Awards + Public Speaking
Grants and Awards
2015 Finalist West coast - Bombay Sapphire / RUSH Art Foundation - Artisan Series
2013 Nominated, L'Oreal Women of Worth, by the Ethnic Arts Foundation for work with Mithila Art Institute in Madhubani, India and the exhibition traveling to US university museums and galleries (2012-15)
2011 Finalist West coast - Bombay Sapphire / RUSH Art Foundation - Artisan Series
2007 SECA Award Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / SFMoMA
2000 Chinese Study trip, Nantong, China, St. Peter's Preparatory School grant
1997 Northern Italian Fresco Study trip, St. Peter's Preparatory School grant
1995 Monuments: Women in American History Project, Geraldine Dodge Foundation
1992 MTC Pride in Paint, City Garden Mural on Minneapolis Transit bus, created with Southeast Asian children from a St. Paul housing project
1989 NEA Individual Artist Grant, CAC New Orleans Interdisciplinary Artists, NEA & Rockefeller Foundation
1988 and 1987 MN Education Association School Bell Award, for Public Projects
1983 McDonald's Fine Art Collection Competition, Purchase Prize Oak Brook IL
Honors
1993 Minneapolis Art Commission, a mayoral appointment
1991 NEA / National Endowment for the Arts Interarts panelist
1991 Saturn School of Tomorrow + MN Museum of American Art project receiving Presidential Honors
Northwest, 2007, 20"X 26" acrylic ink on polypropylene; © Patter Hellstrom
Public Speaking
2018 WOMEN IN STEAM / Mirman School Speaker, Los Angeles, CA
2015 DECODE an evening with Patter Hellstrom decoding QR Quick Response, solo exhibition at ArtHaus Gallery in the tech corridor of downtown San Francisco
2013 University of San Francisco, Artist talk about how work is informed by Feminism and Global Culture
2013 Artist and curatorial talk about Dynamic Color at LIM Gallery's collaborative event with ArtSpan entitled Art Curious
2012 California Institute for Integral Studies, Grief Path semester-long installation project, lecture with Artist, Curataor and Critic and workshop for CIIS MFA students.
2012 Inspirartional Woman speaker, The Julia Morgan School on the Mills College campus, Oakland, CA
2012 Curators Talk, Opening of MITHILA PAINTING: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTFORM, California State University/ Fresno
2011 Artist Talk, Expressive Flow, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco
2011 Artist Panel, FLOW: The Essence of Paint, San Francisco
2008 Guest Artist, Mithila Art Institute, Madhubani, Bihar ~ India
2007 Panelist, Arts Integration, SF Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2006 Artist Talk, California Collage of Art ~ Center for Art and Public Life
2004 Panelist, Careers in the Arts, William Patterson University, NJ
2003 Artist Talk - Panelist, The Spirit in Art, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2002 Keynote Speaker, Art and Business: Coming together on the Waterfront, Pro Arts
2001 Artist Talk, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2000 Guest Lecturer, The Nantong Museum of Art, Nantong, China
2000 Guest Lecturer, The Nantong Foreign Language School, Nantong, China
2000 Guest Lecturer, The Browning School, NYC
1996 Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University - Newark Campus, Newark,NJ
1996 Guest Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York City
1992 Guest Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Art Department, Minneapolis MN
1990 Panelist, The Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
1989 Panelist, Arts in Alabama Conference, Huntsville, AL
1987 Panelist, Artists in Education Conference, Minneapolis College of Art Design
1987 Guest Lecturer, Lunchtime Lecture, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul
Patter Hellstrom, Painted Rooster, 2007, 22" x 30" ink and water color on arches paper; private collection; © Patter Hellstrom
Community-based Public Art Projects
KIPPS Summit Academy, California
SF Schools of the Sacred Heart, California
Seton Center, Jersey City, NJ
The Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
Rochester Art Center, MN
The Edina Art Center, Edina, MN
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
SNAP Mural Projects, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, MN with the Landmark Corporation and the City of St. Paul, MN
Minneapolis Public Schools and the Transit Station Installation - Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
Summer in the City, 4' × 100' mural designed for the American Bank Building, St. Paul, MN in cooperation with the Minnesota Museum of American Art and the Hmong American Partnership
Selected Writing
2012 guest blogging for Left Bank Art Blog in the Manhattan area and SF Art Enthusiast in San Francisco
ACCESS guest blogger 2009 - 2012 exploring the intersection of Art +Design for Decorati.com (now GILT.com)
Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art by artist / curator, Patter Hellstrom - Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA 2008 exhibition review
Exhibition Juror
2011 Arkansas Arts Council juror for the 2011 Small Works on Paper touring exhibition