ARLENE MINTZER

MINTZER--Arlene. Arlene Mintzer a noted Fiber Artist, Hand-Knit and Crochet Designer and Teacher, died on May 12, 2023 at the age of 75, after a long illness. Starting her career as a pattern checker at Women's Wear Daily, Arlene went on to design garments which were published in such magazines as Women's Wear Daily, Surface Design Journal and Threads, of which her design was featured on the cover of the April/May 1990 issue. Arlene's designs have been exhibited at such venues as the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Cooper Hewitt and the Brooklyn Museum. Arlene was a contributor to the Institute for Figuring's Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project, which was exhibited in major museums internationally and drew attention to the destruction of the coral reefs. Arlene was involved in art and needlework therapy for substance abusers and alcoholics. For over 33 years, she developed and taught a variety of workshops for knitters, crocheters and hand- spinners. For 31 years, before her retirement in 2014, Arlene was instrumental in developing, and taught in, both the undergraduate and continuing education divisions at Parsons the New School for Design. Arlene is survived by her husband, Robert Whalen, her brother Charles Mintzer, DVM, his spouse, Leslie and their children, Charlotte and Sam. In lieu of flowers, donations in Arlene's memory may be made to the Jane Goodall Institute.