The Woman's Hour Craft Prize 2017 is a BBC, Crafts Council and
V&A initiative. It aims to find and celebrate the most innovative
and exciting craft practitioner/s or designer-maker/s 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 individuals who have demonstrably contributed to craft
practice in the last five years.
The prize will be judged by experts in the craft field, with twelve
finalists exhibiting their work at the V&A and in a subsequent
touring exhibition.
An overall winner will be chosen from the twelve exhibiting finalists
and awarded a prize of £10,000 at a ceremony in November 2017
Over the past 70 years Woman's Hour has championed and celebrated
both the craft of listeners and of craft practitioners and in that
tradition the launch of the prize coincides with the celebrations for
their anniversary year.
Who is eligible?
The Prize is open to British nationals and UK residents (of any
gender) who are aged 18 years or over (on the submission deadline of the
6 February 2017). Students in full or part-time education (studying for
a craft qualification) are not eligible.
The Prize is not open to employees of the BBC, Crafts Council,
V&A, or anyone connected with the Prize or their direct family
members.
