Erica Rosenfeld and Jessica Jane Julius
Between The Edge of Reflection
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About
Jessica Jane Julius - view profile
Jessica Jane Julius has been dedicated for 20+ years to the arts as an artist, educator, collaborator, and performer. Creating large scale installations, objects, and imagery that
reflect on the current “culture of fear” and present a look at the anxieties and complexities of language through the lens of dyslexia. With mixed media objects, installation, and drawings she attempts to take command of language; visual, verbal, and experimental, to create a tenuous network of creative exchange and correspondence.
Julius is currently living and working in Philadelphia PA. She maintains a private studio in South Philadelphia and is Program Head and Associate Professor of Glass at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. 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 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 currently serves as the Board President of the Glass Arts Society.
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Erica Rosenfeld
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Her own work is held in private and public collections nationally and has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, Kentucky Museum of Art, Louisville, KY, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Erica has taught at Pilchuck Glass School, Urban Glass, The Corning Museum and Worchester Center for Crafts; she has been a visiting artist at Tyler School of Art, San Jose State, University of the Arts, Pratt University and University of Louisville. Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Arts and Design and The Museum of American Glass. Erica also has been featured in various publications including The New York Times, Glass Magazine, New York Magazine and American Craft.