• Source: Daniel Minter

      • Daniel Minter (born 1961, Ellaville, Georgia) is an African-American artist and educator working in painting, sculpture, illustration, assemblage, and public art.


      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. 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.
      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)


      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
      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


      References



      Daniel Minter Resume 2003

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