Mirel Crumb
Milwaukee, WI
Curriculum Vitae, April 29, 2025
Education
2024 M.A. Art History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Milwaukee, WI
2024 M.L.I.S. Library and Information Science, Archives Concentration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Milwaukee, WI
2018 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), Chattanooga, TN, magna cum laude with Departmental Honors
Thesis (M.A. Art History)
Crumb, Mirel. “Max Arthur Cohn’s Serigraphs and the Progressive Legacy of the New Deal.” ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3065970564.
Departmental Honors Thesis (B.F.A. Painting and Drawing)
Crumb, Mirel. “Strange-Making: a study of curation”. Honors Theses, 2018. https://scholar.utc.edu/honors-theses/137.
Professional Experience
2024-Present, Registration Assistant, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
o Transcribe and digitize accession records
o Establish project workflow and adjust procedures as needed
o Conduct provenance research and summarize results
2023-2024, Graduate Intern, UWM Archives, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
o Registered and oriented visiting patrons
o Oversaw the reading room and enforced proper handling of archival materials
o Provided remote reference services by phone and email
o Processed incoming collections
o Encoded EAD finding aids
o Participated in outreach activities including exhibitions, social media posts, and instruction
2022-2023, Assistant Preparator, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
o Handled artwork in preparation for photography sessions
o Created object lists for photography sessions
o Coordinated between the Knowledge Management Department and the Collections Department to make consistent progress on digitization of the museum collection
o Updated descriptions and locations in object records of the collection database
o Assisted registrars with projects as assigned
2022-2023, Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
o Assisted Curator with collections management projects
o Oversaw intern projects and completed intern evaluations
o Installed artwork
o Wrote curatorial text for on-campus art loans
o Facilitated object viewing for classrooms and individual researchers
o Updated object records in PastPerfect Museum Software
2021-2022, Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
o Taught four sections of weekly discussion sessions
o Designed participatory activities
o Graded assignments and provided personalized feedback
o Provided support and resources to students
2021, Registrar Intern, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
o Catalogued the Art History Resource Library using Library of Congress classification system
o Organized library space and created labels for books
2020, Digitizing Technician, Southtree (LegacyBox), Chattanooga, TN
o Managed “call-for-payment” and “priority” orders
o Handled customer photographs and videos
o Operated scanning machines to create high quality digital files
o Prepared orders for shipment
2019-2020, Co-curator, Versa Gallery, Saint Andrew’s Community Center, Chattanooga, TN
o Invited artists to show their work
o Installed exhibitions
o Promoted exhibitions on social media
o Created gallery guides
2019-2020, Guest Services Assistant Manager, Hunter Museum of American Art,
Chattanooga, TN
o Assisted the Guest Services Manager in hiring, scheduling, training, and evaluating a team of part-time employees
o Maintained employee files
o Researched and purchased products for the Museum Store
o Kept records for departmental budgets and sales goals
o Collaborated with other departments to further the mission of the museum and maintain quality standards
2017-2019, Guest Services Associate, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
o Provided information and orientation to museum visitors
o Facilitated point of sale transactions
o Coordinated with curatorial, security, and events staff
o Provided information about the museum collection, architecture, membership options, and Museum Store inventory
2019, Project Hire: Gallery Technician, Cress Gallery of Art (now known as Institute of Contemporary Art Chattanooga), UTC, Chattanooga, TN
o Assisted in the construction and painting of gallery walls
o Assisted with gallery layout for artwork arrangement
o Provided expertise and assistance to guest artists and students installing their artwork
2019, Curatorial Intern, The Association for Visual Arts (AVA), Chattanooga, TN
o Welcomed visitors during gallery hours
o Assisted with public events
o Processed memberships
o Worked as part of a curatorial team to jury exhibitions
2015-18 Assistant to the Director, Cress Gallery of Art (now known as the Institute of Contemporary Art Chattanooga), UTC, Chattanooga, TN
o Assisted the Gallery Director, guest jurors, and students with installing artwork as a gallery technician
o Provided security and giving tours of art exhibitions during open hours
o Participated in conservation efforts: properly storing, labeling, cataloguing artwork in the permanent collection
o Maintained climate and pest monitoring systems for the Cress Gallery permanent collection
Awards & Scholarships
2023-2024 Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
2023 Jeffrey R. Hayes Research Award, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
2021-2023 Teaching Assistantship, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Essay Prize, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
2021 Chancellor Award College of Letters and Science, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
2018 SGA Outstanding Senior Award UTC, Chattanooga, TN
Presentations
2023 “Max Arthur Cohn and the Rise of Screen Printing as a Fine Art,” Presentation of a paper included in the session: “New Research in 20th Century Art,” October 12, 2023, SECAC 2023 Crossroads, Richmond, VA
2022 “Consuming Images and the Desire for Divine Knowledge in Walters Ms. 37, a Book of Hours for Use of Liège,” Lawrence R. Hoey Memorial Essay Recipient Lecture, Virtual Presentation, April 28, 2022, Department of Art History, UWM, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Publications
Crumb, Mirel, “Regional Update: Chattanooga,” Number Inc.: An Independent Journal for Arts of the South, no. 94 (2018): 5.
Crumb, Mirel, “Interview: Wayne White,” Number Inc.: An Independent Journal for Arts of the South, no. 96 (2018): 25.
Research Resources
“Joan C. Ritonia papers, 1933-1955,” Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, published December 2023, http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0402.
Curatorial Projects
Forthcoming. Guest Co-Curator, Max Arthur Cohn’s Industrial Subjects, Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. Expected September 2025.
2023 Curator, The West Bend Company Records, Archives Department, UWM Libraries, Milwaukee, WI, Fall 2023
2020 Co-Curator, Impractical Magic: Christina Lee, Kirby Miles, Emily Marie Charles, and Mary Badillo, Versa Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Curator, Strange-Making: Eleanor Aldrich, David Onri Anderson, and Amy Pleasant, Apothecary Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2017 Co-Curator, Incline Art Crawl, W 40th and Old Mountain Road, Chattanooga TN
Professional Affiliations
2024-Present CBAA the Association for Book Art Education
2024-Present Society of American Archivists