​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 Mansion at Strathmore 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. 
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Saturday ​March 15 - Saturday May 24, 2025

35th Biennial Creative Crafts Council Exhibition

At the Mansion At Strathmore,
10701 Rockville, Pike, Rockville, MD

The 2025 Creative Crafts Council (CCC) 35th Biennial Exhibition presents 169 outstanding artworks by craftspeople from the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia region. See top crafts in ceramics, enamel, fiber, glass, metal, mixed media, wood, book arts, and jewelry and wearable art. ​All artists living, working, and/or going to school in Virginia, Maryland, or DC or who are members of sponsoring guilds residing anywhere were eligible to apply for this juried exhibition. All artworks are available for sale and the exhibition is free and open to the public.

Meet the Jurors for the 35th CCC Exhibition

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Michael Janis
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Robert Devers
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Mary Higgins
  • ​Michael Janis, Co-Director of the Washington Glass School & Studio, blends his architectural expertise with a disciplined approach to glass art, managing site-specific and public art commissions since 2005. His narrative artwork, inspired by his multicultural background as the child of Asian/Latino descent, is featured in major museum collections including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tacoma Museum of Glass. Janis is the Lowe Art Museum's 2024 Distinguished Artist, currently working on a public art memorial for the Enslaved People Who Built the US Capitol.  www.michaeljanis.com/​
  • Robert Devers is an artist with a multi-faceted practice that includes ceramics, sculpture, painting, and photography. Ceramics remains his essential focus and provides the lens through which the other mediums are engaged and ultimately brought back into play in ceramic practice. Robert Devers received his MFA degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He is currently the Coordinator for the Center for Craft Studies at VisArts in Rockville, MD. He has taught at universities in Washington, DC and Maryland and has works in public collections including Smithsonian Renwick Gallery and the Manuel Cargaliero Foundation, Ravello, Italy.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-devers-5b34621a
  • Mary Higgins is an independent curator and consults with working artists on the development of their marketing and digital media presence through her consultancy, Distinct Studios. Throughout her career, she had maintained her artistic practice of drawing and exhibiting throughout the Washington DC region and internationally.  She served for five years as a gallery director and curator for the Schlesinger Center at Northern Virginia Community College where she produced or curated more than 80 exhibitions including three site-specific public installations. https://distinctstudios.com​
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Kit Aikin: Sundew Pin
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Christopher Malone: Bakuba
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Kay Richman: Webbed Jar
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Nan Lopata: The Oracle
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Andrea Finch: Receptaculum IV Arbores Unus
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Remembering the 2023 Biennial

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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. ​