patbrentano.com
In 2012, PBS aired the NJN State of the Arts documentary about Pat as an artist and environmentalist, https://www.youtube.com
The Institute of Women's Leadership at Rutgers also produced a documentary about her work as part of the Transforming Lives Series. She is a two-time NJ State Council on the Arts Individual Fellow, a Weir Farm Fellow and a Puffin Grant Recipient. Pat's work on endangered birds received the Curators award at the Chesterwood Museum, a residency at I-Park, a solo show and commission at the Efroymson Conservation Center in Indianapolis and a solo show and residency at The Evansville Museum. Pat believes her work is a visual voice for birds and their habitat in this uncertain time of climate change. Her work is available through Carter Burden Gallery in NYC, Beauregard Gallery, Rumson, NJ, and Windsor Gallery in
Coltsneck, NJ.
Statement:
Birds have no arms. They cannot speak. They build nests, hunt for food and defend their young with their beaks. They are delicate creatures that defy gravity and fill the forest with idiosyncratic song. Tragically, since 1970 North America has lost 3 billion birds. They die from feral cat attacks, lack of shelter, climate change, scarce food supply, and no source of water. I want to call attention to the importance of native habitat for the remaining bird species on our planet. If we can see the authenticity of nature we are more likely to preserve it.