Patty Eljaiek is an artist, teaching artist, mom, abuela and arts activist. As chair of planning and programming for Westbury Arts, she has helped to establish a diverse portfolio of programs and events that incorporate visual arts, dance, music, poetry, and spoken word.

Patty was born in Colombia, S.A. and arrived in NY at the age of three, embracing I Love Lucy, game shows, pop music and old school Hollywood. Her birth culture, steeped in magic realism, is sewn into the fabric of her everyday life and reflected in her work which ranges from traditional portraits to abstract mixed media rendered with found and re-purposed materials. Her motto – “Work with what you have”.