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For the past thirty years Pat has been a fine
arts instructor for Miami-Dade Public Schools.
For twelve of those years, she has been an
adjunct professor for Barry University’s Adrian
School of Education. She has obtained her
specialist status from MDCPS as a result of her
continuous postgraduate studies. She is a
resident artist, and maintains studio 7 at
ArtSouth, in Homestead, Florida.
Her work has been exhibited locally at The
Museum of Contemporary Art, The Lowe Art Museum,
Consulado General de Colombia, Coral Gables,
F.I.U, Homestead City Hall, Browad College,
Miami Dade College, and Fairchild Tropical
Garden, as well as in other cities, including
the D’Avilia Art Museum, Jacksonville; Backus
Museum in Ft. Pierce, The Boca Museum of Art,
The von Liebig Art Center of Naples, and Coastal
Carolinas Art Center, Hilton Head, S.C. In July
2003 and 2004, her work was displayed at Centre
pour l’Art et la Culture, Aix-en-Provence,
France. In 2007 her work was included in a a
City Hall exhibition in Castel Del Piano,
Tuscany. As an art educator she was awarded a
Miami-Dade Public Schools Title V Innovative
Teacher Grant, receiving $10,000 in federal
grant funds which were infused into the graphic
arts at Palmetto Elementary School for the 2003
curriculum. She was also awarded a Learning and
Leadership Grant by the National Education
Association Foundation to study art and art
education in China in 2006. Two Artist
Enhancement Grants were awarded to her by the
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs to assist
her with her travels and National Park
residencies.
Solo exhibitions during include prestigious
venues such as the Florida State Capitol
Gallery, the Governors Cabinet Meeting Room,
Broward College, Biscayne National Park and
Biscayne Nature Center. Her work has been
included in many Art in Public Places programs
including Hollywood City Hall, Boca Raton City
Hall, Homestead City Hall, Marathon Government
Center and Key West’s historic Gato Building.
She also has work in Miami’s Art in Public
Places Program. It is also included in many
private collections, such as Miami Dade College
and Landstar Development Corporation. Five
national parks have her work in their
collection.
Pat enjoys traveling and has painted on location
in China, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Cassis, Nice,
Honfleur and Arles, France, and Italy as well as
at home in Jensen Beach, at a weekend retreat on
Hutchinson Island, Fl. Landscape in oil and
pastel is her frequent inspiration, causing her
to create works of art as she observes and
renders nature’s intricate color, form and
natural beauty.
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