Julianne began holding creative space for the women of remote communities 6 years ago with a vision to help and encourage her community to let go of fear, self doubt and limiting blocks through art and creativity. Originally birthed in the Pilbara Desert in Western Australia Jules formed Aphrodite Art School under the ethos that ‘there’s no such thing as bad art’ and it runs like a current through every thing she does and every creative container that she facilitates.

 

Julianne inspires her students and instils in them a freedom to create without judgement and expectation, she encourages her students to live their lives with this same ethos, to express their own truth courageously and give themselves permission to play and explore the world around them with childlike abandon. Julianne has been described as tenacious, credited to independently bootstrapping two businesses simultaneously, working as a park ranger in some of the most remote parks in qld, representing Australia at the world ranger congress in USA, working alongside villagers to rebuild the Kokoda trail in PNG, Pursuing her creative practice through oil painting, alongside spending her time teaching art and creativity to adults, children, seniors and people with disabilities.

 

Jules is also the proud owner of Beltera, a nationally renowned and regularly published hat label, respected for some of the most unique and finest quality hats crafted in Australia. She has successfully grown both businesses starting from the bottom while working tirelessly to realise her vision.