Stacy Bates (Stacy Bee Art) is an artist and art teacher from Fort Smith, Arkansas. She graduated with a BA degree in Art and a minor in Education from the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. Upon graduating, she returned to Fort Smith where she now lives with her husband, creates art and teaches elementary art. 

Her work mainly specializes in creating illustrations, along with murals, that combine her two favorite mediums – drawing and printmaking. Her work appears on a variety of projects, from gig posters for musical acts to Arkansas-themed illustrations to public murals.