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.
Margaret Polcawich "Para Vessel"
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About the 35th Biennial Creative Crafts Exhibition in 2025 The 2025 Creative Crafts Council 35th Exhibition will present some of the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia region's top work in ceramics, enamel, fiber, glass, metal, mixed media, wood, book arts, and jewelry and wearable art from Saturday March 15, 2025 - Saturday May 31, 2025 at the Mansion at Strathmore located at 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.
All artists living, working, and/or going to school in Virginia, Maryland, or DC or who are members of sponsoring guilds residing anywhere may apply. Applications were accepted between Friday November 1, 2024 and Tuesday December 10, 2024 |
Michael Janis
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Robert Devers
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Mary Higgins
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Meet the Jurors for the 35th CCC Exhibition
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- 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
Image at top left: Margaret Polcawich "Para Vessel"
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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.
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