Tanya Crane is a Southern California native who now resides in Providence, Rhode Island. She works as both a studio jeweler and Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Crane’s work embodies the many layers of human existence, including history, race, class, and culture. Coming from the perspective of an African American woman, she uses community and inclusiveness as a magnetic beacon to diversify and expand ideas, understandings, and codifications. Enamel and metal are her main media, which she uses to provide the framework for cultural collisions and collaboration.
