BBC Woman’s Hour, the Crafts Council and the V&A unveil a new craft prize that will be judged by experts in the craft field, with twelve finalists exhibiting their work at the V&A in Autumn 2017 as well as in a planned touring exhibition of the shortlisted work. An overall winner will be chosen from the twelve exhibiting finalists and awarded a prize of £10,000 at a ceremony in November 2017.
This is all part of celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of Woman’s Hour and the prize aims to find and celebrate the most innovative and exciting craft practitioner or designer-maker resident in the UK today in the most comprehensive prize of its kind.
The prize will reward originality and excellence in concept, design and process and will seek to recognise an outstanding craft practitioner or designer-maker with a track record of public display or showcasing of their work, and who has demonstrably contributed to craft practice in the last five years.
Applications for the prize open on November 1st 2016 and close on February 6th 2017.
