ONGOING EVENT INITIATIVES
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WATERWAYZGOOSE is a collaborative, multi-year project consisting of letterpress printing, bookbinding, lectures, tours, and public education initiatives that celebrate historic transportation routes along canals and the Great Lakes. Patti has worked on the project in collaboration with Leah Mackin since 2018.
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CHICAGO HISTORY 101 is an annual winter lecture series presented by Chicago for Chicagoans. Featuring a different guest speaker & topic every week, programming is tied together by each year's theme. Patti manages, promotes, and curates the series, which has taken place at Room 13 since 2017, and has been streamed virtually since 2020.
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BRICKS INCORPORATED has been salvaging Chicago common brick since 1968. Today, the business places a strong emphasis on education and the value of history. Architect and professional groups use the 8,000-square-foot showroom each week for client meetings, continuing education seminars, and public outreach. In her role as Marketing Director, Patti gives tours of the 7-acre facility, manages event logistics, and plans new initiatives for the space.
In 2021, Patti spearheaded an official Chicago Architectural Biennial partner event that brought together speakers and presenters from Bricks Inc, Chicago for Chicagoans, Brick of Chicago, and SOIL LAB. |
SELECTED PAST PROJECTS
The Wells Book Arts Summer Institute is an annual two-week intensive featuring a rotating selection of classes in the book arts. Patti attended on a scholarship in 2016, came back in 2017 as an intern, acted as Assistant to the Director in 2018, and returned to co-plan and co-manage the event in 2019. Attendees include college students, academics, hobbyists, and professionals from across the country.
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In her work as a "Field Agent" for off-the-beaten-path events company Atlas Obscura, Patti created, planned, coordinated, budgeted, and promoted at least twelve events per year from 2016 to 2019. Programming ran the gamut from scavenger hunts, to tours, murder mystery parties, film screenings, cemetery events, and more.
In 2018 and 2019, Patti and co-planner Leyla Royale hosted a history-infused modern version of the First Ward Ball, Chicago's notorious turn-of-the-century political fundraiser for the vice district. Featuring over a dozen different live performances, history lectures, and even a cocktail robot, the annual 200-person shindig was the largest endeavor in the country wholly produced by local chapter agents.
2016 | Into the Veil
Brooklyn, New York Site Manager |
2019 | Murder Mystery Soiree
Chicago, Illinois Event Planner |
2016 | Atlas Obscura Book Launch
Chicago, Illinois Co-Event Planner |
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MOSAIC is Albany Park's first & only arts festival. In 2018, as a contractor for the North River Commission, Patti created the 5-day event, its website and promotional materials, coordinated the schedule and participation of over 30 different local businesses, and worked alongside NRC staff and volunteers to ensure the event went smoothly.
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In 2019, Patti again worked alongside NRC staff to organize, promote, and coordinate "Tastes & Tours of Albany Park," a three-day schedule of history and food walking tours, and "Flavors of Albany Park," the popular annual restaurant crawl involving over 40 different restaurants across three routes.
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In 2019, Patti was contracted to plan & run School of the Art Institute of Chicago's annual Teacher Toolbox event. Over 300 Illinois educators eligible for CPDU credit attended this event designed for high school art and design teachers.
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In 2018, as an employee for North Park University, Patti was tasked with planning, promoting, & running the School of Business and Nonprofit Management's annual Networking Dinner — a 150-person formal dinner.
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