Barbara E. Mink

Barbara E. Mink
Born (1953-09-23) September 23, 1953
Buffalo, New York
Nationality United States
Education Stan Taft, Bill Benson, Bente King, Thomas Buechner
Alma mater SUNY Buffalo, Cornell University
Known for Abstract paintings
Spouse(s) Jack Goldman
Website www.barbaramink.com

Barbara E. Mink (born September 23, 1953) is an American painter, educator, and founder of the Light in Winter Festival based in Ithaca, New York, USA.

Personal life

Mink was born in Buffalo, New York, to Louise and Irving Mink,[1][2] an artist and medical research scientist, at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute.[2][3] Irving Mink was a talented artist, muralist and illustrator who has had works in 400 institutions and galleries and has lectured on art.[2] Louise was a dental hygienist, teacher, real estate broker.[1] She has three siblings, Daniel, Symon and Robert.[1][2]

She married Jack Goldman,[1] founder and owner of The Bookery, an independent bookstore in Ithaca.[4] The couple have a daughter, Emily Goldman.[2]

Education and early career

Mink majored in English[2] and was a Summa cum Laude graduate of SUNY Buffalo. She then moved to Ithaca, New York. Mink received her Master of Arts degree in History from Cornell University in 1985.[2] She was a freelance actor in television and radio commercials and from 1978 to 1986 was news director of WHCU radio station.[2][5]

Career

Educator

Since 1986 she has been teaching in Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, specializing in oral and written communication. She has taught radio journalism at Cornell and at Ithaca College.[5] She has also been a visiting professor at ESCP-Europe in Paris, working with specialized Masters Students, since 2003.

Mink was one of the Johnson School faculty members to judge 55 Samuel Curtis Johnson (SCJ) Case Competition teams of graduate students in October 2013 to access their ability to work in teams, using marketing and communication skills to address business problems. SC Johnson hosted a dinner for the award ceremony and provided executive talent to assess the best teams and best speakers.[6]

Legislator

In 1989 Mink was elected as a board of representatives member to the Tompkins County Legislature and served for 12 years. She was chair for five years.[5][7]

Light in Winter festival

Mink founded a festival of Art and Science, the Light in Winter festival and from 1999-2011 was its artistic director.[5][7] In 2004 the festival debuted in Ithaca, New York. This annual exploration of collaborations between scientists, artists and musicians was the first festival of its kind in the country, and has served as a model of others that have started in recent years.[2] Each year there is a different theme to make science fun and accessible. In 2008, the theme was exploring individual's identities and futures. It was magic in 2009, with performance artists to demonstrate magic and a festival designed to explore the ways in which magic is manifested in daily life, animals, our universe and more.[8]

The festival, initiated to increase tourism during the slow winter months, was estimated to have brought in additional revenue of $321,000 to the area in 2007, according to an economic impact study by city and regional planner Jessica Claire Daniels.[9]

Artist

Since about 2002, Mink has developed a body of artistic work. Studying with local artists — Stan Taft, Bill Benson, Bente King and Thomas Buechner — Mink has received formal training in landscapes and botanical illustration. Over time her work was increasingly abstract until about 2007 when it is "purely" abstract.[2][7] Inspired by the works of Helen Frankenthaler, Mink began in 2011 to use "stain" unprimed linen or canvas with acrylic paint of muted colors. She uses black lines for the creation of geometric grids, leaving uncovered fabric "as an active presence". This diverges from her previous abstract style of applying layers of thick paint, similar to that of Jackson Pollock.[7]

Exhibitions

Collections

Mink’s work can be found in collections in Ithaca, New York City,[7] Buffalo, Virginia, North Carolina, California, Alaska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Washington, and Florida. Her work is shown at State of the Art Gallery, where she has been a member-artist.[7][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Louise Rossen Mink (Death notice)". Buffalo News (via Legacy.com). March 20, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jessica Griffin (November 2006). "Barbara Mink, BA '76". University of Buffalo. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ "1960s Classnotes: Irving Mink". University of Buffalo. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bookery II, Part II". IHS Tattler. May 23, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Barbara E. Mink". Johnson, Cornell University.
  6. ↑ "First-Year MBA Students Attack Marketing Problem". States News Service. States News Service (via HighBeam Research, subscription required). October 14, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Arthur Whitman (August 2, 2012). "Barbara Mink: New Work in Grids". Ithaca.com. Ithaca Times.
  8. ↑ Liz Walker (18 October 2013). Choosing a Sustainable Future: Ideas and Inspiration from Ithaca, NY. New Society Publishers. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-55092-464-0.
  9. ↑ Dana Khromov (June 16, 2011). "Ithaca's cultural resources could help generate an improved quality of life upstate". Ithaca.com. Ithaca Times.
  10. ↑ "Marcel Duchamp, Pharmacy, 1914". toutfait.com.
  11. ↑ Wylie Schwartz. "Mink Review" (PDF). Ithaca Times.
  12. ↑ "Big Shows in Ithaca this year". Ithaca.com. Ithaca Times. September 12, 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

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