Associate Professor of Instruction and Program Head
Glass
Jessica Jane Julius
- Email: jessica.julius@temple.edu
- Phone: 215-280-6521
- Office: Tyler 120C
- Website: www.jessicajjulius.com
Jessica Jane Julius is an artist, educator, collaborator and performer who creates glass installations, objects and imagery that examine how fear is infiltrating the ways in which we navigate the world and presents a look at the anxieties and complexities of our current “culture of fear.”
She is the co-founder of the artists’ collective and performance group, The Burnt Asphalt Family, who produces collaborative, participatory and edible works. Together they have performed at prestigious venues including the Corning Museum of Glass, the Chrysler Museum and Urban Glass. Her mixed media works have been exhibited nationally at venues including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Museum of American Glass, New Jersey and MarketView Arts, Pennsylvania. She has been awarded a York Cultural Alliance grant and residencies at The Creative Glass Center of America in Millville, New Jersey and The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. Currently, Julius serves as the Board President of the Glass Arts Society.
MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2010
BFA, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, 2003