Short Description
Established as a private cultural Foundation in 1988 by Enrique Loewe Lynch, a fourth-generation member
of LOEWE’s founding family, today under the direction of his daughter Sheila Loewe, the Foundation
continues to promote creativity, educational programmes and to safeguard heritage in the fields of poetry,
dance, photography, art and craft. In 2002, the LOEWE FOUNDATION was awarded the Gold Medal for
Merit in the Fine Arts, the highest honour granted by the Spanish Government.
In accordance with LOEWE’s ambition to further safeguard its craft legacy of more than 175 years of
history, the Foundation created in 2016 the ‘LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize’, an annual international
prize which celebrates excellence in craftsmanship.
Craft artists who leave their individual imprint on their work dig into the quicksands of art and claim the
chance of making trades flourish once again, recycling and not forgetting the past.
The aim of this Prize is to disseminate and raise awareness of the work of talented craftspeople, sharing
their greatest achievements. The LOEWE FOUNDATION aims to recognise outstanding works that show
artistic vision and innovation, and which reflect the personal language and distinct hand of their maker. 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.
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, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, wood, paper, etc.
Materials and products outside the categories listed are not excluded; they may be accepted by the
Experts Panel if they comply with the aim and requirements of the competition.
All Works must:
— Be owned by the participant, at all times, since 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,
— Demonstrate artistic intent,
— Be able to travel and be installed by LOEWE and/or the LOEWE FOUNDATION.
Submission Requirements
— The name of the maker or group, the country/region of entry, date and place of birth, contact telephone number, email and postal address.
— Short biographical note of the maker.
— A portfolio of the maker showing up to 5 highlighted works of the maker’s career.
— The name of the Work, its measurements (in mm, cm or m), its material, its weight (in g or Kg), the
category in which it is entered, and the approximate value of the Work (in Euro) for insurance purposes.
— Copy of passport or official ID document.
— Brief conceptual and technical statement about the Work presented (not more than 200 words).
— Photographs of the Work presented: a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 photographs will be needed, taken from different perspectives and only one of them must make reference to the scale by having a person next to the Work presented. Each photo should be taken with a white neutral background and sent in jpg or png format, minimum size 800 x 600 px and maximum weight 2 Mb.
— Optionally, a video of the Work showing the different perspectives, with a maximum duration of 1 minute.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
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 2026’ (herein after ‘the Exhibition’) and its accompanying catalogue, on view in Singapore in the spring of 2026 or any other location that LOEWE FOUNDATION may deem appropriate.
Entry Fee
None
Location
Madrid, Spain
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 30 October 2025
Website Link: https://craftprize.loewe.com/en/craftprize2026
