Julian Bozeman
julianbozeman@gmail.com // (706) 207-1643 // www.julianbozeman.com // @julianbozeman
PROFILE
Julian Bozeman is an artist and arts educator whose work incorporates sound recording, video, performance, and language. Bozeman creates culturally responsive projects in collaboration with communities, emphasizing the interconnectedness of our experiences. He is dedicated to equipping learners of all ages with technical skills and confidence in their art-making and storytelling. His teaching philosophy emphasizes creative risk-taking and exploration, fostering open-mindedness and compassion that extend beyond the studio, all rooted in the shared power of memory and storytelling.
TEACHING ARTIST
The Painted Cloud, Brooklyn, NY - Teaching Artist and Curriculum Developer - 2017-present
Parsons New School Arts Academy, New York, NY - Teaching Artist - 2023-2024
Drawings and Thoughts [online] - Teaching Artist and Curriculum Developer - 2020
Gastineau Elementary School, Juneau, AK - Teaching Artist - 2014
Dzantik'i Heeni middle school, Juneau, AK - Teaching Artist - 2014
Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, AK - Teaching Artist - 2007
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS + WORKSHOPS
PS018, Brooklyn, NY - Workshop Facilitator - 2024
Family Engagement Workshop
Nalerigu Public Health Building, Nalerigu, Ghana - Co-Director of Mural Creation - 2024
Public Mural promoting pre- and postnatal health
PS018, Brooklyn NY - Community Engagement Project Co-Director - 2024
โYou & Me, Me & Youโ - 4 part culturally responsive project (mural, original song, music video, self portrait coffee table book) (link)
Drawings and Thoughts, [online] - Workshop Co-Deviser and Co-Facilitator - 2020
Weekly online journal series to document and draw during Covid lockdown (link)
The Painted Cloud, Brooklyn NY - Workshop Co-Facilitator - 2019
Adult+Teen workshop - collaborative experimental video with hands-on video equipment (link)
Gastineau & Dzantik'i Heeni public schools, Juneau, AK - Co-creator of Alaska Experimental Map Project - 2013
2-part video series highlighting creative placemaking. (link)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PS018, Brooklyn, NY - Facilitator for Professional Development Workshop (link) - 2024
The Painted Cloud, Brooklyn NY - Facilitator for Teacher Training Sessions - 2017-present
Gastineau School, Juneau, AK - Facilitator for Professional Development Workshop - 2014
GRANTS
Arts for Multilingual Learners Grant from NYC DOE - 2024-25
One Hour More Fund Grant for fostering IRL connections - 2024
EDUCATION
University of Georgia - BFA Printmaking - 2006
Select WORK SAMPLES:
PS018 Professional Development
Teacher Workshop
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: PS018 Professional Development Teacher Workshop
Date: 12/9/2024
Medium: Video, Sound Recording, Color Pencil, Letter-writing
Description: At this professional development workshop, PS018 teaching professionals provided core vocabulary taught in their subjects. Julian and Sarah gathered these words to develop arts integrated curriculum for the school. Julian and Sarah also ran a drawing and letter-writing exercise, emphasizing independence and connection. Following the one-hour workshop, Julian and Sarah combined the voices, poses, drawings, and writings of the teaching professionals into the short sweet vignette below:
Our Relationship with Information Grows By Asking Questions and Listening to Answers
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: Our Relationship with Information Grows By Asking Questions and Listening to Answers
Date: 11/4/2024
Medium: Video, Sound Recording, Watercolor, Letter-writing
Description: On Nov 5th (Election Day), young artists began gathering information on sounds & colors with the objective of observing & exploring relationships. They gathered information by asking questions & listening to answers.
Doing Something New (Trust the Process)
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: Doing Something New (Trust the Process)
Date: 7/26/2024
Medium: Video, Sound Recording, Music, Painting, Collage, Clay
Description: Throughout the 5-week summer camp, young artists recorded their voices, performed for the camera, and created individual artworks. The individual artworks were scanned to create the elements and backgrounds of the video. The voices and performances were collaged together on top of the scanned artworks.
You and Me / Me and You
Artists: Julian Bozeman and Sarah Conarro
Title: You and Me / Me and You
Date: 4/11/2024
Medium: Mural, Video, Sound Recording, Music, Paint, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Description: Parents and Caregivers of PS018 students submitted โone positive trait that describes your childโ in their home language. Their responses became the lyrics to an original song, recorded by the students. Additionally, the students created a collaborative mural and self-portraits, which were compiled into a coffee table book. Each of the 4 parts (mural, self-portrait book, song, video) refer to each other with the positive traits as the consistent through-line. (read more)
