Awards + Public Speaking
Grants and Awards
2011 Finalist West coast - Bombay Sapphire / RUSH Art Foundation - Artisan Series
2007 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SECA Award nomination
2000 Chinese Study trip, Nantong, China funded by St. Peter's Preparatory School
1997 Northern Italian Fresco Study trip, funded by St. Peter's Preparatory School
1995 Monuments: Women in American History Project, funded by the Geraldine Dodge Foundation
1992 MTC Pride in Paint, City Garden Mural on the side of a Minneapolis Transit bus
in collaboration with 20 Southeast Asian children from a St. Paul housing project
1989 Individual Artist Grant, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Program for Interdisciplinary Artists funded by the 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 National Endowment for the Arts 1991 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
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
ACCESS guest blogger exploring the intersection of Art +Design
Finding Common Threads in San Francisco Art Fairs
New York Armory Week 2011: Tactile Revival
New Realities in Beverly Hills
Big “Money” at Miami Art Basel
Flower Mandala: Recognizing Beauty
Heartfelt Abstraction in NYC Exhibitions
Text and Texture in San Francisco Art
Color in California Contemporary Art
East and West Coast State of Mind
The Return of the SF Fine Art Fair
New Art Excitement Buzzing in Lower Eastside Galleries
Highlights from Armory Week 2010
The Lure of Limited Edition Prints
Behind the Scenes at Art Basel Miami Beach
Chronicling Narratives: SF Galleries Open the Fall Season With Book Inspired Artwork
Metropolitan Remix- San Francisco Galleries Off the Square
Insider Guide to LA’s Contemporary Art Scene
American Debut of Artist Shalinee Kumari: San Francisco Through July 19th
Discovering Mithila from the Villages of India
Rest Easy With Well Chosen Art
Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art by artist / curator, Patter Hellstrom - Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA 2008 exhibition review
http://www.svma.org/page12.html
Exhibition Juror
2011 Arkansas Arts Council juror for the 2011 Small Works on Paper touring exhibition