Bio

Bird Hanging
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In 2012, PBS aired the NJN State of the Arts documentary about Pat as an artist and environmentalist. The Institute of Women's Leadership at Rutgers also produced a documentary about her work as part of the Transforming Lives Series. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the Mid-Atlantic States. She is a two time NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Fellow, a Weir Farm Fellow and a Puffin Grant Recipient. Pat's work on endangered birds received the Curators award at the Chesterwood Museum,a residency at I-Park,a solo show and commission at the Efroymson Conservation Center in Indianapolis and a solo show and residency at The Evansville Museum. She has received commissions from environmental organizations and hospitals. She believes her work is a visual voice for birds and their habitat in this uncertain time of climate change. Pat earned a BFA from Washington University and an MFA from Tyler School of Art. Pat taught painting and drawing at The University of Wisconsin Parkside and Milwaukee, and at Kean University. She resides in Westfield, New Jersey.