Kat Stoves, a working artist and arts administrator for the city of Mobile, AL, has a degree in Studio Art and 13 years of experience as a professional artist and staff member of Mobile Arts Council. She maintains an active studio where she has gained experience teaching art to children and adults while creating full bodies of work to show in professional settings. As an arts administrator, Kathleen works daily to establish connections between local artists and arts organizations and public schools in need of arts programming. She also works as an advocate for arts education, collecting data from the classroom and promoting the power of the arts in schools in any way she can in her community.