NEWS & MEDIA

Julia Franklin's artwork has been featured in a number of publications.  Click on the black buttons below to take you to sites that tell more about her achievements, exhibitions, specific works, videos and artist talks.  

Image of Julia with light brown hair blown by wind in front of colorfully painted Mainframe Studios 4 story buildilng.

Championing Iowa’s Art Scene

Click the button below to read Paris Barraza’s front page, comprehensive coverage.

Click the button below to read Michael Morain’s story in dsm about my new arts leadership role.

Mixed Media Artist Julia Franklin of Mainframe Studios intentionally seeks community-building through her creative pursuits while sharing experiences of personal tragedy and resilience.

BELONGINGS Immersive Installation and Devised Performance Trailer by Julia Franklin with DEFT Films --- DoP / Editor: Bruce James Bales Sound: John Hennessey Baker Voiceovers: Adelaide Bass and John Hennessey Baker

Julia Franklin gives a three minute overview of the development of her artwork and her latest project at the Iowa Historical Museum as part of the Iowa Arts ...

Julia Franklin's promotional video for Picking Up The Pieces, an interactive installation that will premier in Winter 2019. This explains the origins and motivations behind the project and illustrates one process used to preserve some documents and images in the upcoming show.

"Picking Up the Pieces" is an interactive exhibition that was installed in the Helene Galleries at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, during Winter 2019. This video, made by DEFT films, walks you through the installation while I narrate what motivates me to collect and display found objects, especially these that memorialize my father who died in 1990.
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Duane Tinkey’s photographs and Brianne Sanchez’s poetic writing makes Julia’s work come alive in the Jan/Feb edition of the dsm city magazine.

Duane Tinkey’s photographs and Brianne Sanchez’s poetic writing makes Julia’s work come alive in the Jan/Feb edition of the dsm city magazine.


Julia’s segment begins at the 31:00 mark on Talk of Iowa with Charity Nebbe on Iowa Public Radio


Jeff Morgan from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs interviews Julia for a series of Meet the Artist.


Julia is featured in a series on “Artists Among Us.”

Julia is featured in a series on “Artists Among Us.”


Wichita Falls Times Record News

Richard Carter writes about Julia’s work, “Unfolding Heritage” at the MSU Art Gallery and how it draws from personal experience: her adoption.

Iowa Arts Council

The Iowa Arts Council names 5 New Iowa Artist Fellows.  Read about the competitive program, get to know the recipients, and learn about the award details.

The Tower - Graceland University

Jacob Boles reviews The Skin Show, a collaborative exhibition in the Constance Gallery by Rachel Buse, Julia Franklin, and Tiffany Sinnott.

The Tower - Graceland University

Matt Moore, arts writer, examines the evolving mystery and offers an interpretation of Julia’s new interactive installation.

The Simpsonian -Simpson College

Jonathan Facio reviews Julia's exhibition at the Farnham Galleries, Picking Up the Pieces, and explores death and memory in her visual memoir.

Graceland University

Jennifer McBroom interviews Julia on the impacts of the Iowa Artist Fellowship and provides highlights of the prestigious program and benefits to GU. 

Daily Palette - University of Iowa

Read a feature about Julia's work in the The Daily Palette, a project by the School of Art & Art History at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. 

The Tower - Graceland University

Matt Moore, arts writer, interviews Julia on her vulnerable past and on her new exhibition, Picking Up the Pieces.