M.A. The Ohio State University
B.A. The Ohio State University
B.A. The Ohio State University
Heath Calvin Patten is currently a doctoral candidate with the History of Art Department of The Ohio State University and is finishing his dissertation, Art in Motion: The Theme of Procession in the Art and Ritual of Early Cyprus. Mr. Patten’s areas of specialization are the art and architecture of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, ancient Cyprus and the Ancient Near East. Heath is also a professional archaeologist and has worked on excavations of several sites in Ohio, Cyprus and Italy.
• Part-Time Faculty Research/ Creative Activities Grant, Autumn 2007, Myers School of Art, University of Akron.
• Nominee, Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Member Award, 2006, University of Akron.
• Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Member Award, 2006, Myers School of Art, University of Akron.
• Part-Time Faculty Research/ Creative Activities Grant, Spring 2004, Myers School of Art, University of Akron.
• Excavation Grant, 2002, Williams County Historical Society, Henry Newman Log Cabin Archaeological Project.
• Graduate Teaching Associate Fellowship, 1998 – 2002, Department of History of Art, The Ohio State University.
• Excavation Grant, 2000, Williams County Historical Society, Prettyman Settlement Archaeological Project.
• Finalist, 1999 Edward B. Hayes Graduate Research Competition, The Ohio State University.
• National Science Foundation Grant, Co-recipient, 1997-1999, Athienou Archaeological Project, Cyprus.
• Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship, 1997, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University.
• Daniel Hughes Memorial Grant, 1996 and 1997, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
• Undergraduate Art History Scholarship Selection Committee, University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH, 2005 – 2006.
• Project Liaison / Excavation Supervisor, Sangro Valley Archaeological Project, Directors Susan Kane, Oberlin College & Edward Bispham, Jesus College, Oxford University (UK), Monte Pallano, Italy, 2004.
• Visual Resource Assistant, Visual Resources Library, Oberlin College, Department of Art, Oberlin, OH, 2002 – Present.
• Consultant, Native American Collection, Williams County Historical Society Museum, Montpelier, OH, 2002 – Present.
• Project Director, Henry Newman Cabin Archaeological Project, Williams County, OH, 2002 - Present.
• Project Director, Prettyman Settlement Archaeological Project, Williams County, OH, 2000 – 2002.
• Field Supervisor/ Field School Instructor, Athienou Archaeological Project, Director Michael K. Toumazou, Athienou-Malloura, Cyprus, 1996 – 1999.
• Museum Research Assistant, Project Illustrator & Field School Instructor, Athienou Archaeological Project, Director Michael K. Toumazou, Athienou-Malloura, Cyprus, 1994 – 1996.
• Follow the Drinking Gourd: Williams County and the Underground Railroad – The Henry Newman Log Cabin Archaeological Project 2002. Williams County Historical Society [in print]
• “Henry Newman Log Cabin Archaeological Project: The Findings” Presented on January 7, 2007, for the Williams County Historical Society.
• Our First Settlers: The Prettyman Settlement Archaeological Project 2000 – The Excavation Report. Williams County Historical Society 2001.
• “Prettyman Settlement Archaeological Project: The Excavation Report” Presented at 2000 annual meeting of the Williams County Historical Society.
• “Cyprus in Chaos: Phoenician Terracottas on Aphrodite’s Island” Archaeological News, November 1997, vol. 22, 54 – 60.
• “Terracottas of the Sanctuary at Malloura: A Preliminary Assessment” Presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New York City. American Journal of Archaeology, vol.101, no. 2.
• “Cyprus in Chaos: Phoenician Terracottas on Aphrodite’s Island” Presented at Chaos: The Archaeology of Change symposium, Center for Old World Archaeology & Art and the Narragansett Society of the AIA, Brown University March 1996.
• Burks, Jarrod, Michael Clark, Heath Patten, Robert Socha, and John Wooten “Continued Investigations at a Terminal Middle/Early Late Woodland Settlement in Central Ohio.” Unpublished manuscript on file, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 1995.
