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Burke Prize 2027 (Museum of Arts and Design)
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) · New York, United States
Biennial $50,000 unrestricted prize from the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, for a US-based artist aged 21-45 working in glass, fibre, clay, metal, wood or expanded craft media; open call. Next edition 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- United States (by residence or nationality)
- Age
- 21 to 45
- Career stage
- Emerging, Mid-career
- Mediums
- Ceramics & glass, Textile & fibre, Sculpture, Design & craft, Mixed media
- Theme
- contemporary craft
- Status
- Professional artists only
- Education
- Not open to anyone in full-time education
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- US citizens or permanent residents aged 21-45 working in the US in glass, fibre, clay, metal, wood or expanded craft media; not current students, MAD staff/board or previous winners.
About
The Burke Prize is awarded every two years by the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York to an artist under 45 working in the United States whose practice shows conceptual rigour, relevance and mastery of materials and process in glass, fibre, clay, metal, wood or expanded media drawing on these disciplines. The winner receives an unrestricted $50,000 and four further finalists are named; one Burke Prize artist is also selected for a one- to five-week residency at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass.
Selection is by open call, judged by a jury of curators, artists, scholars and past winners. For the 2025 edition submissions were open 1-28 February 2025; applicants had to be US citizens or permanent residents aged 21-45, professional working artists, and not current students, MAD staff or board, or previous winners. The 2025 winner was Hai-Wen Lin.
The next edition is 2027; the submission window has not yet been announced (contact [email protected]).