{{short description|American textile artist}} '''Tracy Krumm''' (born 1963)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tracy Krumm - Biography, Shows, Articles & More |url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/tracy-krumm |website=artsy.net |access-date=2 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> is an American textile artist, craft educator, and curator based in St. Paul, Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.textilecurator.com/home-default/home-2-2/tracy-krumm/|title=Tracy Krumm|website=Textile Curator|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> Krumm's work combines metalworking and crochet; crafting items such as curtains and clothing out of metals and wire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/tracy-krumm|title=Tracy Krumm - 13 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Krumm received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts in 1987<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-03-03 |title=Lines That Tie: Carole Beadle and Lia Cook |url=https://sfmcd.org/press-release-lines-that-tie/ |access-date=2020-02-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College of Fine Art in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://textilecentermn.org/national-artist-advisory-council/|title=Textile Center's National Artist Advisory Council|last=|first=|date=|website=Textile Center|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture/art/fiber-artist-tracy-krumm-present-lecture-3d-workshop-uk|title=Fiber Artist Tracy Krumm to Present Lecture, 3D Workshop at UK|date=2015-11-20|website=UKNow|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>
== Art career == Krumm is an artist and educator having exhibited, taught, and lectured extensively for over 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tracy Krumm, Minneapolis College of Art and Design |url=https://www.mcad.edu/academic-programs/graduate/master-fine-arts/people/recent-mentors/tracy-krumm |website=www.mcad.edu |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> In 2010, she curated an exhibition titled ''New Fibers 2010'' at Eastern Michigan University where she was faculty in the fibers department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/emu-fibers-2010-review/|title=EMU exhibit showcases the potential of modern fiber art|last=Cantu|first=John Carlos|date=November 21, 2010|website=AnnArbor.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> In 2014, the Ellen Noël Art Museum in Odessa, Texas showed ''In the Making: The Art of Tracy Krumm''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noelartmuseum.org/past-exhibitions-1|title=Past Exhibitions|website=ellen noel art museum|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.observertoday.com/life/entertainment/2019/11/pulling-a-thread-exhibition-now-open-at-jcc/|title=Pulling A Thread exhibition now open at JCC|last=|first=|date=November 7, 2019|website=the Observer|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kcai.edu/hr-block-artspace/artspace-events/new-three-kansas-city-art-institute-faculty/|title=New, Three: Kansas City Art Institute Faculty|last=|first=|date=July 10, 2008|website=Kansas City Art Institute|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> She curated an exhibition titled ''Pride'' at the Textile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is the Director for Artistic Advancement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mplsart.com/events/pride-textile-center|title=PRIDE|website=MPLSART.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minneapolis.org/media/news-releases/textile-center-appoints-five-internationally-renowned-fiber-artists-to-serv/|title=Textile Center appoints five internationally renowned fiber artists to serve on its new National Art|date=2016-06-28|website=Meet Minneapolis|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> This exhibition was to be the first in the institution's history to celebrate LGBTQ+ identity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://textilecentermn.org/pride/|title=PRIDE – COMING SOON|website=Textile Center|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>
Tracy Krumm was awarded a $25,000 McKnight Fellowship for Visual Artists in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/ten-minnesota-visual-and-ceramic-artists-win-mcknight-fellowships/308239061/?refresh=true|title=Ten Minnesota Visual and Ceramic Artists Win McKnight Fellowships|last=Abbe|first=Mary|date=June 18, 2015|website=Star Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2016, work won first place in the Textiles/fibers category of the Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/winners-of-the-minnesota-state-fair-fine-art-competition/391304421/|title=Winners of the Minnesota State Fair Fine Art competition|last=|first=|date=August 25, 2016|website=Star Tribune|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>
== Further reading == * {{Cite journal|last=BUSZEK|first=MARIA ELENA|date=2011|title="Labor is My Medium": Some Perspective(s) on Contemporary Craft|journal=Archives of American Art Journal|volume=50|issue=3/4|pages=66–75|doi=10.1086/aaa.50.3_4.23355888|jstor=23355888|issn=0003-9853}}
== See also == * Minneapolis College of Art and Design
== References == <references />
== External links == * [https://textilecentermn.org Textile Center, Minneapolis]
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