Julia Hegele

Julia is a writer, performance artist, and creative activist. Raised in Denver, Colorado and currently based in Glasgow, Scotland, her work is subsequently informed by displacement, expatriatism, and legacy. She earned a first class degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Glasgow while serving as Gender Equality Officer of the University’s representative council, Community and Welfare Officer of Student Theatre at Glasgow, and as a support worker for Sexpression UK. Her work has appeared in the Glasgow Open House Arts Festival, (Fledgling, 2021), through the Scottish Youth Theatre’s Trajectories Pathway, (Playdate, 2022), and has received the 100 Agents of Change bursary from In Place of War, (Golem- Live! 2022) Her creative practice hinges on the seam between nature and nurture, currently manifesting as a hodge-podge of hand-holding and manifesto writing. As a performer, Julia works through one-to-one encounters to create intimate renderings of neglected experiences. As a writer, her work is more general; she has served as an Arts and Culture for several reputable magazines in the Glasgow area and has contributed to zines across the world. Her creative activism borrows from both performance and prose. Julia is the editor Golem Zine, a publication that spotlights the voices of Jews in unique nooks and crannies of the Diaspora. She has also fused her love of storytelling with her passion for reclamatory history to create the first ever Radical Jewish Tour of Glasgow, with the intent to launch tours in numerous cities seeking to reignite dormant conversations on Jewish identity.

What drew you to the M.A. in Arts Politics:

I've always been energized by the tussle between aesthetics and justice, how politics inform the creation and consumption of art and vice versa. I'm seeking to broaden my awareness of both disciplines, deepen my values and abilities as an activist, and I'm absolutely gleeful to be working with a class full of challenging, inspirational, equally eager individuals.