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Help The Steel Yard Raise The Roof
The beginning of summer brought some bad weather to the Ocean State, especially on June 8th when an overnight storm uprooted trees, knocked out power, flattened highway signs and billboards and caused many of us to run for cover in our basements. One victim of that storm was the Steel Yard. Our Mi -
Apply to compete in IRON CHEF 2011!
Applications are online to start or join a team and be a part of IRON CHEF 2011! Last year's winners - Butcher Block Mill, LLC, headed by Curtis Aric - are back again to try and claim the title for the 2nd year in a row. Think you have what it takes to be crowned the next Iron Chef?&nbs -
Books Beneath the Beams
On Saturday, July 9th, the Steel Yard welcomes authors Jane Hamilton, Ann Hood, Tom Perrotta, and Anita Shreve to share their work with the public at a free event from 12-4 pm. ‘Books Beneath the Beams’ is presented in partnership with the Providence Community Library and is the first -
Cruise Night
The Steel Yard is happy to announce it’s 6th annual Cruise Night car show and fundraiser! The Steel Yard’s 2011 Cruise Night will bring over 70 custom and classic vehicles and over 150 people to the unique site in an evening of polished chrome, raffle prizes, studio tours, food s -
A Call to Artists: City of Providence, National Grid Team Up on Public Art Project to Encourage Energy Efficiency and Recycling
The City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism and National Grid are proud to announce a Call to Artists, inviting diverse Providence and Rhode Island artists and art associations from to submit their concepts for the Fine Art of Recycling campaign. This campaign will unite a pa
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Drake Patten
Contact Drake at: drake@thesteelyard.org
Drake Patten is a graduate in History and Material Culture from Skidmore College and holds advanced degrees from the University of Durham, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia in Medieval Archaeology, American History and Cultural Anthropology respectively.
Drake served as Executive Director of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH) from 1999-2004. Prior to joining RICH as a Program Officer in 1998, she directed a public archaeology program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville that engaged both the university and the local community in an exploration of race, class, and gender of the 19th and 20th century south. A professional archaeologist for 13 years, Drake has been involved with museums and public history since 1983. She has written and lectured on the archaeology of race, the role of fiction in archaeological research, American material culture, nineteenth century ceramics, and well as on post-colonial literature and nationalism.
Drake has also taught applied archaeology on the elementary school through college levels. She has worked as an archaeological curator and educator at a number of national historic sites including Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Historic Shadwell, and Jefferson's Poplar Forest. Until 1999, Drake was the principal of Artifactory, an archaeological contract and research firm, and she remains president and artistic director of Draconian Measures, an interior design company. Prior to joing the Steel Yard, Drake spent 18 months reorganizing the management of the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York.