2017 NICHE Awards

Great news! Free entry this year!
Final Weeks to Enter

Entry Deadline: Extended to October 1st

NICHE magazine is still accepting applications for the 2017 NICHE Awards, a prestigious juried competition recognizing excellence in fine craft design. Professional and student artists may apply online.

Contest categories include ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, wood and jewelry arts. Recently added new categories seek original artist-made holiday ornaments and decorations; objects for the kitchen and for dining; and jewelry made from alternative materials.

Judging of entries is based on three main criteria:

• Technical excellence, both in surface design and form
• Distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought
• Market viability (professional entries only)

Application, rules and guidelines are now available at NicheAwards.com.

Call for Entry: With moves like MacGyver

Makers + smiths are a crafty bunch! This exhibition will highlight this as well as examine the creative processes of 15-25 individuals, giving viewers a glimpse at the processes these artists use to improvise, exquisitely craft, or get downright inventive to help get the job done. 

The exhibition will feature two pieces by each maker selected: one jewelry object or small sculptural piece displayed alongside a specialized tool that was created by the maker for the sole purpose of completing that object, with the premise that neither item would exist without the other.

Jurors are Randy Long and Tim Lazure. 

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Deadline: 1 October 

Entry Fee: $25

Friedrich Becker Prize Düsseldorf 2017

The Friedrich Becker Prize Düsseldorf is to be awarded for the seventh time by the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. in Hanau. The prize of 5000.00 euros is presented for outstanding, independent design with the highest quality of execution. 

Theme/material: Jewelry, hollow- or flatware as a one-of-a-kind piece or as a prototype for a series may be submitted. The work/s (3 maximum) must have been created within the past three years. New materials and techniques are equally as desirable as the traditional materials of jewelry, hollow- and flatware design. 

Gold- and silversmiths, jewelry and metal designers both domestic and foreign are invited to participate. The selection of the works will take place in two jury sessions, a photograph and an object jury. 

Entry fee is 45.00 euros. 

Deadline December 2, 2016.

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Schmuck 2017

Schmuck is a special show of the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades taking place in Munich in March each year since 1959. Jewellery art reflects its day and age. Artists may refer to a political or social background, they may be rooted in fashion or arts. The high standards and stunning inventiveness of its participants turn the international special show Schmuck into a renowned show case for trends in jewellery art world wide.
We receive about 700 applications for the participation at SCHMUCK per year. The selection is made by a distinguished jewellery teacher changing every year.

“ Schmuck 2016” was again visited with significant interest in the contemporary jewellery. The Herbert Hofmann Prize 2016 was awarded to Stefano Marchetti, Moniek Schrijer and Jelizaveta Suska. The Bavarian States Prize was given to Sigurd Bronger, Junwon Jung and Kadri Mälk.

Deadline for all applications will be the 1st October 2016.

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Talente 2017

Participants are chosen from any section of crafts and technology. They will have made the artefact by their own hands. Age limit is set at 33 in the domains of crafts, and at 35 in the domain of technology. 
Deadline for all applications will be the 1st October 2016.
 
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Artistar Jewels

The annual event promoting the contemporary jewel. It serves as an international window for famous artists and as a springboard for the emerging ones. Artist Jewels was founded in 2012 in Milan by the designer Enzo Carbone, by the years the event developed and now it counts more than 100 designers participating to each edition.  

Artist group, composed of artists, architects, journalists and communication professionals, aims at being a benchmark in the contemporary jewel sector by promoting designers and artists both in Italy and in the rest of the world through several initiatives. 

The shop on line www.artistarjewels.com is a virtual window by which easily and simultaneously communicate your creativity and sell your creations. Who visits the website can admire the exhibited jewels, learn the project philosophy behind them and get in touch with the artists. 

This reality also periodically spreads news about contests, free workshops, events and commercial partnerships. All the participants to the contest are included in the famous volume published by Logo Fausto Lupetti Editore; a book distributed both in Italy and in the European capitals. 

In order to participate to Artistar Jewels 2017, please present your submission to  selezione@artistar.it by the 5th of August. You can consult the competition announcement on www.artistar.it

Metalwerx Scholarships

A new scholarship program that will award multiple scholarships throughout the year. Our revamped plan provides regular opportunities that enable qualified students to attend classes and workshops at reduced cost. These scholarships are intended to make Metalwerx's programs available to emerging artists, students currently enrolled in high school or a metals degree program, as well as Waltham residents. 

Application Deadlines are October 1st and April 1st.

Click here for the application form.