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Thursday Morning PN155 sm | Sweet Doesn't Come Easy sm | SK 257 |
Miles | Cherry Blossoms | Leaves |
Now Entering Bear Country | Bebe Keith | Mayo Kaleidoscopes |
MSP Airport | Puppy Love | Terrazzo Floor |
Ostrich | I Love You to Pieces! |
Bebe Keith
Education
MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design 2004
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY Master's Degree in Education 1996
CONCORDIA COLLEGE Kindergarten Endorsement 1994
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BS in Elementary Education 1988
Public Art
2024
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Antepartum Maternity Unit, Palo Alto, CA (large collage in progress)
UW Health, Madison, WI (two paintings)
2023
Essentia Health, Duluth, MN (two collage landscapes)
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
2022
KSMQ Television Station, Austin, MN (terrazzo floor)
2021
Normandale Community College, Bloomington MN (a second terrazzo floor)
2020
Normandale Community College, Bloomington MN (terrazzo floor)
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (Five mixed media collages)
2018
Ridgedale Public Library, Minnetonka, MN (hanging glass panels)
Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN (large glass sculpture)
2017
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (22 mosaic hexagons)
Josephine Community Libraries, Grants Pass, OR
Neuroscience Center, St. Paul, MN
Gillette Children's Hospital, St. Paul, MN
2016
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (large glass window)
Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, MN
2015
Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
2014
Minnetonka North Memorial Medical Center, Minnetonka, MN
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2013
Children's Hospital St. Paul, MN
Children's Hospital Boston, MA
Westfield Hospital, New Richmond, WI
Allina Unity Hospital, Fridley, MN
2012
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN
Mayo Clinic, Austin, MN
Jamestown Regional Medical Center, Jamestown, ND
2011
Children's Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Carondelet Village, St. Paul, MN
Viterbo University School of Nursing Building, La Crosse, WI
University of Minnesota Amplatz Medical Center, Riverside Campus, NICU, Minneapolis, MN
Lakeview Hospital, Rice Lake, WI
Health Partners Como Clinic, St. Paul, MN
2010
St. Francis Hospital, Birth Center, Milwaukee, WI
Gillette Children's Hospital, seven mosaics, St. Paul, MN
Children's Hospital, large scale mosaic, Minneapolis, MN
Bemidji Regional Event Center/Sanford Center, designed 15,000+ square foot epoxy terrazzo floor, Bemidji, MN
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, two mosaics for Labor and Delivery, Los Angeles, CA
Health Partners, Woodbury, MN
Health Partners, Sartell, MN
Health Partners, Cottage Grove, MN
Olmsted Medical Center, four mosaics, Preston, MN
2009 and earlier
Mayo Clinic, four mosaics, Rochester, MN
Roseville Bandshell, design cement terrazzo medallion, Roseville, MN
Kaiser-Permanente Medical (LAMC), thirty-two mosaics, Los Angeles, CA
St. Joseph's Hospital, two large scale mosaics, St. Paul, MN
St. Cloud Great River Regional Library, large scale mosaic, St. Cloud, MN
Rice Street Branch of the St. Paul Public Library System, large scale mosaic, St. Paul, MN
Regions Hospital, Medical Library, St. Paul, MN
Fairview Pediatric Facilty, Minneapolis, MN
Bank, Willmar, MN
Eye clinic, Willmar, MN
University of Iowa Hospital, eight mosaics, Iowa City, IA
Dell Children’s Hospital, five mosaics, Austin, Texas
Fairview Riverside Adult Behavioral Health Unit, Minneapolis, MN
Health Partners Specialty Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota
Solo Shows/Featured Artist
Phipps Center for the Arts, Theater Season Featured Artist, Hudson, WI 2024-2025
AMK Counseling Art Showcase, Chicago, IL 2024
Hutchinson Center for the Arts, Hutchinson, MN February-April 2024
Commonweal Theater Season Featured Artist, Lanesboro, MN 2023
Boreal Art Loft, St. Paul, MN Sept. 2023
Seasons Gallery, Hudson, WI June 2022
White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, White Bear Lake, MN February-April 2022
Argyle Zebra Gallery, St. Paul, MN Sept. 2021
Art Crawl of St. Paul, Union Depot, Fall 2021
Owatonna Center for the Arts, Owatonna, MN July 2021
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN October/November 2019
Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota, MN 2018
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN 2018
Healing Arts Exhibition, Hudson Hospital August 2016
Small Things show, Lanesboro, MN 2015
Lanesboro Arts, Lanesboro, MN spring 2014
Lanesboro Arts, Lanesboro, MN October 2012
Owatonna Art Center, Owatonna, MN August 2011
Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN December 2010
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN Oct/Nov 2008
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI January/February 2008
Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN November/December 2007
Gallery 360 Minneapolis, MN April/May 2007
Old Gem Gallery, WI 2006
Cornucopia Art Gallery, Lanesboro, MN 2006
Buffalo Fish Fine Art Gallery Willmar, MN 2006
Mosaic on a Stick, St. Paul, MN 2006
Minneapolis Public Library Washburn, Minneapolis, MN November 2005
Group Shows/Art Fairs
Boreal Art Loft Shadow Falls Holiday Show, St. Paul, MN Dec 2023- Jan 2024
Art at Hidden River, St. Paul, MN Dec 2023
Shadow Falls Art Fair, St. Paul, MN June 2022, 2023, 2024
Argyle Zebra Gallery, St. Paul, MN 2021-2024
Art Force Color of the Year show, Minneapolis, MN 2019
Whitby Gallery, St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 2015
Edina Art Center 2015
Arts in Harmony National Competition: 2015 (Second Place)
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition: 2004 (Second Place), 2006, 2008 (Honorable Mention), 2009, 2010 (First Place), 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019 (Third Place), 2021
Bluff Country Studio Art Tour: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Gallery 360 Five Foot Show, Minneapolis, MN 2009/2010
Red Wing Minnesota Mosaic Guild show, Red Wing, MN 2009
Minnesota Mosaic Guild Art-a-Whirl show, Minneapolis, MN 2007, 2008, 2009
Winona Summer on the River Show, Winona, MN 2006
Northrup King Studio Tours First Thursday Event, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2005
Undercroft Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota 2005
ArTrujillo Gallery, Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004, 2005
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Laura H. Miles Gallery, Minnetonka, MN, 2004
Artists du Nord Northern Showcase Blaine, Minnesota, 2004
Minnesota State Fair, Creative Activities Competition, 2021-2002
Licensing
Artists to Watch (Notecards) 2016 - present
Northern Sun (poster) 2022
ArtLicensing 2024
Awards and Honors
Moxie Art Kits for Kids, Featured Artist 2023
Sktchy Art Instructor, 2023
Strathmore Art Papers Featured Artist, Fall 2022
White Bear Center for the Arts Award, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2021
CitraSolv Winner in Professional Division, 2021
My painting featured on the television program Portrait Artist of the Week 2020
Third Place, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2019
Studio:HERE Selected to be the demo artist for the day in the Fine Arts Building at the Minnesota State Fair 2018
Second Place in Glass, Nationwide Arts in Harmony Competition 2015
Finalist for Rochester Ardee Award, which celebrate the arts in SE MN 2014
Best Bathroom Art, Minnesota Monthly Magazine 2013
Honorable Mention for Bemidji floor, National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association 2011
First Place, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2010
1st Place, Contemporary Art Mosaics Competition #3, Complimentary Colors
Named a 2007 Emerging Artist, FORECAST Public Art 2007
Minnesota Association of Government Communicators, Award of Merit 2006 (Graphic Design)
Honorable Mention, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2006
Finalist, FORECAST Public Art Project, St. Paul, Minnesota 2006
Minnesota Association of Government Communicators, Award of Excellence 2004 (Graphic Design)
2nd Place, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition 2004
1st Place, Minnesota State Fair Creative Activities Competition 2002
Galleries - Past and Present
CURRENT: Art Preserve, White Bear Lake, MN
CURRENT: Burl Gallery (formerly Argyle Zebra Gallery), St. Paul, MN
CURRENT: Seasons Gallery, Hudson, WI
CURRENT: Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN
CURRENT: Lanesboro Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
CURRENT: Spatial Effects Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Art Resources Gallery, Minneapolis and Edina, MN
