ABOUT

Minda Novek brings over two decades of experience to creating image-driven projects. She specializes in urban and cultural history. Working in a variety of media, she helps to enliven the most complex material for a wide range of audiences.

One topic of extensive involvement in her work has been the development and cultural impact of Times Square. The projects she has undertaken on that theme reflect her range of expertise:

• The documentary, TIMES SQUARE: CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD - a work in progress

• A lecture for a class in Theater Studies at Yale University - 2004

• An article for the TIME OUT BOOK OF NEW YORK WALKS: "Damon Runyon's Tall Town." - 2000

• An on-air discussion for CNN Newsstand/Entertainment Weekly, TIMES SQUARED - 1998

• Research for SIGNS AND WONDERS: THE SPECTACULAR MARKETING OF AMERICA, Doubleday Books (Tama Starr and Edward Hayman, Authors) - 1997-98

• That research was also employed in the exhibit, SIGNS AND WONDERS: THE SPECTACULAR LIGHTS OF TIMES SQUARE, The New-York Historical Society, 1997- 98

• Research for CELEBRATE BROADWAY: 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY THEATER IN TIMES SQUARE, League of American Theatres and Producers -1993-94

• A slide show, 42ND STREET: THE MOST FAMOUS STREET IN THE WORLD, for The 42nd Street E.T.C. (Education, Theatre, Culture) - 1991

• An article for SEAPORT MAGAZINE, "Lights Fantastic" - 1991

• Photo research for the book, INVENTING TIMES SQUARE: COMMERCE & CULTURE AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD, 1880 - 1939 for the Russell Sage Foundation (William Taylor, Editor) - 1991

• Research and co-coordination for an academic conference on the same subject for the New York Institute for the Humanities (NYU) - 1988

• Exhibit curator for THE DAILY NEWS LOOKS AT 42ND STREET for The New York Daily News, displayed at Citibank and the Arts in Transit Center - 1985

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