously is innovative, in the sense that it updates tradition falls within an area of the applied arts, such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, etc.
  • Complete the online registration in English. You need 2 to 5 photographs of the work (or series) and optionally a video. Write a brief conceptual statement about the work. Submit your application by 30 October 2024.

Jury

From the shortlist, a jury composed of 13 leading figures from the world of design, architecture, journalism, criticism and museum curatorship, will select the winner of the 2025 Craft Prize.

Awards

The Prize for the winning entry is Rs. 46L+ / 50,000 euros. The shortlisted and winning works will feature in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue in Madrid in Spring 2025.

How to Register?

Interested participants can register through this link.

Deadline

The deadline for submission is 30 October 2024.

Click here to view the official notification of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025.

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