This annual showcase, which unfolds in the Great Hall of the National Building Museum from April 23 through 27, assembles the crème de la crème of American contemporary craft, including ceramics, furniture, glass, mixed media and wearable art. This year, the Visionary Artist Award will be presented to Nick Cave, the much-lauded African American multimedia artist whose fabric sculptures and installations use creativity and technique to highlight social issues. smithsonian craftshow.org
Works by exhibitors in the 2025 show may include:
 | Jewelry designer MARA COLECCHIA’s Evil Eye necklace and earrings are woven out of Japanese seed beads and semi-precious stones. |
 | Vases by Vermont artist DEVIN BURGESS are formed from melted-down, post-consumer glass. |
 | Akebia vines entwine to create a basket by KARI LONNING. |
 | JENNIFER McCURDY’s Coral Vessel takes shape from excised porcelain. |
 | A Bauhaus-influenced rug was made by Mexican weaver FRANCISCO BAUTISTA. |
 | JOHN CAMERON’s handcrafted cabinet employs English brown oak and torrefied ash with a decorative escutcheon plate. |
