Joy Patty
[email protected]
http://www.joypatty.weebly.com
Professional Experience
* Independent artist, art educator
* Elementary art teacher and Gallery Coordinator
The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
* Head of Adult Education, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
* Curator of Education, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
* Education Coordinator, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
* Coordinator, Older Adults Art, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
* Public art programs for SCAD-Atlanta “Art for All.” Workshops include Atlanta Gallery Crawls, Collage/Mixed Media, Experimental Painting, and Coordinator/Instructor for “Art Smarts,” summer art camp for kids.
Exhibitions
2006-present The Lovett School, annual Friends of the Arts show and sale
Fall 2021-Winter 2022 Artists Market, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA, Graffiti Flowers
May 2023 Museum of Contemporary Art, GA annual Off the Wall Pin-Up Show + Sale, Derby Day collage
June 16-July 29, 2023 juried exhibition Sights & Insights, Chastain Arts Center & Gallery, Into the Woods
October 28-December 1, 2023 Tannery Row Artist Colony Fall Juried Exhibition, Into the Woods #2.
March 9-April 26, 2024 Tannery Row Artist Colony Spring Juried Exhibition, Distant Places II and Places to Remember (yellow)
October 12-December 7, 2024 Tannery Row Artist Colony Fall Juried Exhibition, Tapestry I
April 12 - May 30, 2025 Tannery Row Artist Colony Spring Juried Exhibition, Crossing Space and Chasm
June - July 31, 2025 Dunwoody Fine Arts Association exhibition, Sandy Springs Library Gallery, Floral Tapestry
October 1 - 31, 2025 Dunwoody Fine Arts Month- a group exhibition at Blooms of Dunwoody
October 11 - November 21, 2025 Tannery Row Artists Colony Fall Juried Exhibition, OSP-1 (Open Space at the Peak)
January 31 - March 13, Abernathy Art Center, juried exhibition, 2026 Sights & Insights sponsored by Dunwoody Fine Arts Association. The Color of Sound I, The Color of Sound II
February 8 - April 11, Westside Market, 2026 “People Places and Things,” juried exhibition organized by Roswell Fine Arts Association. Open Space at the Peak, Chasm I, Chasm II.
April 11 - May 29, 2026 Tannery Row Artists Colony Spring Juried Exhibition, Remembering Isle of Mull
I am an Atlanta artist, born and raised in the foothills of Appalachia where I enjoyed private art classes, ballet, and piano. Mom was a piano teacher but also sewed and sold designer fabrics. I liked swimming and hiking with my sisters and father, an organic chemist who loved photography. Visual art held my curiosity through my teens and college years at Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. After marriage and time spent in Puerto Rico, we moved to Texas for work. In Houston while I was a haute couture model, I was happy to wear torn jeans to study painting, drawing and printmaking at the Glassell School of Art, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. With the sponsorship of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston I organized an art program for inner city older adults. We met at urban senior daycare facilities. It was inspiring to see that art makes a difference at all ages and stages of life. An example is Ezekiel Gibbs (1889 - 1992), one of my first students who started taking art classes at around age 80. Now his work is recognized by galleries and auctions as Outsider Art. A job transfer moved our family to Dallas, TX and it was there that I decided to delve deeper into art education as a profession. I accepted a fellowship to complete a masters degree at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts. During the course of my work/study fellowship, I gained experience collaborating with educators and art curators at SMU’s The Meadows Museum, the leading U.S. institution focused on the study and presentation of the art of Spain. My thesis was to develop a multi-visit museum/studio program for elementary students—“Children, Imagination, Museums.” Creative writing, dramatization and observation activities in the galleries enhanced student understanding and became a springboard for art projects. After graduation, art museum education formed my professional focus— first as curator of education at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, an institution focused on collecting, exhibiting, and educating the public about the art of our time. After relocating to Atlanta to be closer to extended family, I joined the staff at the High
Museum of Art as head of adult education. Working closely with talented curators and directors, I organized a plethora of interpretive educational programs related to collections and special exhibitions at both the High Museum of Art on Peachtree Street and the Folk Art and Photography Galleries at Georgia Pacific Center. But there was to be another professional direction for me. Staffing reorganization at the High took me into my next adventure that included adult workshops at Atlanta College of Art, SCAD Atlanta, and classroom art at The Lovett School. Engaging students with studio materials, planning lessons, organizing field trips, working with local collectors and artists, and travels to conferences, as well as art workshops in the US, Mexico, South America, and Asia inspired my teaching and personal art practice. And now, having turned another corner, away from art museums and full-time teaching, my current interests include developing an art-making practice, joining local and regional art organizations, traveling, and spending quality time with family and friends.
