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 has been a past member of Gallery 44 (Contemporary Photography), and LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers) in Toronto.

 

Vetro received a BA in Art & Art History from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.  She earned awards for outstanding achievement in painting and sculpture and was featured in annual publications.  Vetro also received a B.Ed. from Brock University and studied filmmaking at Toronto Metropolitan University. 

 

As an Educator, Vetro has taught for organizations, private schools, and school boards.  As a Visual Arts Educator at the Living Arts Centre for many years, she instructed school workshops and community courses.  She worked with students (K-12, and 18+) teaching in a variety of media (photography, filmmaking, 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 middle school students in the SHAZAAM Outreach Program. 

 

As a Photography & Filmmaking Instructor, she was hired by the Peel District School Board to direct and produce a promotional video with middle school students.  Vetro worked with high school students in the co-curricular program at Appleby College in Oakville.  She directed and produced a short film promoting the Kerr Street Mission in Oakville.  This past year, Vetro was a Photography and Visual Arts teacher at Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga.

 

Vetro is currently a resident of Niagara or Port Colborne, Ontario.  She is teaching secondary Visual Arts with the District School Board of Niagara.

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