exhibitions

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

LeMieux Galleries - New Orleans, Louisiana

EDUCATION 

Associate of Art: Illustration, BYU-Idaho 2007  

EXHIBITIONS (* denotes solo exhibit)

2021

Places I Remember - Group Show  LeMieux Galleries - New Orleans, Louisiana

​2020

Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation Virtual Residency Participant

2019

Art Seminar / Speaking Appointment BYU- Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho

* Total Immersion River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, Louisiana

​2018

Small works Group Show LEVEE Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana

Small Works Group Show  LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana

Elements Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana

And now for Something New: Vol. 1  LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana

* Getting There  ArtSpace, Shreveport, Louisiana

Capitol City Contemporary 4: Food, Glorious Food  Soupçon Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

2017

Cats versus Dogs Vendue Hotel / Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, South Carolina

* The Everyday- New Work from Julie Crews FW Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

* People, Places and Things Hammond Regional Arts Center, Hammond, Louisiana

41st Annual Juried Exhibit Durango Arts Center, Durango, Colorado

Bloom R.W. Norton Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana

Masur Museum of Art 54th Annual Juried Competition Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana 

Art Melt Forum 35 & Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

Critical Mass V Art Space, Shreveport, Louisiana 

* Amidst the Mundane East Central College Art Gallery, Union, Missouri

​2016

Featured Artist Agora Borealis, Shreveport, Louisiana 

Holiday Arts Tour Participant Group Show Gallery 301, Ruston, Louisiana  

The Mixed Bag Upstairs Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana

Art Melt Forum 35 & Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

​2015

Schmidt and Crews Frameworks Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Art Melt Forum 35 & Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

DAB Art  Group exhibition at the HUD Gallery, Ventura, California

Work Inspired by the Poetry of Ferrell Mercer The Big Room Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana

Critical Mass III Art Space, Shreveport, Louisiana 

* W.A.M.: Featuring the Work of Julie Crews Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, Louisiana @ 1800 Prime

2014

3rd Annual Armstrong National 2-D Competition and Exhibition Armstrong Atlantic University, Savannah, Georgia

Work of Julie Crews, John Wagoner and Steve Zihlavsky Gallery Fine Art Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

Group Show The Big Room Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana

Art Melt Forum 35 & Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

Masur Museum of Art 51st Annual Juried Competition Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana 

2013

Louisiana Purchase National Juried Exhibition Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana

* Squared North Central Louisiana Arts Council, Ruston, Louisiana 

Art Melt Forum 35 & Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

30 x 30 - Group Show Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California

3rd Meadows Museum of Art Triennial Exhibition Meadows Museum, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana

Holiday Arts Tour Participant Group Show Dixie Center for the Arts, Ruston, Louisiana 

2012

Art From the G.U.T. The Enterprise Center, Ruston, Louisiana

Group Show Upstairs Gallery, Monroe, Louisiana

2011

Bicycles! Turbo Goat, Ruston, Louisiana

Sifting the Exotic and the Familiar North Central Louisiana Arts Council, 102 A Bistro, Ruston, Louisiana

42nd Annual River Road Show National Juried Exhibit Louisiana State Archives Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2008

* Ruralscapes SLC Public Library System, Salt Lake City, Utah

HONORS / AWARDS

2018 

- Ruston Cultural District's Bulldog Project Participant 

2017 

- Shreveport Regional Arts Council Collectible Artist

2016

- North Central Louisiana Artist of the Year Award

2015 

- Grantee of Works in Progress Louisiana Grant

- Shreveport Regional Arts Council Rostered Artist

2014 

- People's Choice Award, Holiday Arts Tour, Ruston, Louisiana

- Honorable Mention, Art Melt, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2013 

- Juror's Choice Award, Holiday Arts Tour, Ruston, Louisiana

2011 

- Patron Artist, Louisiana Public Broadcasting

Julie Crews is an oil painter. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina but has called many other places home. A few include southern California, which housed her awkward high-school soul, northern California, which taught her how to ease into her 20’s, and a decade in Louisiana which gifted her with more vision. 

Julie received her Associate of Arts from Brigham Young University- Idaho. She now lives in Huntsville, Alabama with her husband and five children. She operates an open studio and gallery inside of a 122 year-old cotton mill, Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment. 

Julie paints what takes her out of the studio: the life it takes to nurture a family. When she is in the studio, she escapes domestic tethers. Yet, on canvas, there remain before her the scenes of her life: fires burning in the backyard, children swimming, and snapshots from running errands around town. The the flow of traffic, weather and landscapes encountered while driving, and the moods of people closest to her influence her work. Recreating these scenes gives permanence to the emotional undercurrents of her existence.