​The Creative Crafts Council is an umbrella organization of fine craft guilds that sponsors a juried biennial exhibition of regional fine craft artists at the Strathmore Mansion in North Bethesda, Maryland and supports and promotes craft-making across Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.  The CCC's exhibitions of regional craft have been held since 1954. 

See the 34th Biennial Creative Crafts Exhibition 

The 2023 Creative Crafts Council 34th Exhibition was held from May 9 - July 29, 2023 at the Mansion at Strathmore located at 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. ​

About the 34th CCC Biennial Jurors

These outstanding crafts experts made selections for the Exhibition and awarded prizes:
·         Jaimianne Jacobin is the Executive Director of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering American craft. Formerly, she was the Executive Officer for the Creative Crafts Council, Executive Director of the Shenandoah Arts Council, and owner of The Gray Gallery.
·         Lynda Smith-Bugge is a wood artist who reconstructs nature into evocative abstract sculptures that have been exhibited locally and internationally in the Arts-in-Embassy program; her commissions are in private residences, senior facilities, and hospitals. As Project Coordinator at the Zenith Community Arts Foundation, she directs a Mobile Woodshop program preparing young unemployed DC residents for jobs in the building trades.
·         April Wood is a metalsmith, sculptor, and jeweler based in Baltimore, MD. She is a co-founder of the community arts education space the Baltimore Jewelry Center and has taught extensively at craft schools and universities around the country.
 
Image above: Margaret Polcawich "Para Vessel"
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Online Craft Calendar

See upcoming Fine Craft events in the DC region on our community online craft calendar.

Remembering the 2021 Biennial

​Exhibition
The 2021 Creative Crafts 33rd Exhibition was held at the Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda from May 29, 2021 - July 25, 2021.  See photos from the catalogue and show listing, watch a video of the Exhibition, and celebrate the artworks in the show .  ​