The period to apply for the Regional Crafts Awards 2023 is open

Interested parties can submit their applications until July 6.

The awards are "an institutional recognition at the highest level for those actions recognized as excellent and exemplary in the field of crafts"

The Ministry of Business, Social Economy and the Self-Employed, through the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, has convened the Regional Crafts Awards for the year 2023, which have eight categories and an economic endowment of 12,000 euros.

The awards are intended to be "institutional recognition at the highest level for those actions recognized as excellent and exemplary in the field of crafts, and to promote the development and competitiveness of craftsmen, companies, students and public and private entities or organizations to encourage innovation, design and the ability to adapt to the market in the world of crafts”, as stated in the call published yesterday in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia (BORM).

Those interested in opting for these awards can present their candidacies until July 6. Applications that will be evaluated by a committee that will carry out a pre-selection. Subsequently, the selected applications will participate in a temporary exhibition at the Murcia Regional Craft Center so that citizens can vote for their favorites.

The eight categories of this edition are: Regional Craft Award, which recognizes the professional trajectory and the consolidated career of the craftsman, and has an economic endowment of 3,000 euros; Artisan Product Award, which recognizes artisan collections made and marketed in the last two years, has an economic endowment of 1,500 euros; and the Artisan Entrepreneurship Award, which recognizes those artisans with less than five years of experience who have introduced new concepts of design and innovation in crafts and is endowed with 1,500 euros.

Likewise, the Promociona Artesanía Prize for public entities, recognizes those entities or public organizations that present programs or campaigns to promote Crafts and do not have an economic endowment; the Promociona Artesanía Award for private entities, which recognizes those campaigns to promote crafts, has an economic endowment of 1,500 euros; the Belén Artesano Prize, for those nativity scene collections made in the last two years, with an economic endowment of 1,500 euros; and the Food Craft Award, where competitiveness and the final product are prioritized, endowed with 1,500 euros.

Finally, the New Artisan Talents Award is focused on students from any school or university in the Region of Murcia who study subjects related to crafts, it has an economic endowment of 1,500 euros.

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