Julia Meek
Arts & Culture Reporter, Producer/Host for Folktales & Meet the MusicA Fort Wayne native, Julia is a radio host, graphic artist, and community volunteer, who has contributed to NIPR both on- and off-air for forty years. Besides being WBOI's arts & culture reporter, she currently co-produces and hosts Folktales and Meet the Music.
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A recent major gift to the Fort Wayne Museum of Art has catapulted its fast-growing collection of glass sculpture into an exciting next phase. -
The work of Kendallville ceramicists Teagan Koble and Jeff Reed has been accepted into the 47th Annual Elkhart Juried Regional Exhibition at the Midwest Museum of American Art. -
With 20 years in the career academy business, Blue Jacket, Inc. continues to provide training and opportunities to anyone with a barrier who is striving to earn gainful employment. -
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, regionally acclaimed actor Kat Hickey is partnering with the Center for Nonviolence to present a one-woman play on the topic called Natural Shocks. -
A sculpture honoring the late Jody Hemphill Smith, nationally renowned local artist and owner of the Castle Gallery will be dedicated on Oct. 16. -
Purdue Fort Wayne’s Environmental Resources Center, now open for 25 years, is presenting its annual Conservation Conversation on Sept. 25. This year’s theme, “Changing the Climate,” will be this region’s premier gathering on climate change and conservation, -
As gun violence remains a pressing city-wide problem, local activist and youth counselor, Foundation One works every day to bring an end to violence and peace to the community. -
As Pearl Arts prepares for its 2nd season of Fall classes and musical activities, its new CEO and Executive Director, Angie Fincannon, has made the most of her 1st month on the job and eagerly looks toward the future. -
The Abstract, a locally-owned cocktail lounge, is now open for business at 1126 Broadway, in the heart of the city’s “arts district”. -
Founded in 2020, Alive Community Outreach continues to expand its flagship enterprise, Peacemaker Academy, a nonviolence leadership development program for Fort Wayne Community Schools' high schools.
