ResuméJulia Stout resides in Black Mountain, NC. Her current medium is steel,concrete,and stone. Sculpture is an opportunity for her to create three-dimensional poetry. Julia's work is in several municipal and private collections in the Southeast. Julia began her career as an interior designer to insure she could suppport herself making art. While getting her Masters Degree in Product Design, she worked as a set designer/fabricator for Public Television. She studied film/video, then produced "Women over the past fifty years in Industrial Design" for her thesis and several documentaries. She teaches Design Fundamentals & Sculpture; and currently is a fine artist. Julia continues to have interests in many different mediums and aspires through her work to honor and celebrate the sacred journey of life, of growth, and of simplicity.
Education1987-1989North Carolina State University School of Design Raleigh, NC 1985-1987North Carolina State University School of Design Raleigh, NC 1968-1971International Institute of Interior Design Washington, DC 1967-1968Villa Mercedes Firenze, Italy
Experience2005-Giuilia Art Studio Mixed Media Sculptor in new Black Mountain Studio Program Director for Western Carolina Mountain Sculptors
1999-2004GIUILIA Art Studio Steel & Stone Sculptor at 140-D Roberts St. Asheville, NC River District Artists Treasurer Asheville, NC Black Mountain Center for the Arts Sculpture & Yoga Instructor 1990-1997University of North Carolina in Charlotte Adjunct Professor Fundamental Design Studios Charlotte,NC Central Piedmont Community College Interior Design Fundamental Studios Charlotte,NC Community School of the Arts Inner City After School Art Programs Charlotte, NC Spirit Square Sculpture and Intuitive Art Classes Charlotte, NC WTVI Public Broadcasting: Set Designer/Fabricator, Camera Operator, Electronic Graphics, Editing, and Lighting for in house and remote shoots. Produced and Directed Documentaries: Bronze Casting with Paul Sires and Yoga for Life w/Mary Lou Buck. Charlotte, NC Central, Harris University YMCA/ Gold's Gym AFFA Certified Aerobic & Yoga Instructor Charlotte, NC
Selected Exhibitions2005Black Mountain Center for the Arts - Solo Exhibit for GIUILIA Stone Souls Rising Series 2004NC Arboretum - Juried Mountain Sculptors public art exhibit “Sacred Geometry of the Earth” 1999-2006Caldwell County Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit - Tri-State Sculptors Lenoir, NC 1999-2003River District Artists Fall & Summer Open Studio Exhibits Asheville, NC 2001The Arts Center of Henderson County "The Human Figure" Hendersonville, NC 2000,2001Chapel Hill Public Arts Comission "Sculpture on the Green" Chapel Hill, NC 1996UNCC Juried Faculty Show Charlotte, NC 1995Chairmania Invitational Show Carlon Building Charlotte, NC 1994Shelby Art League Juried Show Shelby, NC 1990,93,95,97Freedom of Expression Exhibit at Spirit Square Charlotte, NC 1983Show of Hands Artists in Action against Nuclear Arms Exhibit Charlotte. NC 1979Bettencourt Gallery Solo Exhibit of Mixed Media Wilmington, NC
Grants and Awards2006Public Art Purchased "Calling of the Elders" at the Sculpture Celebration Caldwell Arts Council/ Tri-State Sculptors' Outdoor Sculpture Lenoir, NC 2005Juried Exhibition Pedestrian Art in Wilmington, NC "Crossroads" 2004Public Art Installation Campbell residence, Town Mountain Asheville, NC “Finding a Safe Harbor” 2003Public Art Installation Hickory City Hall "Water Reflections”(from the Stone Souls Rising Series) 2001Sculpture on the Green Chapel Hill, NC Merit award for cold-formed steel sculpture 2001The Human Figure Juried Competition at the Arts Center of Henderson County, Inc. 2000Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission: Sculpture on the Green Chapel Hill, NC 199914th Annual Sculpture Celebration Caldwell Arts Council/ Tri-State Sculptors' Outdoor Sculpture Lenoir, NC 1994North Carolina Arts Council
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