Posted by Juliet Whitsett on Feb 23rd 2020
Juliet Whitsett Bio
Juliet Whitsett (she/her) is an Austin, Texas based artist and arts and environmental educator with a M.A.in Community-Based Arts Education from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Her practice focuses on the colors, lives, and forms of endangered and threatened species, and on developing community engaged installations and art science collaborations that increase ecological awareness.
Her public projects include the Really Small Museum (2021–2026), Threatened Texas Art Walks (2021–2023), and the Audio Wild series (2023–2025), developed at sites including Goat Cave Karst Nature Preserve, Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary, Red Bluff Nature Preserve, and Wild Basin Creative Research Center. She is also a recipient of ACME ELEVATE grants for RSM: POINT B (2024) and Austin Nature & Science Center (2025), and TEMPO on the Trail (2024–2025).
Whitsett has designed educational programs and public engagement projects for institutions including the High Line, University of Texas Planet Texas 2050, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Bullock Texas State History Museum, Elisabet Ney Museum, Westcave Outdoor Research Center, SXSW, Thinkery, and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. She is currently an Artist Fellow with Planet Texas 2050 (2022–2026).