Biography!

Stephanie McKee was born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL, where she studied visual arts in middle and high school. She is currently a sophomore painting major at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she first discovered the field of community arts. As a freshman, Stephanie helped establish the community arts project "A Neighborhood Called Baltimore," which lead to her involvement in Artblocks Inc. Ms. McKee maintains an active role in her community by interning at local art centers and after school programs, working as assistant to the Arts Integration Coordinator at Mt. Royal Elementary Middle School, and coordinating service and volunteerism programs at Maryland Institute.

As of late, Stephanie has been establishing herself as a muralist in both St. Petersburg and Baltimore, completing numerous public and private murals since 2004. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, as well as creative writing, dance, theology, talking to strangers, and of course, painting.