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Email: glatfelterjulia@gmail.com

Statement: My art practice is a meditative process of noticing, documenting, and recreating my daily views through playful media. By painting these everyday scenes, I am able to slow down to see the holiness within them and learn from the tenuousness of life. Visual imagery often includes the neighborhood I live in, the colorful changing seasons, and loved ones at rest or play. Making bright acrylic paintings, painted paper collages, and immersive installations allows me to regain a child-like wonder. 

As an art educator, I am constantly challenged by children's ability to be enraptured by nature and unexpected events. My students could spend an hour watching a turtle or spend weeks monitoring a growing garden. By being attentive, I have found that the next step beyond wonderment is an experience of healing from nature. My work captures moments in time and highlights the renewal that nature can bring to its observers.

When others view my work, they often experience that same connection to their surroundings. In the end, we become more interconnected and more appreciative of what we often take for granted. I offer my art as a gateway into the beauty and value of the present moment.

Bio: I grew up on the green hills of Southeastern Pennsylvania. My earliest memories are of playing in the sun with my siblings - chasing each other through labyrinths of trees. We regularly attended the Brandywine River Museum, "home of the Wyeths" and I lived among realistic depictions of my county by an American great, Andrew Wyeth. In 2017, I received a Bachelor of Arts in both Studio Art and Art Education from Gordon College in Beverly Massachusetts. Since then, I have taught art in various settings and developed my personal art practice. Today, I make art and teach middle school art in Alexandria, Virginia.

2024

B_24 Juried Art Exhibition / Artscape, Baltimore MD

Members Show / Falls Church Arts Gallery, Falls Church VA

Ripple Effect Series / Greenbrier Baptist Church re: Coracle, Arlington VA

Del Ray Spring Art Market / Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria VA

Spring Garden Market / River Farm, Alexandria VA

April Exhibit / The Arts League, Alexandria VA

Music to My Eyes / Falls Church Arts Gallery, Falls Church VA

2023

Burgundy Fall Fair / Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria VA

You Be Safe, Now / The Peale Museum, Baltimore MD

Neighborhood Views / Ministry of Brewing, Baltimore MD

2022

Neighborhood views / Ministry of Brewing, Baltimore MD

Holiday Sale, A Group Show / Snake Hill, Baltimore MD

Ripple Effect, A Solo Show / Gallery Church Patterson Park, Baltimore MD

Annual Members Show / Academy Art Museum, Easton MD

Plein Air Painting Exhibition / Night Owl Gallery, Baltimore MD

2021

What We Heard / Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD

Neighborhood views / Ministry of Brewing, Baltimore MD

Pouring Light / Carroll Mansion, Baltimore MD

2020

Under 500 / Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD

Crossing Borders, A Solo Show / Night Owl Gallery, Baltimore MD

Out of Order / Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD

2019

La Realidad Del Perro, A Group Show / Casa Lu, Mexico City

Small Works, A Group Show / Christ Church, Hamilton MA

Nocturne, A Group Show / Night Owl Gallery, Baltimore MD

The Little Glass Treasure House / Children’s Literature Book, A Self Published Work

2018

Sowebo Art and Music Festival Exhibition / Hollin's Market, Baltimore

Pop Up Gallery, A Group Show / 3 Goats Cafe, Baltimore, MD

2017

Drawings, Prints and Paintings Display / Local Yoga Cafe, West Chester PA

Bear Witness Group Show / Local Yoga Cafe, West Chester PA

Handled Exhibition Group Show / 263 Gallery, Cambridge MA

36 Rutland St Solo Show / The United South End Settlements, Boston MA

Mass Migration Undergraduate Thesis Show / The Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham MA

2016

Artspeak Exhibition Group Fundraiser / Ames Hall, Salem MA

Lent Series Commission / High Rock North Shore Church, Salem MA

2015

Passion Commission / High Rock North Shore Church, Salem MA

Hope for Sri Lanka Collaboration / President's College Colombo, Sri Lanka

2014

Anniversary Mural Collaboration / Gordon College / Wenham MA