Tracy Krumm is a
textile artist,
craft educator, and
curator based in
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center o ...
. Krumm's work combines
metalworking and
crochet
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; crafting items such as curtains and clothing out of metals and wire.
Early life and education
Krumm received her
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Background
The Bachelor ...
from the
California College of Arts and Crafts
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in 1987 and her
Masters of Fine Arts from
Vermont College of Fine Art in 1995.
Art career
In 2010, she curated an exhibition titled ''New Fibers 2010'' at
Eastern Michigan University where she was faculty in the fibers department. In 2014, the
Ellen Noël Art Museum in
Odessa, Texas showed ''In the Making: The Art of Tracy Krumm''. Her work was included in a 2019 exhibition of contemporary fiber art curated by
Erika Diamond at the
Jamestown Community College’s Weeks Gallery titled ''Pulling a Thread''. She curated an exhibition titled ''Pride'' at the Textile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is the Director for Artistic Advancement. This exhibition was to be the first in the institution's history to celebrate
LGBTQ+ identity.
Awards and exhibitions
Tracy Krumm was awarded a $25,000
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for Visual Artists in 2015. In 2016, work won first place in the Textiles/fibers category of the
Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Competition.
Further reading
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References
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Artists from Saint Paul, Minnesota
American sculptors
American metalsmiths
American women artists
Women basketweavers
Basket weavers
American weavers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American women