Faculty
Barbara Miner, MFA
B.F.A., State University of New York-New Paltz; M.F.A., Eastern Michigan University.
Chair, Professor of Art, 2D/3D Studies, Interdisciplinary Art
Phone: 419.530.8315
Office: VA 2110
Email: Barbara.Miner@utoledo.edu
Barbara Miner holds the position of tenured Professor and Chair in the Department
of Art, at the University of Toledo, in Toledo, OH. Her mixed media sculptures, installation
works, paintings, and writings, informed by the nexus of human/nature interaction,
and the practice of meditative repetition, have been exhibited nationally (Maine to
California) and internationally (Sweden and Poland) in over 107 exhibitions.
She has curated three events, including a lecture/workshop with the noted Photographer,
Rosamond Purcell and the sculptor Dewey Blocksma. Miner has participated in numerous
national and international artists’ residencies. She has presented at national and
international conferences and contributed articles to Ceramics Monthly, Dialogue/Arts
in the Midwest, and the journal published for the International Conference on Environmental,
Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability. Miner has received both internal and external
grants in support of her research and art practice, as well as numerous Awards for
Excellence/Merit including an Individual Artist’s Award from the Ohio Arts Commission.
M.F.A. Ceramics - Eastern Michigan University
B.F.A. Ceramics - State University of New York
New Paltz, NY
A.A. - Piedmont Virginia Community College