“Lift the Sky”
BIOGRAPHY
Julie is a Southern California artist working in painting, fiber art and conceptual art. Her unique artistic voice and evocative exploration of our shared human workings are exhibited nationally and internationally. Julie strives to uplift while creating beauty in her work without it having to be pretty. Julie is the founder of the global art project, Lift the Sky which offers a hopeful outlook for the future and invites artists to respond to the question, “what’s your message to the world?” After an early 2023 inaugural exhibition, Lift the Sky was seen at ArtPrize Grand Rapids in Fall 2023 where it was voted Top 25 Finalist (out of 750 artists). Julie served as Director of Front Porch Gallery, a nonprofit gallery in Carlsbad, CA where she worked from 2006 until 2023. There she curated and juried exhibits, worked with regional and national artists and created programming for residents in ten Front Porch retirement communities including numerous large-scale collaborative projects.