Daniel Minter

{{Short description|American painter}}

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| spouse = Marcia Minter

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Daniel Minter (born 1961 in Ellaville, Georgia) is an African-American artist and educator working in painting, sculpture, illustration, assemblage, and public art.{{Cite web|url=https://thetakemagazine.com/daniel-minter-artist/|title=Daniel Minter: Making Art, Making Connections|last=Reynolds|first=Janet|date=2017-11-05|website=Take Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/472943/othered-displaced-from-malaga-university-ofsouthern-maine-art-gallery-daniel-minter/|title=Coming to Terms with Tragedy Through Art|last=Little|first=Carl|date=2018-12-01|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203205526/https://hyperallergic.com/472943/othered-displaced-from-malaga-university-ofsouthern-maine-art-gallery-daniel-minter/ |archive-date=2018-12-03 |access-date=2020-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://mainetoday.com/maine_art/daniel-minters-sculpture-sets-the-table-for-welcome-feast-public-art-project/|title=Daniel Minter's sculpture sets the table for 'Welcome Feast' public art project|last=Keyes|first=Bob|date=2019-06-11|website=mainetoday|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611183617/https://mainetoday.com/maine_art/daniel-minters-sculpture-sets-the-table-for-welcome-feast-public-art-project/ |archive-date=2019-06-11 |access-date=2020-03-07}}

Education

Minter received his A.A. from Art Institute of Atlanta. In 2019, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Maine College of Art.

Career

Early in his career, Minter worked as a graphic designer.{{Cite web|url=https://thetakemagazine.com/daniel-minter-artist/|title=Daniel Minter: Making Art, Making Connections|last=Reynolds|first=Janet|date=2017-11-05|website=Take Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-07}} He has illustrated twelve children's books, including two award-winning collaborations with the author Kelly Starling Lyons: Ellen's Broom, which won a 2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and Going Down Home with Daddy, which was a 2020 Caldecott Honor recipient.{{Cite web |last=JAMUNDSEN |date=2012-04-05 |title=Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present |url=https://www.ala.org/rt/cskbart/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Round Tables |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-28 |title=2020 Caldecott Medal: Winner and Honorees |url=https://www.brilliant-books.net/2020-caldecott-medal-winner-and-honorees |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Brilliant Books}}

Minter has also designed two Kwanzaa stamps for the United States Postal Service, issued in 2004 and in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/12/21/portland-honors-artist-designed-stamp/|title=Portland honors artist who designed stamp|date=2004-12-21|website=Lewiston Sun Journal|access-date=2020-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://arago.si.edu/category_2046091.html|title=Arago: Kwanzaa Issue|website=arago.si.edu|access-date=2020-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2011/pr11_114.htm|title=Spread the Joy … Forever|website=about.usps.com|access-date=2020-03-07}}

Minter now lives in Portland, Maine,{{Cite news|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/23/art-review-darkness-amid-radiance-for-isaacs-and-minter/|title=Art review: Darkness amid radiance for Isaacs and Minter|date=2017-07-23|work=Press Herald|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en-US}} where he continues his creative work and assists with The Underground Railroad, of which he is a board member. Minter's work has appeared at many shows throughout Portland and can be seen in the official logos of the Underground Rail-Road and the Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance.

Books (Illustrated)

Awards

  • 2020 Caldecott Honor, Going Down Home with Daddy
  • 2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Ellen’s Broom
  • 1994 National Endowment for the Arts and Arts International, Travel Grants Fund for Artists, Salvador Bahia Brazil

References