Open to applicants located in Texas, the Nest Heritage Craft Prize provides winners with a grant of $25,000 and 4 semi-finalists with a cash prize of $2,500 each. Applicants should represent heritage craft found across Texas which includes, but is not limited to: pottery, enamelwork, quilting, woodworking, leather smithing (boots, belts), basketry, lamp working and glassblowing, silver work, embroidery, textile creations, and visual arts.
To be eligible applicants must be located in and producing in Texas. Qualifying submissions must:
- Represent heritage craft found across Texas which includes, but is not limited to: pottery, enamelwork, quilting, woodworking, leathersmithing (boots, belts), basketry, lampworking and glassblowing, silverwork, embroidery, textile creations, and visual arts
- Be an original, one-of-a-kind handmade work
- Have a clearly defined connection or narrative of cultural preservation and/or generational story to the work being produced
- Not have previously won a prize
- Semi-finalists will also be invited to attend the American Craft Convening, mentioned above, in Dallas on November 3-4, 2023. All five semi-finalists are expected to attend the Convening with the winner being selected and announced that weekend.
Deadline
Submissions are due by August 21, 2023. Judging takes place in early September with the announcement of selected semi-finalists by the end of September.
