• 2015 Bachelor's in Biology with a minor in American Sign Language from the University of South Florida
• 2013 Associate in Science from the University of South Florida

Post-Graduate Studies

• 2026 Certificate of Completion Herbal Immersion Program, Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine
• 2024 Certified Aromatherapist from Aromahead Institute, School of Essential Oil Studies (NAHA-certified)

• 2026 Invitied United Plant Savers Artist Fellow Residency, Ohio

• 2026 Honorable Mention, Quick Draw Open Division, Paint Livingston, Livingston, TN
• 2026 1st Place Oil Building Painting, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 2nd Place, Plein Air at the Fair, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 3rd Place, Oil Painting Animals, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 3rd Place, Oil Floral Paintings, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Steve and Ann Bailey Opportunity Grant
• 2026 4th Place, Oil Still Life Painting, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 4th Place, Oil Landscapes, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Best Work by an Arts and Cultural Alliance Member, E Pluribus Unum, The Emporium Knoxville, TN
• 2025 Purchase Award from Clarksville Arts & Heritage Council, 2-Rivers Paint-Out, Clarksville, TN
• 2025 Third Place Paint the Town Plein Air Ottawa, Illinois
• 2025 Best of Tennessee Award, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2025 Second Place Plein Air at the Fair, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2025 Best in Show Acrylic Floral Painting at the Tennessee Valley Fair
• 2025 1st Place Oil Portrait Painting at the Tennessee Valley Fair
• 2025 1st Place Acrylic Flower Painting at the Tennessee Valley Fair
• 2025 2nd Place Acrylic Portrait Painting at the Tennessee Valley Fair
• 2025 Steve and Ann Bailey Opportunity Grant
• 2023 Great Green Earth Book Awards Long List, Save the Sky
• 2022 Great Green Earth Book Awards Long List, Save the Butterflies
• 2022 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Butterflies
• 2022 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Sharks
• 2022 Save the Ocean #1 Best-Selling on Amazon for two categories
• 2022 Save the Bees #1 Best-Selling on Amazon
• 2021 Save the Scraps #1 Best-Selling on Amazon
• 2021 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Little Red
• 2021 Save the Ocean #1 Best-Selling on Amazon in five categories
• 2021 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Scraps
• 2021 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Land
• 2021 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Mermaids, Mermaids in the Sea
• 2021 Save the Bees #1 Best-Selling on Amazon
• 2021 Best New Endometriosis eBooks To Read In 2021
• 2021 Best Ocean Audiobook of All Time, Book Authority
• 2020 Best Endometriosis Books of All Time and Best New Endometriosis ebooks, Book Authority
• 2020 Save the Ocean #1 Best-Selling on Amazon in two categories
• 2020 Best New Oceans Books and Best Ocean Books of All Time, Save the Ocean, Book Authority
• 2020 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Bees
• 2019 National Author’s Day Celebrate Our Authors Featured Author
• 2019 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Arctic
• 2019 Save the Ocean Best-Selling on Amazon
• 2019 Best New Endometriosis eBooks, Book Authority
• 2019 Readers Favorite 5 stars, Save the Ocean
• 2019 Best New Ocean Books, Save the Ocean, Book Authority
• 2019 Cityview Best of the Best Local Painter Portrait Nominee
• 2018 Cityview Best of the Best Local Visual Artist Abstract Nominee 2018 Cityview Best of the Best Landscape Artist Nominee
• 2015 Certificate of Recognition, Roots and Shoots, Dr. Jane Goodall

• 2026 Plein Air Livingston Open Division Quick Draw, Livingston, Tennessee (Honorable Mention)
• 2026 Plein Air Smokies, Open Division Quick Draw, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 2026 Plein Air at the Fair, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, Tennessee (2nd Place)
• 2026 Featured Artist, Brush the Wild, Knoxville Zoo
• 2026 Featured Artist Demo, Dogwood Art Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 2025 2-Rivers Paint-Out, Clarksville, TN (Purchase Award)
• 2025 Plein Air Abingdon Quick Draw, Abingdon, Virginia
• 2025 Plein Air Abingdon, Abingdon, Virginia
• 2025 Plein Air Smokies Open Division Quick Draw Competition, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 2025 Paint the Town Plein Air Festival, Ottawa, Illinois (3rd Place)
• 2025 Plein Air at the Fair, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, Tennessee (2nd Place)

