Barbara B. Michniowska-Dietz
Interior decorator
Born Apr. 17, 1944, Sanok, Poland; came to U.S., 1973; daughter of Wlodzimierz and Rozalia (Halicka); married David Dietz; children: Kordian, Katarzyna.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in ethnography), Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 1971.
Career: gallery owner, Southampton (NY), 1975-76; teacher, Riverhead School, 1980; Polish folk art teacher, St. Maximilian Kolbe School, Riverhead, 1980-82; interior decorator, Basia Designs.
Author: lectures on Polish folk sculptures at parish clubs in Long Island, 1978-82; Magic Hands of Marek (in progress); Polish folk sculpture collection donated to St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake (MI), 1980.
Member of: chairman, Polish Festival, East Hampton, 1977; chairman, Wanda Rut Exhibition on 300 Anniversary of Riverhead (NY), 1983; organizer, parents' meetings with St. Maximilian Kolbe School administration, Riverhead.
Honors: numerous honorary awards for aid in organizing exhibitions of Polish artists in Long Island (NY); award for paintings presented in Riverhead, 1983.
Affiliation: Democrat. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobbies: texture painting, collecting Polish folk art, travel.
Home: 7 Maple Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996