Creative work – Julie Burelle

Summer Projects / Projets d’été

by Julie / On 2021/10/07 / In academia, Creative work

Summer allowed me to weave again and to finally see the stories that Yves, Catherine, Jean-François and I have woven together in this new book. When I weave, I feel the presence of my grandmother Madeleine, weaver of beautiful blankets and a tightly knit family. To make this particular woven piece, I used recycled wool and fibers and, in so doing, I was reminded of my other grandmother who...

My first book coming out soon!

by Julie / On 2018/07/04 / In Creative work

My book is coming out this fall folks! See catalogue here Pre-order on Amazon here

Native Film and Storytelling Institute at UC San Diego

by Julie / On 2018/07/04 / In Creative work

Check out this wonderful event organized by Dr. Justin De Leon, the Intertribal Resource Center at UC San Diego (headed by Dr. Elena Hood) and myself at UC San Diego. We hosted a first residency on Kumeyaay territory at UC San Diego where Native American filmmakers could learn, share and build content together. Filmmakers were paired with folks from the industry (they met Jade Begay from...

Poetic Landscapes, March 1st at The Loft (on the UCSD campus)

by Julie / On 2016/02/09 / In Creative work

I am thrilled to work with Professor Gloria Chacon from the Literature Department to organize Poetic Landscapes, UC San Diego's first evening of Indigenous poetry, storytelling, and spoken word. Our guests for this first edition: Gordon Johnson, Tria Blu Wakpa, Amrah Salomon, and Diana Cervera. We are extremely happy to report that the Rincon Youth Storytellers, a group of young artists from...

A visit from Lynne Jennings of the San Diego Guild of Puppetry

by Julie / On 2015/11/10 / In Creative work

This fall, I am teaching an undergraduate course on Theatre for Young Audiences with a focus on social change. It's great to go back to my roots. I started doing socially engaged theatre when I was 15 years old with Le Théâtre des Lueurs in Ottawa. I did not realize it at the time, but Le Théâtre des Lueurs really embodied what art as social practice ought to be. The play, devised after...

Native Voices at the Autry

by Julie / On 2015/10/20 / In Creative work

Do you know about the Native Voices at the Autry Festival of New Plays? You should! Co-founded by Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) and Jean Bruce Scott, this festival has been nurturing the voices of new Indigenous playwrights for two decades now. See some of their work here: https://theautry.org/native-voices/theatre-native-voices Last spring, I served as dramaturg for Too Damn Proud by Justin Neal...

Staged Reading at UCSD

by Julie / On 2015/03/19 / In academia, Creative work

The students of my TDHT101 Native American Performance class spent the quarter studying plays and performances by First Nations artists from Canada and the US like Marie Clements, Tomson Highway, Shirley Cheechoo, Spiderwoman Theatre, Monique Mojica, Yvette Nolan, and Randy Reinholz. They also examined the work of visual artist Nadia Myre, of hip hop artists Samian and Shauit, of the DJs A Tribe...

Working with The Trip

by Julie / On 2015/03/19 / In Creative work

Check out the photos of The Trip's adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydice, written and directed by Tom Dugdale, and performed last December at the Molli and Arthur Wagner Theatre in San Diego. I worked as a dramaturg with Tom on this production which was nominated for a Craig Noel Award. The Trip is a young theatre company in San Diego and seeing their work always reminds me of why I love theatre...

Dee(a)r Spine

by Julie / On 2014/03/17 / In Gallery / In Creative work

There is nothing I love more than accompanying an artist on a journey of exploration and discovery. Sam Mitchell is a current MFA student in the Dance-Theatre program at UCSD and working with him on his piece Dee(a)r Spine has been an immense pleasure. The piece, which he developed with musician Tommy Babin was presented last week as part of WinterWorks' 14 along with the beautiful work of his...

New Theatre touring in San Diego Schools

by Julie / On 2014/02/08 / In Creative work

Last fall, I had the great pleasure of collaborating with fantastic playwright Kristin Idaszak , Professor Judy Bauerlein at CalState San Marcos and her students in the Theatre Department. Idaszak penned two fantastic new plays -Captain Becca the Feared Buccaneer and Rosy-Fingered Dawn and the Winged-Sandals- two ludic and thought-provoking adaptations of Greek myths for young audiences. The...