• 2026 Rooted in Nature, Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Bethany Stahl, Bliss, Knoxville, TN
• 2025 A Moment in Time, The Emporium, Knoxville TN
• 2025 Blooming Botanicals, First Friday Featured Artist, Knox Brew Hub, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 In Tandem with Nature, Sanctuary Vegan Cafe, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Bethany Stahl, Ice Up Cryotherapy, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Interconnected, First Friday Featured Artist, Juice Bar Market Square, Knoxville, TN

• 2017 November First Friday Featured Artist, Lox Salon, Knoxville, TN

• 2026 Tennessee Artists Association Juried Show, Fountain City Art Center, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Magnolia Art House, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Best of Tennessee, Wilson County, Lebanon, TN
• 2026 Members Show, The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Winsor and Newton Art Mail, London, TN
• 2026 Autistic Pride Day Actually Silent Auction (June), Chattanooga, TN
• 2026 Mayor's Office, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Garden of Earthly Delights (May-June), COOP Gallery, Chattanooga (Curated)
• 2026 Brush the Wild (May), Zoo Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Nature's Pallet: The Beauty of the Natural World (April-June), The Rose Center, Morristown, TN
• 2026 Art at the Inn (April-June), Farragut, TN
• 2026 E pluribus unum (March), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN (Juried & Best Work Awarded)
• 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Exhibition (January), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2025/2026 6" Squared: Season of Giving, Thornhill Art Gallery, Portsmouth, NH (Juried)
• 2025 Members Show, The Emporium, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 2025 2-Rivers Paint-Out, L&N Train Depot, Clarksville, TN (Purchase Award Winner)
• 2025 Plein Air Abingdon, Southwest Virginia Cultural Center, Abingdon, Virginia
• 2025 Plein Air Abingdon, The Barns at Chip Ridge, Abingdon, Tennessee
• 2025 Paint the Town Plein Air, Nell's Woodland, Ottawa, IL (3rd Place Winner)
• 2025 Plein Air at the Fair, Tennessee State Fair, Knoxville, TN (2nd Place)
• 2025 Fine Art, Tennessee State Fair, Knoxville, TN (Two 1st Place wins, One 2nd Place, and Best in Show)
• 2025 Alliance Members Show (June), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Exhibition (January), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2024 Alliance Members Show (December), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2021/2022 Mayor’s Office Exhibition (November-May), Knoxville City County Building, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2021 Alliance Members Show (December), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2020 Dazzling Dogwoods (Group Exhibition), UT Botanical Gardens, Knoxville, TN
• 2019 Alliance Members Show (December), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2019 A1Lab Arts Open Show (October), A1Lab Arts, Knoxville, TN
• 2019 Wings of Wonder: A Butterfly Exhibit (May-September), UT
  Botanical Gardens, Knoxville, TN
• 2019 June Draw This Gallery, SCBWI Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• 2019 April Draw This Gallery, SCBWI Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• 2019 March Draw This Gallery, SCBWI Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• 2019 Once Upon A Time (March – April), AVA Main & Landis Education Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
• 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Exhibition (January), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2018/19 Mayor’s Office Exhibition (November-May), Knoxville City County Building, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2018 Alliance Members Show (December), The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Mayor’s Office Exhibition (June-November), Knoxville City County Building, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Joyful Flight: A Hummingbird Exhibit (May-September), UT Botanical Gardens, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 July Mayor’s Office Artists Reception, Knoxville City County Building, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Wish You Were Here 17 Post Card Show (May– June), A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
• 2018 Budding Creativity May 2018, The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 May First Friday Hummingbird Artists Reception, UT, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Exhibition, The Emporium, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2017 Knoxville Postcards, Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN (Juried)
• 2016 Art Show, Heska Amuna Synagogue, Knoxville, TN
• 2016 Life, Morristown-Hamblen Library, Morristown, TN (Juried)

