Call for entries to the fifth edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, an international award celebrating excellence in craftsmanship. The LOEWE FOUNDATION seeks to recognise uniquely talented artisans whose artistic vision, technical skill and determination to innovate will set new standards for the future of craft. The winning works will be featured in an exhibition and accompanying catalogue in Seoul in Spring 2022.

Aim

The aim of this Prize is to disseminate and raise awareness of the work of talented craftspeople, sharing their greatest achievements. The LOEWE FOUNDATION basically aims to recognize outstanding works that show artistic vision and innovation, and which reflect the personal language and distinct hand of their maker.

In addition to that, the LOEWE FOUNDATION aims to support artistic craft and acknowledge leading artisans from around the world at the forefront of their fields. The winning work should reinterpret tradition to make it relevant now and demonstrate the continuing valuable contribution to the culture of our time.

Prize

• The Prize for the winning piece of work is fifty thousand euros (50,000 euros). The winning entry can be made up of either one single piece of work or one series of works.
• The Prize for the works awarded with a Special Mention is five thousand euros (5,000 euros), regardless of the number of Special Mentions granted.
• Prizes will be subject to the withholding of the corresponding Spanish personal income tax (Impuesto sobre la Renta de las Personas Físicas, IRPF) in accordance with current legislation in Spain.
• The works created by the Winner and Finalists will be included in the exhibition ‘LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2022’ (hereinafter ‘the Exhibition’) and its accompanying catalogue, on view in Seoul in the spring of 2022 or any other location that LOEWE FOUNDATION may deem appropriate.

Eligibility

• All participants must be professional artisans of 18 years or older at the time of the submission of entries.
• Entries may be made by an individual or collective (as a ‘group submission’). Businesses and mercantile companies of any kind are excluded. All nationalities are welcome.
• Each participant can present either one single piece of work or one series of works; understood as a number of objects considered as a single artistic creation (henceforth, ‘the Work’). This should fall within an area of the applied arts and, as a guide, within the following categories; ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewelry, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, wood, paper, etc.

Submission

All Works must

• Be owned by the participant, at all times, from its creation until the end of the License Period.
• Be an original one-off piece, handmade or partly handmade by the participant.
• Have been recently created (in the last five years).
• Have won no prizes previously.
• Be innovative, in the sense that it updates tradition as well as demonstrate artistic intent.
• Be able to travel and be installed by LOEWE and/or the LOEWE FOUNDATION.

Rules of Entry

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