Pati Young

Pati Young is a longtime craft advocate and collector who started attending American Craft Council (ACC) shows in her early 20s. She has served as a show judge for the ACC, JRA Craft (JRA), the National Capital Glass Guild (NCGG), and the Washington Goldsmith Guild (WGG) for Metalworks 2024.  Young has served on the boards of the JRA (2009-2014), the ACC (2013-2019), and the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) (2018-Present). In 2023 she became CERF+ Board Secretary, and in 2024 she became an ACC Emerging Artist Cohort (EAC) coach.  Young is a supporter of the American Association of Woodturners, Archie Bray Foundation, Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass, Clay Center, Museum for Art in Wood, Collectors of Wood Art, Friends of Fiber Art, Northern Clay Center, Penland School of Craft, Pilchuck Glass School, Watershed’s Griggs Circle, and Weisser Glass.     She is proud to have contributed to the JRA’s efforts to support the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, including donating Sebastian Martorana’s Impressions(2008) for the Renwick’s 40 Under 40 show. Choosing mixed media as the focus, she sponsored the JRA’s Chrysalis Award for Emerging Artists (2019), which was awarded to Richard W. James.   Young has an MSW from the University of Maryland at Baltimore’s School of Social Work. A fifth generation Washingtonian, she lives in the DC suburb of North Kensington, Maryland.