About

The Short

Hi, I’m Julie. Julie McIntosh. I completing my Master in Design at Emily Carr University. I’m honing my experience in arts, as a writer and communication consultant to discover what makes us playful.

The Long

Stripping red willow bark

Author Anaïs Nin once wrote: “We write to taste life twice: in the moments and in retrospection.” As a woman of French, Scottish and Cree descent, I spent close to a decade career gathering stories and capturing retrospection. We live in stories, and I have been influenced by the desire to retrospect on moments that bring meaning to our lives. It has led me down an unconventional path to create visual art inspired by ideals I’ve come to hold dear.

While at school, I intend to build onto my skill set to understand structures of indigenous storytelling. By creating contemporary mixed-media design and pieces of writing, my work will exemplify the playful, colourful, and light-hearted values from my community. 

Previously, I crafted toys and traditional designs using wood, quilling, beadwork and basketmaking techniques while attending the Aboriginal Visual Arts program at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (2022).

I completed a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science, minor in Applied Ethics, at the University of Victoria (2016).

I switched my career path from Communications to full-time art.

 

About me (continued)

I interviewed the Mayor of Montreal during a city-led workshop for a pedestrian walkway on McGill College avenue, Montreal.