Pat Ferrero

Pat Ferrero (born March 22, 1942) is an American filmmaker and curator. A 1982 Guggenheim Fellow, she created, directed, and produced several documentaries such as Quilts in Women's Lives, Hopi: Songs of the Fourth (1983), Hearts and Hands (1987). She was a professor at San Francisco State University, as well as a curator of quilt exhibitions. Biography Pat Ferrero was born on March 22, 1942, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

After doing some paintings, she started experimenting with filmmaking in the 1960s. it won a 1980 Gold Cindy Award for Documentary and a 1981 American Film Festival Emily Award. she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in filmmaking. She created the 1983 documentary Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World, focusing on maize in Hopi society. In 1987, she released the film Hearts and Hands, which explores the role of quilting in 19th-century women;

She also worked as a curator, with her work including the San Francisco Art Institute's Quilts in Women's Lives (1976) and the Oakland Museum of California's American Quilts: A Handmade Legacy (1981). She worked as a moderator for the Mendocino Film Festival in 2018. Filmography Roots of Child Art (1972, as co-producer) Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World (1983, as director-producer) Hearts and Hands (1987, as creator)