Call for Entries

The LOEWE Foundation has opened submissions for the tenth edition of its annual prize that celebrates outstanding work in contemporary craft, highlighting originality, technical skill, and a strong artistic vision.The deadline for applications is 15 October 2026.

 6—8 November 2026 | OFICI Traditional Craft Fair, Cardona, Spain & Online

The exhibition brings together, for the first time ever, works recognised, or currently under examination, within the European Union’s new Geographical Indications framework for craft and industrial products.

58.5% of respondents to ECA’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) Impact Survey are stopping, pausing or restricting EU cross-border sales. The ECA is calling for five targeted changes to keep craft micro-enterprises participating in the Single Market, including relief from mandatory Authorised Representatives and a simplified, interoperable route for very low-volume cross-border sales.

Craft Scotland has published an open letter calling for the reinstatement of undergraduate degrees in Jewellery and Silversmithing, Textiles, and Performance Costume at Edinburgh College of Art. The closures raise a wider question for craft across Europe: what happens to skills, knowledge and the communities built around them when the places where they are taught begin to disappear.