Julie Vetro is an Interdisciplinary artist.  Vetro participated in the Artist-in-Residence program at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.  Her work has been exhibited in Toronto, the GTA, and in Ontario.  She is currently an artist member of Gallery1313 (Artist-run centre) in Toronto.  She is a past member of Gallery 44 (Contemporary Photography), and LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers) in Toronto.

 

Vetro received an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Diploma in Art & Art History from Sheridan College.  As a student, she earned awards for outstanding achievement in painting and sculpture and her work was featured in annual publications.  Vetro attended studies in the filmmaking program at Toronto Metropolitan University and at LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers) in Toronto.  She received a Bachelor of Education from Brock University.

 

As an Educator, Vetro has taught for various arts organizations, private schools, and school boards:  

As a Visual Arts instructor at the Living Arts Centre for several years, she taught school workshops and community courses.  She worked with students (K-12, and 18+) teaching in a variety of media (photography, filmmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking).

 

Vetro was an Outreach Educator with Lakeshore Arts in Toronto.  She collaborated with a Toronto based Actor and a Playwright.  She taught illustration and created graphic novels with students in the SHAZAAM Outreach Program at various schools in Toronto. 

 

As a Photography & Filmmaking instructor, she worked with middle school students in the Peel District School Board producing promotional material for the MYB (Middle Years Baccalaureate) program.  Vetro also worked with secondary students in the co-curricular program at Appleby College in Oakville.  She produced a short film promoting the Kerr Street Mission in Oakville. 

 

As a Photography and Visual Arts teacher, she worked with the Peel District School Board at Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga. Vetro currently teaches Visual Arts with secondary students in the District School Board of Niagara. ​