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN
Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota MN
Maplestone Gallery, Creemore, Ontario, Canada
Something Original, Grand Rapids, MN
Buffalo Fish Fine Art Gallery, Willmar, MN
Mosaic on a Stick, St. Paul, MN
Clover Gallery, Harmony, MN
Bluff Country Artist Gallery, Spring Grove, MN
Your Art's Desire, Minnetonka, MN
Artistic Indulgence, Minneapolis, MN
Rogues Gallery, St. Cloud, MN
Cattail Gallery, Park Rapids, MN
Long Lake Gallery, Park Rapids, MN
My Books
Small Things by Catherine Glynn, Illustrated by Bebe Keith 2015 (paper mosaic illustrations)
I Love You to Pieces! Written and Illustrated by Barbara Benson Keith 2014 (glass mosaic illustrations)
Mosaic Zoo: An ABC Book By Barbara Benson Keith 2008 (glass mosaic illustrations)
The Girls and Boys of Mother Goose Compiled and Illustrated by Barbara Benson Keith 2006 (glass mosaic illustrations)
Lazy Robert by Nancy DeRosa, Illustrated by Barbara Benson Keith 2006 (digital/painted illustrations)
My Online Classes
Daily Creativity: Sixty Exercises to Promote Creativity on Udemy
Stylized Watercolor Portraits on Udemy
Stylized Watercolor Animal Portraits on Udemy
Cat Portraits (Paper Mosaic Collage) on Udemy
Dog Portraits (Paper Mosaic Collage) on Udemy
Beginning Paper Mosaics on Udemy
Preparing Papers for Your Art on Udemy
Press
Voyage Minnesota Magazine, 2023
St. Paul Almanac, 2019
Views from the Window of Picture Books, Toshiko Ishihara, 2018
Artists to Watch, Featured Artist recorded interview, 2017
Women's Press Magazine, July 2014
Mayo Clinic's Anniversary book "Art and Healing at Mayo Clinic" 2014
Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) newsletter "Groutline" spring 2014
Minnesota Monthly Magazine 2013
Mastering Mosaics: 19 Artists, 19 Projects 2013
Inspire(d) Magazine 2012
Catholic Spirit Magazine 2012
Rochester Women Magazine 2011
Contract Magazine 2011
Off 90 segment, PBS TV show, station KSMQ out of Austin, MN 2011
Mosaica Na Rede Magazine (Brazil) 2010
Bemidji Pioneer 2010
LaCrosse Magazine 2010
Fillmore County Journal 2009
"Mosaic, Finding Your Own Voice" book by Brit Hammer Dijcks 2009
Glass Craftsman Magazine (cover story) 2008
Tapestry Magazine (cover story) 2008
Mosaic Art Now Magazine 2008
Stained Glass Magazine 2007
Groutline Magazine 2007
Willmar West Central Tribune Newspaper 2007
St. Paul Illustrated Magazine 2007
St. Anthony Park Bugle Newspaper 2006
Pulse of the Twin Cities Newspaper 2006
Lectures/Appearances
Artist Talk, Hopkins Center for the Arts 2019
Studio:HERE at Minnesota State Fair Demo Artist of the Day 2018
Speaker at the National Tile Conference 2010
Friends of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts - Rochester Branch 2010
Various school and library appearances
Other Experience
Organizing Committee Shadow Falls Art Fair 2022-present
Zumba Instructor 2017-2021
PBS Television Show Host "Off 90" a local show about arts and culture in Southeastern Minnesota. 2011-2023
Freelance Graphic Designer Apnex, Entellus, City of Anoka, Verona Publishing, Punkin Products, Alzheimer’s Association, American Book Publishers, What Box Creative, LexHam Theater, City of Roseville, Eureka Recycling, Lakeshore Players, Revolution, MindMaze Publications, Home Knob and Handle, Eureka Recycling, more. 2002-2010
Actor and Director Many employers and agencies such as Commonweal Theatre, Wixon Jewelers, Best Buy, Gedney Pickles, and Lifetouch Studios.
Elementary School Teacher Many appointments such as Kindergarten Teacher and First Grade Teacher in the Mounds View School District and others. 1988-2000
Artist Statement
Life is short. Why not make art that brings a smile? No matter the medium, I select color and subjects meant to communicate joy, peace, happiness and a sense of calm.
Bio
Bebe Keith grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Always excited about art and especially drawing, she made sure every used piece of paper had a drawing on the back side. After graduation from Hopkins High School, she went to the University of Minnesota and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education. Bebe went on to teach elementary school for twelve years including one year as an art teacher, earning her Master’s in Education from Hamline University. She also has a degree in Graphic Design from the Minneapolis Community and Technical College. She currently works as an artist.
2010 - present
2010 - present