LYNNE GOLOB GELFMAN

Lynne Golob Gelfman (1944-2020) was born in Waukegan, IL and grew up in New York. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, (BA, 1966) and the School of the Arts, Columbia University, (MFA, 1968). She taught art at the Dalton School from 1968 until 1972, the year that she and her husband started a flower farm outside Bogotá, and moved to Miami, an import gateway for the flowers.

For Gelfman, who had loved Bogotá as an American Field Service student in 1961, the culture and landscape of Colombia as well as the diverse, subtropical world of Miami, are important influences, along with her strong ties to New York. In Miami, she taught at various colleges and universities, including Florida International University (FIU), University of Miami (UM), and Miami Dade Community College North (MDCC).

She was a dedicated arts educator at the Barnyard Children’s Art Collective in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami for fifteen years and was passionate about providing access to the arts to children from diverse backgrounds and communities.