Pat Badt was born in Santa Monica, CA, attended High School in NYC, received a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She is Professor Emeritus, Cedar Crest College.  She has exhibited widely, including exhibitions in Brussels, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.  Her work is included in collections in the American Embassy in Riga, Latvia, the Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist Books at Oberlin College, Bryn Mawr College, Lehigh University and the University of Tennessee Knoxville.  She has been the recipient of an NEA for painting and artist residencies in the US and abroad including in Portugal, Italy, Iceland and Malta.  As a member of The Third Barn Badt has curated several projects on and off-site including The Line Up, a traveling exhibition originated at Cedar Crest College, Plain & Fancy a traveling exhibition in collaboration with Historic Bethlehem Museum and Sites, PastPresent: Conversations Across Time at the Allentown Art Museum and Girl Band a traveling exhibition ending at the Painting Center NYC.