SL31Stephanie grew up at Lake Lotawana in Missouri. She graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in the sculpture department where her father, Jim Leedy, had taught for over forty years. She continued her graduate degree at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and then stayed for a couple of years to run a hot glass studio. She moved back to Kansas City and, during an apprenticeship, learned to bend neon. Stephanie opened “Downtown Neon” and ran a sign shop and then a gallery.
She now helps oversee and manage the buildings that contain artist studios and the much loved Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. I took this picture of Steph and her really cute rescued dog, Winston, on the front steps of Leedy-Voulkos, a place I hope many of you will be next Friday night!
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