Daniel Minter (born 1961 in

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) is an

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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

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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

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recipient. Minter has also designed two

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stamps for the United States Postal Service, issued in 2004 and in 2011. Minter now lives in

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, 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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1963 births Living people 20th-century American painters 20th-century American sculptors American stamp designers People from Schley County, Georgia African-American sculptors 21st-century African-American artists 20th-century African-American painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American sculptors Artists from Portland, Maine {{US-sculptor-stub Caldecott Honor winners