SmithKeiling Biography
Born in the Northern United States, moving every few years throughout the US, and raised primarily in the Southern US, Beverly SmithKeiling began a lifetime exploring the Sciences and the Arts. After earning a PhD in Microbiology from University of Minnesota, SmithKeiling’s career became more global while living around the world as scientific researcher, professor of science, educator, writer, artist, performer, volunteer, and someone who engages with cultural diversity and outreach to intertwine all these vocations in as educator/artist/writer developing experiential-storytelling and fiction as an emerging artist. Her artistic development was encouraged at a young age with recognition and awards in art, music, and writing, but after science got ahold of her, artistic training along the way was mostly through private training, mentorships, workshops and auditing courses at various colleges (Univ. Minnesota, Augsburg College, McPhail School of Music, American Univ. of Paris, MN Northwoods) in instrumental, theater/public speaking, vocal, and mixed media art, with a focus on writing. Formal training in over five languages, and cultural experiences in over fifty countries contribute to SmithKeiling’s exploration of common human condition that tie us together in our common themes of humanity and expression through active-learning-experiential-storytelling, children’s books, short art books, poetry, and fiction works. A writer’s workshop led by Darcey Steinke at American University of Paris opened new doors as a fiction writer and poet. MN Northwoods Writer’s Conference with workshop author Lorraine Lopez, and craft talks by others, expanded her horizons. An artist-in-residency at Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan solidified her expression as a storyteller, writer and artist through a series of Art and Breakfast experiential-storytelling events and exhibition.
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Workshops, Residencies, Exhibitions
Fiction Writers Workshop and Residency. American University of Paris July 2015
Artist in Residence. Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan. Jan-March 2016.
Artist in Residence. Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan. April-May 2016.
Art-and-Breakfast. Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan.
Art-and-Breakfast. Nagoya, Japan.
MN Northwoods Writer’s Conference, Bemidji, Minnesota, USA. June 2016.
Solo Exhibitions
Transformation Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan. March 2016.