Julie Tourtillotte is a professor of art at Saint Mary’s College where she teaches drawing, fibers, and video art. Tourtillotte received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and has exhibited her fabric constructions, drawings and prints throughout the United States including Stark Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona, the University of Dallas, Indianapolis Museum of Art and The National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. She has received Indiana Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts grants in recognition of her work which incorporates shibori resist dyeing, natural dyes, screen printing, embroidery and video. A faculty research grant allowed her to continue her study of shibori dyeing in Japan where she joined other World Shibori Network members for workshops and tours in Arimatsu, Kiryu, Miyama, Kyoto and Tokyo. Julie and her family maintain 20 organic acres and an art studio adjacent to Potato Creek State Park in South Bend, Indiana.