• 2024 StoryWalk, Save the Air, Gastonia, NC
• 2024 StoryWalk, Save the Bees (June), River Falls, WI
• 2024 StoryWalk, Save the Butterflies (June), Gastonia, NC
• 2024 StoryWalk, Save the Bees (April), Gastonia, NC
• 2022 Explore to Read: “Save the Butterflies” by Bethany Stahl, Botanical Garden of
  the Piedmont, Charlottesville, Virgina, USA
• 2021 StoryWalk, Save the Ocean, Murrysville Community Library, PA
• 2020 Dazzling Dogwoods (Group), UT Botanical Gardens, Knoxville, TN
• 2020 StoryWalk® featuring Save the Ocean, Falmouth Public Library, MA
• 2019 Wings of Wonder: A Butterfly Exhibit (Group), UT Botanical Gardens, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 Joyful Flight: A Hummingbird Exhibit (Group), UT Botanical Gardens, Knoxville, TN

• 2025 A Moment in Time, Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2023 Green Earth Book Award Long List
• 2022 Sayre Public Library news, Morning Times, Sayre, Pennsylvania, USA
• 2022 Climate Change and Youth: Turning Grief and Anxiety into Activism, Linda Goldman
• 2022 Explore to Read: “Save the Butterflies” by Bethany Stahl, Botanical Garden of the Piedmont, Charlottesville, Virgina, USA
• 2021 Endometriosis 101: Pain Management Tips, Women’s Surgery Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
• 2021 Children’s Book Shows How To ‘Save the Butterflies,‘ The Greenville Sun, Greenville, Tennessee, USA
• 2021 Turning Knowledge Into Action, Township of South Orange Village
• 2021 Writers Block: Saving the Earth with children’s books, MSN
• 2021 Award-Winning Author releases New Children’s Book Inspiring Shark Conservation, The Loafer
• 2021 The Best Earth Day Books for Kids, Treehugger
• 2021 Award-winning local author releases new children’s book inspiring shark conservation, Knoxville Daily Sun, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
• 2021 Feel Good Fridays, Bloomin’ Uterus
• 2021 Children’s Fiction and Nonfiction Books about Bees and Pollination, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Henrico, Virigina, USA
• 2020 11 Books About the Sea that Kids Will Love, Ocean Conservancy
• 2020 Morning of Sustainability, Calvert School, Baltimore, MD
• 2020 StoryWalk® featuring Save the Ocean, Falmouth Public Library, MA
• 2020 Build A Bee-utiful Pollinator Hotel Children’s Book Recommendations, Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center, Carnation, WA
• 2020 Nature-themed Children’s Book Recommendations, Environment America
• 2019 Local Author Publishes the Second book in her “Save the Earth” Series, The Loafer Iss. 68,
  Knoxville, TN
• 2019 Save the Arctic review, Readers Favorite
• 2019 Polar bear sets out to ‘Save the Arctic’, Sandra Clark, Knox TN Today, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
• 2019 Friday, November 1: Celebrate Local Authors on National Authors Day, ArtsKnoxville
• 2019 Featured authors will be announced on National Authors Day, Nov. 1, Knoxville Daily Sun
• 2019 Save the Ocean review, Readers Favorite
• 2019 Rare Books – Summer 2019, Rare in Rare Form, Rare
• 2019 Bringing Storybook Magic to Everyday Homes, Doodlers Anonymous
• 2019 Marc and Kim Show Star 102.1, January 3rd, 2019 Morning Show, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
• 2018 Marc and Kim Show Star 102.1, December 21st, 2018 Morning Show, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
• 2018 Elektrobotz, Featured Watercolor Painting in Instagram Post during their World Of Dance tour 
• 2015 USFSP Student Leads National Pre-Vet Association, Harbor Notes, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
• 2015 Pre-Vet President Lands Guide Dogs Internship, USFSP, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
• 2014 Dog Science, USF Magazine, Vol. 96 No. 2 Pg. 9, Tampa, Florida, USA

