Patty has worked for more than 35 years with arts organizations, schools and communities in developing meaningful partnerships and programs that support accessible and relevant arts engagement. Past positions include; Interim Associate Director, Education and Outreach, Canadian Opera Company; Executive Director, Prologue to the Performing Arts; Director of Education/Outreach – Canadian Stage. Patty was the co-author (with Creative Trust) of The Performing Arts Education Overview Report (2011), a first-time analysis of arts education programming in arts organizations in the City of Toronto.
Affiliations: Co-founder/Past Chair of Professional Arts Organizations Network for Education; Board member Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement in Ontario and Studio 180 Theatre; Advisory Committee member of the Canadian Network for Arts and Learning, Past Chair of the Toronto Theatre Alliance (now TAPA); Past Board member of Ontario Presents.
Patty is currently the Program Director for Listen Up! – a multidisciplinary, year-round arts education project and teaches in both the Arts Management and Arts Education and Community Engagement Programs at Centennial College.