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Dr. Julie Hollenbach is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Art History and Contemporary Culture at NSCAD University. Her work intersects queer feminist decolonial methodologies with critical race theory to examine craft's role in settler colonialism, cultural appropriation, and identity formation. She holds a PhD from Queen’s University (2017), funded by SSHRC, focusing on craft’s entanglement with gender, race, and class under colonial frameworks.
Her research explores craft as a 'contact zone,' analyzing how colonial logics shape material practices and how contemporary craftivism reflects raced and classed identities. Notable projects include curating Unpacking the Living Room (2018) and co-editing ReImagining Depression (2021). She actively engages public dialogue through panel discussions like Encounters: Challenging Limits (2022) and podcast conversations on decolonization.
Her scholarship critiques extractive practices in craft historiography and interrogates how amateur crafting reinforces white middle-class privilege. Hollenbach’s work bridges academic research with curatorial practice, advocating for ethical frameworks in art and material culture studies.
