Carolyn Crump

Crump was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and works in Houston, Texas.

[3] In 2009, her quilt From Vision to Victory, celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama, was exhibited at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.[4] Her 2020 quilt Cracked Justice uses a multi-media approach to illustrate the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis.

[7] In addition to quilt-making, Crump works in several other media including etching, handmade paper, acrylic paint, clay and wood.

[10] Her work is included in the Michigan State University African American Quilt Collection.

[11] Four of her masks, BLM-4,[12] George Floyd[13], Mermaid,[14] and Schoolgirl[15], were acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.