Daniel Minter
American painter
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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.[1][2][3]
Daniel Minter | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) Ellaville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Art Institute of Atlanta |
| Known for | painting, illustration, sculpture, themes of diaspora and spirituality |
| Spouse | Marcia Minter |
| Awards | Caldecott Honor 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor 2013 |
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.[4]
Career
Early in his career, Minter worked as a graphic designer.[5] 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.[6][7]
Minter has also designed two Kwanzaa stamps for the United States Postal Service, issued in 2004 and in 2011.[8][9][10]
Minter now lives in Portland, Maine,[11] 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[12], 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
