Daniel Minter
Daniel Minter (born 1961 in Ellaville, Georgia) is an African-American artist and educator working in painting, sculpture, illustration, assemblage, and public art.
Daniel Minter
- Name
- Daniel Minter
- Born
- 1961
- Birthplace
- Ellaville, Georgia, U.S.
- Education
- Art Institute of Atlanta
- Known for
- painting, illustration, sculpture, themes of diaspora and spirituality
- Spouse
- Marcia Minter
- Awards
- Caldecott Honor Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · postage stamp designer · illustrator
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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.
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• Name — Daniel Minter • Born — 1961 • Birthplace — Ellaville, Georgia, U.S. • Education — Art Institute of Atlanta • Known for — painting, illustration, sculpture, themes of diaspora and spirituality • Spouse — Marcia Minter • Awards — Caldecott Honor Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Education
Education
Minter received his A.A. from Art Institute of Atlanta. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Maine College of Art in 2019 and from Colby College in 2023.
Career
Career
Early in his career, Minter worked as a graphic designer. He has illustrated thirteen 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. Minter has also designed two Kwanzaa stamps for the United States Postal Service, issued in 2004 and in 2011. Minter now lives in Portland, Maine, 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)
• 2025 And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories, by Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2022 Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky, by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond • 2019 Going Down Home with Daddy, by Kelly Starling Lyons • 2019 The Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives, by Eloise Greenfield • 2019 I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage, compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins • 2018 So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom, by Gary D. Schmidt • 2017 Cay and Adlee Find Their Voice, by Russell J Quaglia and Cali Quaglia • 2016 Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness, by Donna Janell Bowman • 2012 Ellen's Broom, by Kelly Starling Lyons • 2006 The First Marathon: The Legend of Pheidippides, by Susan Reynolds • 2002 New Year Be Coming! A Gullah Year, by Katharine Boling • 2000 Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story, by Angela Shelf Medearis • 1998 Bubber Goes to Heaven, by Arna Bontemps • 1998 The Riches of Oseola McCarty, by Evelyn Coleman • 1994 The Foot Warmer and the Crow, by Evelyn Coleman
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
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- 1.Reynolds, Janet. Daniel Minter: Making Art, Making Connections. Take Magazine. 2017-11-05.
- 2.Little, Carl. Coming to Terms with Tragedy Through Art. Hyperallergic. 2018-12-01.
- 3.Keyes, Bob. Daniel Minter's sculpture sets the table for 'Welcome Feast' public art project. mainetoday. 2019-06-11.
- 4.Meader, Laura. At Colby’s 202nd Commencement, Messages of Triumph and Hope. Colby News. 2023-05-21.
- 5.Reynolds, Janet. Daniel Minter: Making Art, Making Connections. Take Magazine. 2017-11-05.
- 6.JAMUNDSEN. Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present. Round Tables. 2012-04-05.
- 7.2020 Caldecott Medal: Winner and Honorees. Brilliant Books. 2020-01-28.
- 8.Portland honors artist who designed stamp. Lewiston Sun Journal. 2004-12-21.
- 9.Arago: Kwanzaa Issue. arago.si.edu.
- 10.Spread the Joy … Forever. about.usps.com.
- 11.Art review: Darkness amid radiance for Isaacs and Minter. Press Herald. 2017-07-23.
- 12.Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery. www.booklistonline.com.
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