Patton Hindle is a creative strategist, cultural worker, and systems change-maker. She is the Director of Arts at Knight Foundation. 

Most recently, Patton was the Executive Director of Artadia, a nonprofit grantmaker that centers artists in their vital role in society through providing funding and professional development in 7 US cities. Prior to Artadia, Patton was the Head of Forward Funds, Kickstarter’s first social impact program that she built and ran. She also served as the Head of Arts at Kickstarter for 5 years, working closely with artists, collectives, arts organizations, and cultural institutions globally to help them realize creative and ambitious ideas. 

She is a frequently published contributor to arts publications and co-author of the second edition of How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery. Patton was a 2019 Catherine Hannah Behrend Fellow at 92Y Women inPower in New York. 

Patton currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of The Laundromat Project and the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Socrates Sculpture Park.

She was raised in London, attended university in Boston, and resides in Brooklyn, NY.