Meet Julianne Holland

Julianne began holding creative space for the women of remote communities 6 years ago with a vision to help and encourage her community to let go of fear, self doubt and limiting blocks through art and creativity. Originally birthed in the Pilbara Desert in Western Australia Jules formed Aphrodite Art School under the ethos that ‘there’s no such thing as bad art’ runs like a current through every thing she does and every creative container that she facilitates, inspiring freedom to create without judgement and expectation and encouraging her students to live their lives with this same ethos,to express their own truth courageously and give themselves persmission to play and explore the world around them with child like abandon.

 

Julianne has been described as tenacious, credited to independently bootstrapping two businesses simultaneously, working as a park ranger in some of the most remote parks in qld, representing Australia at the world ranger congress in USA, working alongside villagers to rebuild the Kokoda trail in PNG, teaching art and creativity to adults, children and people with disabilities. Jules is also the proud owner of Beltera, a nationally renowned hat label , repected for some of the most unique and finest quality hats crafted in Australia. She has successfully grown both businesses starting from the bottom while working tirelessly to realise her vision. 

 

When teaching Jules draws from her formal studies in Fine Art at university, a lifetime of creating and exhibiting and many years of self education, exploring her own creative blocks and barriers. She also draws wisdom from her many years working as a park ranger in some of the most remote, wild frontiers, jungles and islands of the world. Her connection and grounding into the natural flow of nature saturates everything she teaches. Providing a truly connected and grounding experience. 

 

Jules offers the community:

-A wide variety of art classes and workshops locally and nationally

-Aphrodite Art Expeditions - immersive experiences for women that combine wild spaces and creativity

-Hands & Heart Kids Art - after school art classes

-Intuitive art classes at a local disability center

-‘bush art’ classes at Homegrown Nature Play daycare center 

 

In her personal practice Jules is an oil painter.  Her large scale oil paintings are vibrant and expansive while her portraits and figure paintings captivate the spirit and mood of her subjects. Jules takes on a limited no. of commission paitings a year but always welcomes new enquiries.