Julia E. Katz is a visual artist, facilitator, and mother of two living in West Philadelphia. Her art is inspired by nature, sisterhood, motherhood, and the personal and collective struggle to free ourselves from oppressive systems and behaviors and find new ways of being and relating. A two time Leeway Art and Change grant recipient, her work aims to notice and honor universal and sacred points of connection between humans, and between people and the natural world.

Julia holds a B.A. from Hampshire College in Studio Art and Youth Development, and completed her M.A.T in Art Education at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Art. She has presented at conferences of the MA Art Education Assoc., the Consortium for Innovative Environments, and the PA Chapter – National Assoc. for Multicultural Education. Julia was a Cultural Agent with the US Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC), and was featured in the Spike Lee documentary Throw Like a Girl. Publishings include chapters in “Difficult Dialogues about Twenty-First-Century Girls” edited by Donna Marie Johnson and Alice E. Ginsberg, 2015, and the “Journal of Applied Arts & Health”. Her art can be found on the cover of "Re-Writing the Return to Africa," by Anne Francios and in "Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitcal Context of Multicultural Education," by Sonia Nieto and Patty Bode.