Education:
Eastern Michigan University
Bachelor of Arts Education, Magna Cum Laude 1975
Full credit toward Bachelor of Fine Art
(Major emphasis in Ceramics and Drawing)
Graduate work in Ceramics
Profession:
Artist and Educator
Patricia O'Keefe Hutton has been a resident artist at Beacon Hill Studios since 1992, focusing on sculptural basketry, oil painting, and a variety of other art forms, including ceramics, bookbinding, collage and mosaics. Patricia has been teaching art to children and adults for the past twenty three years.
Teaching Experience:
1993 - Present - Arbor Montessori School, Decatur, Georgia
Teaching visual art to children in grades one through eight at Atlanta's oldest Montessori school.
1993 - Present - Beacon Hill Studios, Decatur, Georgia
Teaching a variety of art classes and workshops to adults and children.
2001 - 2003 - Movement, Meditation & Making Workshop
Lead a year-long workshop for women, where the spaciousness of meditation and an awareness of the body were brought to the creative process.
1991 - 1995 - Brandon Hall School, Dunwoody, Georgia
Taught art to high school and junior high students with learning disabilities.
1985 - 1991 - Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1985 - 1989 - Chastain Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1982 - 1986 - The Outdoor Activity Center, Atlanta, Georgia
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Organizational Experience:
2007 - Yoga Teacher Training
Completed a 200 hour certified yoga teacher training.
2002 - 2006 - Director, Beacon Hill Studios
2005 - Judge, Decatur Arts Festival, Artist Market
2002 - 2003 - Decatur Tour of Trees Co-Chair
Organized local artist to raise awareness of the Greenspace Initiative in the City of Decatur.
1996 - The World Wall for Peace
One of a group of core members responsible for implementing and erecting a 12 foot by 40 foot exterior mosaic created by over 1,600 individuals and dedicated to World Peace.
1991 - "Inspired by Trees"
Curator of an art exhibit sponsored by The City of Atlanta. The exhibit featured the work of artists who's work is inspired by trees and was held in conjunction with the city's Arbor Day celebration.
1989 - 1991 - Decatur Children's Art Festival
Chairperson. Organized volunteers and professional artists to create a day of hands-on art experiences, performing arts, and demonstrating artists for the children of Decatur.
1988 - 1989 - Decatur Arts Festival, Co-Chair
Supervised all aspects of the Decatur Arts Festival, including an Artists Market, Visual Art Show, Children's Art, and continuous live entertainment.
Hands-on Community Art Projects:
These projects were designed by Patricia O'Keefe Hutton and executed by the public under her guidance.
1993 - 2008 - Community art projects,
Arbor Montessori School
1996 - The World Wall for Peace Mandala, Atlanta, GA
1992 - The Traveler's Tree, Lima, OH (Collaborative)
1991 - Spiral Dance, Decatur, GA
1989 - Woven Gazebo, Lima, OH
1988 - Stairwell Structure, Macon, GA (Collaborative) |
