Swiss Crafts Prize - Call for applications

Monday, September 16, 2019 at noon: submission of applications

Crafts & Design (first prize, second prize and third prize)

These prizes reward the collaboration between craftsmen and designers.

6 "Crafts & Design" trophies.

The first prize is endowed with CHF 10,000 for the design of the object and CHF 10,000 for the creation of the object. The second and third prizes are not endowed.

Young Craftsmen (first prize, second prize and third prize)

These prizes reward the talent and strong development potential of young craftspeople.

3 trophies "Relève Métiers d’art".

The first prize is endowed with CHF 10,000. The second and third prizes are not endowed.

Métiers d’art & Patrimoine (first prize, second prize and third prize)

These prizes reward a craftsman who excels in the conservation-restoration of movable and built heritage.

3 "Crafts & Heritage" trophies.

The first prize is endowed with CHF 10,000. The second and third prizes are not endowed.

Areas

Wood, stone, applied arts, watches and jewellery, leather, paper, metal, clay, textiles, glass, instrument making

Jury

The jury is made up of expert personalities at Swiss and international level in the field of fine crafts and/or involved in vocational training, in schools and museums of design and applied arts and in the conservation of intangible cultural heritage. .

• Roberto Borioli, director of the Centro scholastico per le industrie artistiche di Lugano, President of Swiss Design Schools
  
• Vanessa Bösch, Leiterin Bundesbeiträge und Support, Sektion Heimatschutz und Denkmalpflege, Bundesamt für Kultur
• Esther Brinkmann, designer jewelry, Bienne
• Céline Vogt, Program Manager Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship
• Alexis Georgacopoulos, director of the Cantonal School of Art in Lausanne
• François Junod, automatist, Sainte-Croix, Master craftsman 2018
• Philipp Kuntze, Leiter Kurszentrum Ballenberg
• Isabelle Naef Galuba, Director of the Ariana Museum, Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, City of Geneva

Monday, September 16, 2019 at noon: submission of applications
Friday, February 14, 2020: award ceremony, Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne

Information and registration

Thierry Hogan, [email protected], 079 209 75 18

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