An accomplished artist, Julie Blackstone has taught full-time at OBU since August 1997. Her career has included international study and experience at art studios and colleges and schools across Oklahoma. Before becoming an educator, she worked as an intern with an advertising agency in England, and was an artist and designer with Glasshaus Studio. She has taught private art lessons for many years, and worked as a volunteer ceramics assistant in OBU’s art program for nearly 15 years. She has had her work accepted at numerous juried shows, and is a two-time winner of the Handweavers’ Guild of America Award for Excellence. She annual contributes art for fundraising for non-profit organizations in the area, including Habitat for Humanity and the Unity Hospital Foundation. She is an active member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Shawnee. 

B.A., Central State University
M.Ed., Central State University

ART 1103: Drawing Basics
ART 1113: Design Basics
ART 1123: Color Theory
ART 1133: Three-D Design
ART          Crafts Design
ART 2079: Calligraphy
ART 2059: Stained Glass
ART 2269, ART 3269: Fibers I & Fibers II
ART 2319, ART 3319, ART 4319: Ceramics I, Ceramics II, & Ceramics III
ART 2339, ART 3339: Painting I & Painting II
ART 4279: Watercolor
ART 4771: Senior Practicum
ART 4503: Advanced Drawing

Two-time winner of the Handweavers’ Guild of America Award for Excellence

Artwork accepted in the juried regional show Fiberworks every year since 1994; six-time award winner, including the Joe Handley award for Technical Excellence in Weaving

Artwork shown in the yearly Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12X12 (by invitation only) show since 1999

Member, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

Member, Oklahoma Alliance for the Liturgical Arts