Norma Minkowitz

{{short description|American fiber artist (born 1937)}}

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| name = Norma Minkowitz

| other_names = Norma M. Minkowitz, Norma C. Minkowitz

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1937}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

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| education = Cooper Union

| occupation = Fiber artist

| known for = Crochet sculptures

| awards = American Craft Council (2003 fellow)

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Norma Minkowitz (born 1937, New York City) is an American visual artist, known for fiber art.{{cite web |title=Norma Minkowitz |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/norma-minkowitz-3351 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=15 December 2022}}{{cite web |title=Norma Minkowitz |url=http://www.browngrotta.com/Pages/minkowitz.php |website=browngrotta arts |access-date=15 December 2022}}{{Cite book |last=Koplos |first=Janet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7rqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA431 |title=Makers: A History of American Studio Craft |last2=Metcalf |first2=Bruce |date=2010-07-31 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |isbn=978-0-8078-9583-2 |pages=431 |language=en}} She is known for her crochet sculptures.

She attended Cooper Union. In 2003, she became fellow of the American Craft Council.{{cite web |title=Norma Minkowitz |url=https://www.craftcouncil.org/recognition/norma-minkowitz |website=American Craft Council |access-date=15 December 2022 |language=en}} In 2009, she received the Master of the Medium Award from the James Renwick Alliance.{{cite web |title=Masters of the Medium |url=https://www.jra.org/masters-of-the-medium.html |website=James Renwick Alliance for Craft |access-date=15 December 2022 |language=en}}

Her work is in the Denver Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Legs I |url=https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/2007.1 |website=Denver Art Museum |access-date=15 December 2022}} the Metropolitan Museum of Art,{{cite web |title=Cloak |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/95062 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |access-date=15 December 2022}} the Minneapolis Institute of Art,{{cite web |title=Lunar Landing, Norma Minkowitz |url=https://collections.artsmia.org/art/131147/lunar-landing-norma-minkowitz |website=Minneapolis Institute of Art |access-date=15 December 2022}} and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.{{cite web |title=The Gamble |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/336512 |website=Museum of Fine Arts Boston |access-date=15 December 2022}} Her piece, Goodbye, My Friend, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.{{cite book |last1=Savig |first1=Mary |last2=Atkinson |first2=Nora |last3=Montiel |first3=Anya |title=This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World |date=2022 |publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum |location=Washington, DC |isbn=9781913875268 |pages=228-238}}{{cite web |title=Goodbye, My Friend |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/goodbye-my-friend-118018 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=15 December 2022}}