[email protected]
http://www.joypatty.weebly.com
Professional Experience
* Independent artist, art educator
* Elementary art teacher and Gallery Coordinator
The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
* Head of Adult Education, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
* Curator of Education, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
* Education Coordinator, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
* Coordinator, Older Adults Art, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
* Public art programs for SCAD-Atlanta “Art for All.” Workshops include Atlanta Gallery Crawls, Collage/Mixed Media, Experimental Painting, and Coordinator/Instructor for “Art Smarts,” summer art camp for kids.
Exhibitions
2006-present The Lovett School, annual Friends of the Arts show and sale
Fall 2021-Winter 2022 Artists Market, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA, Graffiti Flowers
May 2023 Museum of Contemporary Art, GA annual Off the Wall Pin-Up Show + Sale, Derby Day collage
June 16-July 29, 2023 juried exhibition Sights & Insights, Chastain Arts Center & Gallery, Into the Woods
October 28-December 1, 2023 Tannery Row Artist Colony Fall Juried Exhibition, Into the Woods #2.
March 9-April 26, 2024 Tannery Row Artist Colony Spring Juried Exhibition, Distant Places II and Places to Remember (yellow)
October 12-December 7, 2024 Tannery Row Artist Colony Fall Juried Exhibition, Tapestry I
April 12 - May 30, 2025 Tannery Row Artist Colony Spring Juried Exhibition, Crossing Space and Chasm
June - July 31, 2025 Dunwoody Fine Arts Association exhibition, Sandy Springs Library Gallery, Floral Tapestry
October 1 - 31, 2025 Dunwoody Fine Arts Month- a group exhibition at Blooms of Dunwoody
October 11 - November 21, 2025 Tannery Row Artists Colony Fall Juried Exhibition, OSP-1 (Open Space at the Peak)
January 31 - March 13, Abernathy Art Center, juried exhibition, 2026 Sights & Insights sponsored by Dunwoody Fine Arts Association. The Color of Sound I, The Color of Sound II
February 8 - April 11, Westside Market, 2026 “People Places and Things,” juried exhibition organized by Roswell Fine Arts Association. Open Space at the Peak, Chasm I, Chasm II.
April 11 - May 29, 2026 Tannery Row Artists Colony Spring Juried Exhibition, Remembering Isle of Mull
I am an Atlanta artist, born and raised in the foothills of Appalachia where I enjoyed private art classes, ballet, and piano. Mom was a piano teacher but also sewed and sold designer fabrics. I liked swimming and hiking with my sisters and father, an organic chemist who loved photography. Visual art held my curiosity through my teens and college years at Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. After marriage and time spent in Puerto Rico, we moved to Texas for work. In Houston while I was a haute couture model, I was happy to wear torn jeans to study painting, drawing and printmaking at the Glassell School of Art, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. With the sponsorship of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston I organized an art program for inner city older adults. We met at urban senior daycare facilities. It was inspiring to see that art makes a difference at all ages and stages of life. An example is Ezekiel Gibbs (1889 - 1992), one of my first students who started taking art classes at around age 80. Now his work is recognized by galleries and auctions as Outsider Art. A job transfer moved our family to Dallas, TX and it was there that I decided to delve deeper into art education as a profession. I accepted a fellowship to complete a masters degree at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts. During the course of my work/study fellowship, I gained experience collaborating with educators and art curators at SMU’s The Meadows Museum, the leading U.S. institution focused on the study and presentation of the art of Spain. My thesis was to develop a multi-visit museum/studio program for elementary students—“Children, Imagination, Museums.” Creative writing, dramatization and observation activities in the galleries enhanced student understanding and became a springboard for art projects. After graduation, art museum education formed my professional focus— first as curator of education at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, an institution focused on collecting, exhibiting, and educating the public about the art of our time. After relocating to Atlanta to be closer to extended family, I joined the staff at the High
Museum of Art as head of adult education. Working closely with talented curators and directors, I organized a plethora of interpretive educational programs related to collections and special exhibitions at both the High Museum of Art on Peachtree Street and the Folk Art and Photography Galleries at Georgia Pacific Center. But there was to be another professional direction for me. Staffing reorganization at the High took me into my next adventure that included adult workshops at Atlanta College of Art, SCAD Atlanta, and classroom art at The Lovett School. Engaging students with studio materials, planning lessons, organizing field trips, working with local collectors and artists, and travels to conferences, as well as art workshops in the US, Mexico, South America, and Asia inspired my teaching and personal art practice. And now, having turned another corner, away from art museums and full-time teaching, my current interests include developing an art-making practice, joining local and regional art organizations, traveling, and spending quality time with family and friends.