• 2026 The Day I Learned I'm Autistic (and ADHD!)
• 2025 The Effects of Essential Oils on Endometriosis, National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy Spring Journal
• 2025 Save the Native Bees, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2025 Rette Den Ozean, Bethany Stahl (German Translation)
• 2023 Tolerant, Written by C.J. Sparrow (Bethany Stahl)
• 2022 Save the Reef, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2022 Save the Air, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2022 Save the Sky, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2021 Save the Earth Collector’s Edition: Volume II, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2021 Save the Earth Collector’s Edition: Volume I, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2021 Save the Butterflies, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2021 Salvar el Océano, Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2021 Little Red, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2021 Save the Sharks, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2020 Save the Earth Workbook, by Bethany Stahl
• 2020 Save the Scraps, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2020 Save the Land, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2020 Mermaids,Mermaids in the Sea, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2020 Dreaming, Dreaming in the Night, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2020 Save the Bees, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2019 Save the Arctic, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2019 Endometriosis: it’s not in your head, it’s in your pelvis, Written by Bethany Stahl
• 2019 Save the Ocean, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2019 Breathe and Squeeze, Written by Kendra Andrus, Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2018 Caridee: The Long Leggedy-Chickadee, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl
• 2018 Goodnight Angels, Written and Illustrated by Bethany Stahl

• 2026 Social Media for Artists (Grant Funded Workshop), Arts and Cultural Alliance, The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Comic Craft Course Instructor, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Autistic Pride Day, Featured Author Book Readings, Downtown Chattanooga Public Library, Chattanooga, Tennessee
• 2026 Featured Artist, Brush the Wild, Zoo Knoxville
• 2026 The Day I Learned I'm Autistic Book Signing, Barnes & Noble, Knoxville, TN
• 2026 Acrylic Painting Workshop, Dogwood Art Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 2026 Featured Artist Demo, Dogwood Art Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee
• 2025 Book Signing, Barnes & Noble, Knoxville, TN
• 2025 Plein Air Painter, September Third Thursday, Tri-Hop Brewery, Maryville, TN
• 2025 Writing Through Drawing Course Instructor, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
• 2025 Guest Herbalist, Elderberry Syrup Demonstration, Dogwood Arts Festival
• 2025 Guest Herbalist, Herbal Tea Workshop, Dogwood Arts Festival
• 2024 Guest Herbalist, Fire Cider Workshop, Dogwood Arts Festival
• 2020 Karn’s Family Literacy Night, Karns Elementary, Karns, TN
• 2019 12th Annual Children’s Book Fest, Founder’s Park, Farragut, TN
• 2019 Karns’ Elementary Family Literacy Night, Karns Elementary, Karns, TN
• 2018 December: Caridee: The Long-Leggedy Chickadee Reading, Northview Primary School, Kodak, TN
• 2018 Caridee: The Long-Leggedy Chickadee Book Signing, McKay Books, Knoxville, TN
• 2018 October 4th Caridee: The Long-Leggedy Chickadee Reading, Inskip Elementary, Knoxville, TN

• 2026 Living East Tennessee Presents Bethany Stahl: The Day I Learned I'm Autistic
• 2025 Living East Tennessee Presents Bethany Stahl: A Moment in Time
• 2022 Storycomic Presents: Bethany Stahl, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator, StoryComic
• 2022 Save the Sky Interview, The Astro Show, Ep. 24 Astronomy Outreach to Kids
• 2022 Meet Bethany Stahl, Knoxville Voyager
• 2021 Storycomic Presents: Bethany Stahl, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator, Storycomic
• 2021 Authors have mixed feelings on Amazon Kindle Vella and its token system, Android Central
• 2021 Bethany Stahl Author Interview, Save the Sharks, Local News 8 WVLT, Writer’s Block
• 2020 Bethany Stahl Author and Endometriosis Awareness Interview, WATE6-ABC, Living East Tennessee
• 2020 Bethany Stahl Endometriosis Awareness Interview, @pina_patootie via Instagram
• 2020 Bethany Stahl Author Interview, Save the Bees, Local News 8 WVLT
• 2019 Bethany Stahl Author Interview: Save the Arctic, Local News 8 WVLT
• 2019 National Authors Day “Celebrate Our Authors”, Save the Ocean, WATE6-ABC, Living East Tennessee
• 2019 RARE Author Interview, Twitter
• 2019 Bethany Stahl Author Interview: Save the Ocean, Local News 8 WVLT
• 2019 Bethany Stahl, Business Building Women
• 2018 Bethany Stahl Author Interview, Local News 8 WVLT

• 2018-Present Arts and Cultural Alliance of Knoxville
• 2026-Present Tennessee Artists Association Member
• 2024-2026 United Plant Savers Member
• 2025 American Impressionist Society Associate Member
• 2025 Friend of National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy
• 2024-2025 Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetics Guild