Carolyn Crump

Carolyn Crump (born 1960)

Career She is a member of the Women of Color Quilters Network. In 2009, her quilt From Vision to Victory, celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama, was exhibited at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Her 2020 quilt Cracked Justice uses a multi-media approach to illustrate the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began designing quilted face masks with activist themes.

In addition to quilt-making, Crump works in several other media including etching, handmade paper, acrylic paint, clay and wood. In 2019, she had work featured in the Fiber Art in the Digital Age show at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts. In 2020, Crump's quilt Cracked Justice was exhibited at the Textile Center in Minneapolis.

Collections Her work is included in the Michigan State University African American Quilt Collection. Four of her masks, BLM-4, George Floyd , Mermaid, and Schoolgirl , were acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.