LOEWE FOUNDATION Opens The 2027 Craft Prize With a €50,000 Award for Global Artisans

Inspired by LOEWE’s history as a leather workshop founded in 1846, the prize celebrates technical excellence, artistic intent and innovation across a broad range of craft practices. It is designed to recognise makers who work with traditional skills while bringing new ideas, materials and perspectives to the discipline.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize was established in 2016 as a way to support the relevance of craft in contemporary culture.

Since then, it has become an important international platform for artists working in fields including ceramics, textiles, woodwork, metal, glass, leather, jewellery, furniture, paper, lacquer and bookbinding. For the 2027 edition, applicants must be professional artisans aged over 18.

Entries may be submitted by individuals or collectives, but each participant can enter only one work or series. The submitted piece must be original, made either entirely or partly by hand, created within the past five years and not previously awarded a prize…