ABOUT MICHELLE PATRICK
Michelle Faye Patrick is a multidisciplinary artist and arts administrator whose work spans photography, theater direction, photography and performing arts. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, she brings a performer's intuitive understanding of movement and emotion to visual storytelling.
Patrick is an active voice in Nevada's arts community, serving as a moderator for the Nevada Women's Film Festival panel "The State of Arts & Culture: More Than Sin City" in June 2025, and co-hosting Shameless Unplugged with Eccentric Artists in September 2025. Her theatrical background includes co-starring in "Lifespan of a Fact" (Majestic Theater Company, 2024) "Good People" (Salt Lake Acting Company, and directing "The Witches" (Rainbow Company Youth Theater, 2019) in Las Vegas, as well as directing "For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf..." (2011) in Salt Lake City.
As a photographer, Patrick earned the Boynes Artist Award in June 2025. Her work has been featured in the group exhibitions in New York, and Las Vegas ; most notably, HERstory in Brooklyn, NY, In the spring of 2026, her work will be featured in a group exhibition, Nevada Wild Artists at the California Trail Center in Elko, NV.
Michelle currently serves as an arts administrator with the Nevada Arts Council, leading statewide organizational community development initiatives and grant support. Her administrative career includes significant roles with the City of Las Vegas, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Sundance Film Festival, and as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Originally from Queens, New York, Michelle is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and a YoungArts alumna. She holds a BA from Bradford College and sits on the Advisory Board for the Nevada Women's Film Festival. In 2026, she will debut LOCAL TIME, a web series highlighting local business owners, where she serves as Executive Producer and creator.