Scholarships for CRAFT! alumni Lisa Englund and Pia Amsell

Lisa Englund "Träskmarchen" (The Swamp Marsh), 2023, Photo: Barthélémy Garcia
Pia Amsell "My Porcelian Garden", 2024

Lisa Englund graduated from Konstfack's master's programme CRAFT! – Textiles in 2023. Now she receives 200,000 kroner "for her beautiful textile colour sense and her willfulness and tenacity in visual storytelling. In short: Lisa Englund is honoured for her unique art in painting with yarn" as well as an exhibition at Färgfabriken 1 February to 16 March 2025 and later one at KKAM in Höganäs.
Read the jury's full motivation: Lisa Englund får Beckers konstnärsstipendium 2025

Pia Amsell graduated from CRAFT! - Ceramics and Glass this spring and, through the Anglo-Swedish Society's residency scholarship, gets a place at the Royal College of Art in London for 12 weeks this spring. "It's great fun and gives me the resources and the environment required to conduct my material research, further develop my artistic practice and explore new possibilities in my work," she says.
Read more about Pia's plans and practice: Pia Amsell - Anglo-Swedish Society