NEWS & MEDIA
Julia Franklin's artwork has been featured in a number of publications. Click on the black buttons below to take you to sites that tell more about her achievements, exhibitions, specific works, videos and artist talks.
Championing Iowa’s Art Scene
Click the button below to read Paris Barraza’s front page, comprehensive coverage.
Click the button below to read Michael Morain’s story in dsm about my new arts leadership role.
Paris Barraza covers the story released on November 6, 2023.
Mixed Media Artist Julia Franklin of Mainframe Studios intentionally seeks community-building through her creative pursuits while sharing experiences of personal tragedy and resilience.
BELONGINGS Immersive Installation and Devised Performance Trailer by Julia Franklin with DEFT Films --- DoP / Editor: Bruce James Bales Sound: John Hennessey Baker Voiceovers: Adelaide Bass and John Hennessey Baker
Julia Franklin's promotional video for Picking Up The Pieces, an interactive installation that will premier in Winter 2019. This explains the origins and motivations behind the project and illustrates one process used to preserve some documents and images in the upcoming show.
Duane Tinkey’s photographs and Brianne Sanchez’s poetic writing makes Julia’s work come alive in the Jan/Feb edition of the dsm city magazine.
Julia’s segment begins at the 31:00 mark on Talk of Iowa with Charity Nebbe on Iowa Public Radio
Jeff Morgan from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs interviews Julia for a series of Meet the Artist.
Julia is featured in a series on “Artists Among Us.”
Wichita Falls Times Record News
Richard Carter writes about Julia’s work, “Unfolding Heritage” at the MSU Art Gallery and how it draws from personal experience: her adoption.
Iowa Arts Council
The Iowa Arts Council names 5 New Iowa Artist Fellows. Read about the competitive program, get to know the recipients, and learn about the award details.
The Tower - Graceland University
Jacob Boles reviews The Skin Show, a collaborative exhibition in the Constance Gallery by Rachel Buse, Julia Franklin, and Tiffany Sinnott.
The Tower - Graceland University
Matt Moore, arts writer, examines the evolving mystery and offers an interpretation of Julia’s new interactive installation.
The Simpsonian -Simpson College
Jonathan Facio reviews Julia's exhibition at the Farnham Galleries, Picking Up the Pieces, and explores death and memory in her visual memoir.
Graceland University
Jennifer McBroom interviews Julia on the impacts of the Iowa Artist Fellowship and provides highlights of the prestigious program and benefits to GU.
Daily Palette - University of Iowa
Read a feature about Julia's work in the The Daily Palette, a project by the School of Art & Art History at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
The Tower - Graceland University
Matt Moore, arts writer, interviews Julia on her vulnerable past and on her new exhibition, Picking Up the Pieces.