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LOEWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE, AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN CRAFTSMANSHIP. 

Application Deadline: October 30, 2024  (23:59 CET)

LOCTION: Spain

The LOEWE FOUNDATION seeks to recognize uniquely talented artisans whose artistic vision and will to innovate set new standards for the future of craft.

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. Dangerous, prohibited or alive materials are excluded. 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.

BENEFIT:

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 2025’ (herein after ‘the Exhibition’) and its accompanying catalogue, on view in Madrid in the
spring of 2025 or any other location that LOEWE FOUNDATION may deem appropriate.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: 28TH LUIS VALTUEÑA INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Application Deadline: Friday, 4th October, 2024

LOCTION: Spain

Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 28th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, aimed at recognizing and disseminating the best images that singularly demonstrate social inequities, injustices, and/or human rights abuses, or the situations that either foster or fight them.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is free

The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: health, natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and/or migrant populations.

This year, entries must be submitted exclusively in digital format via the Picter website. If you are not yet registered on the platform, you will need to create an account in order to participate. You will only be able to submit a single application. Once your submission is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.

Each entrant must submit the following documentation:
Personal and contact details
Biography (max. 1500 characters)
A series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) photographs, in color and/or in black and white
Description of the project presented, including captions

Important: The author’s name must not appear in the description of the project, in the captions or in the name of the files.

For entry requirements or further information, please refer to the contest rules.

BENEFIT:

Winner: €6,000 award.

Winner and finalists:

Receive a plaque

Participation in the annual and itinerant exhibition produced by Médicos del Mundo.

Publication of the photo series on the exhibition catalog, available in Spanish, English, and French. Each author will receive five copies.

Publication in the online collection on Premio Luis Valtueña’s website.

Travel and accommodation (two nights) to attend the Luis Valtueña International Award ceremony and the exhibition opening in 2025 in Madrid.

Press release and newsletter announcement to over Médicos del Mundo community. Winner and finalists are often featured in major publications in Spain.

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