Julia Shipley takes part in "Habitat for Artists"


Read the latest about Julia's involvement in the artist community in the most recent edition of the Burlington Free Press. Here is an excerpt:

"Happy National Shed Week! Technically, that annual celebration doesn’t extend beyond the borders of the United Kingdom and ended July 10 this year. But, on the heels of America’s Independence Day, sculptor Simon Draper, a native of Wales, may be reconquering America one shed at a time.


His ongoing project, which he calls Habitat for Artists, has taken place in several states since 2007. It moves into Stowe, Morrisville and Waitsfield on Friday and remains until Sept. 25. In each town one of the wee structures, measuring six feet square and eight feet high, will serve as a temporary studio for rotating shifts of local artists.


Among the at least two dozen Habitat artists expected to participate is Julia Shipley, a writer with visual arts experience who farms a six-acre spread in Craftsbury. She’ll take up residence at the entrance to the Stowe Recreation Path in a shed hosted by the Helen Day Arts Center."


Continue reading at:  The Burlington Free Press