2016 TEDxLehighRiver Featured Speaker "Art as a Spiritual Practice: What I Learned from Making 10,000 Mandalas" Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown, PA

Selected Workshops:

"Art as a Spiritual Practice: Mindful Mandala Drawing"

The Summer Rhythm Renewal Retreat, Loretto, PA July 2017

“Mandala: An Artful Meditation” presented to or at:

The Summer Rhythm Renewal Retreat, Loretto, PA 2009-13, 2017

Private Spiritual Sponsorship Retreat for Women in Recovery 2016

Moravian College Bethlehem, PA 2016

Emmaus Community Center, Emmaus PA 2015-2016

The Swain School, Allentown, PA 2014

Intro to Art Therapy, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA 2011-13

heART Series, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA 2013

The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA 2012

South Mountain College, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 2011

Additional Workshops from 2012-17 include:

“Creating a Manifestation List”

"Creative Goal Setting"

“Vision Boards: An Abundance Workshop”

“The Creative Path: An Intro to Manifesting Abundance”

“Creating a Manifestation Mandala”

“Tapping the Source: Learning to Access Your Creative Spirit” co-presented w/ Dr. Kell Morton

“Fearless Artmaking”

Panel Speaker, Artist Talks, etc.:

Lehigh University, Women's Center, 2017

Northampton Community College, Fine Art, Bethlehem, PA 2014-2017

Lehigh University, Art Entrepreneurship in the Community, Bethlehem, PA 2014-2015, 2017

Association for Talent Development Bethlehem, PA 2016

Martin Guitar Company, Nazareth, PA 2016

Moravian College, Museum Studies, Bethlehem, PA 2015

“Metamorphosis” Bethlehem, PA 2014

The Swain School, Allentown, PA 2014

Parkland Art League, Allentown, PA 2014

Arts Community of Easton, PA 2013

Featured on the PBS 39 WLTV Grammy award-winning television show FOCUS, Stephanie Smith continues to share her processes, practices and personal stories in workshops, spiritual and wellness retreats, and also as a guest presenter at many Lehigh Valley schools, colleges and universities.

For the last ten years, self taught artist Stephanie Smith has been working with the sacred circular art form known as mandala as a self-reflective meditative practice, and has to date, created over 10,000 pieces of mandala art in a wide variety of expressive mediums and maintains a private working studio as a resident artist at the Banana Factory Arts Center in South Bethlehem.

Solo Exhibitions:

2016 Featured Artist, Blue Canary Press, Chesterton, MD

2012-14, 16 Featured Artist, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

2013, 15-16 Wall of Smalls, Studio #250 Bethlehem, PA

2016 Oddscapes series I, Studio #250 Bethlehem, PA

Selected Recent Group Exhibitions:

2012-2017 Resident Artist Annual Exhibitions Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

2017 Power Objects - Touchstone Theater, Bethlehem, PA

2017 SCFA Installation - Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA

2016-2017 Bethlehem Palette Club All Members Show - City of Bethehem Rotunda Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2016 Small Wonders - Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA

2015 RiverJazz Exhibition at The ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, Bethlehem, PA

2015 ISAP 6th Annual International Open Online Show

2014 N.A.W.A. 125th Members Annual, New York, NY

2013 “ACE Group Show” MCS Gallery, Sigal Museum, Easton, PA

2012 “Earth is Overrated” Allentown Art Works, Allentown, PA

2012 “First Amendment” Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2011 “Spoils of War” Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA

Awards/Honors, Residencies, etc.

2014 “Seek” selected for the cover of “Cloud Eagle” a historical recording of Towa songs from the Seasonal Dance Group of the Jemez and Zuni Pueblos

2014 Visiting Artist at The Swain School in Allentown, PA

2012 “She Continues to Grow” installed at the Healing Through the Arts Center, Allentown, PA

2011 Invited to become a resident artist at the Banana Factory Arts and Education Center, Bethlehem, PA

Stephanie lives in Pennsylvania and is married to her husband Jeff of 30 years.

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