Patricia Thalman arrived in Fredericksburg in 2001 after relocating in retirement from State College, Pa.
She quickly established herself in the local arts community by becoming a co-founder of the Brush Strokes Gallery, serving as the first Vice President of the fledgling group in 2004. Thalman left Brush Strokes in 2006 to join Art First. She was the President of Fredericksburg's oldest gallery from 2007-2008.
Thalman was appointed to the newly-formed Fredericksburg Arts Commission in 2009. In her capacity with the commission, she played a lead role in the creation of the community's first public arts project—a six-panel tableau by local artists on a Caroline Street fence.
In 2010, Thalman and colleague Barbara Taylor Hall mounted a two-person show at Art First, "Seen and Unseen," which was widely acclaimed. She entered the King George, Va., biennial Art Show where her piece, "Chickahomny Pow Wow," won a Merit Award. Thalman also was represented in the annual "Uniquely Fredericksburg" show at the Rappahannock Regional Library by her work, "Fishing in Kenmore Pond."
A University of Maryland graduate, Thalman was born and raised in Annapolis, Md. Interested in art from childhood, a move to Buffalo, N.Y., allowed her to actively pursue her passion as a tour docent and lecturer at the world-famous Albright-Knox Art Museum. She also had an interim appointment as Art Curator of Education at the Burchfield Center in Buffalo.
After moving to Central Pennsylvania in 1986, she became active in the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania in Lemont, Pa. She studied Chinese Brush Painting and served as an ambassador at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
Thalman took sculpture and print-making courses at Penn State University where she earned her Master's degree in Art Education in 1996. She had a solo show at the Centre Community Hospital Gallery in 1997 and a two-person show at the Gallery at the Gamble Mill the same year.
As a Fredericksburg resident, Thalman joined Johnny Johnson's art workshop. Her art has been on display in many local venues, including the Fredericksburg Fine Arts Exhibit, which presented her with an Honorable Mention in acrylic in 2007. She has had solo exhibitions at the Central Rappahannock Library, Salem Church Branch, and the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. In 2007, she displayed her new work in fluid acrylic with fellow artist Pam Allen at Art First.
Thalman is married and has three children and four grandchildren.
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