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Julie Reneé Benda is an interdisciplinary artist with a practice in print, illustration, sculpture and public art. She was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where trees (and probably beavers) outnumber humans, and snowbanks still exist in May.

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    Beaver of Fine Arts: Should Have Read the Fine Print
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    Beaver of Fine Arts: Area Pondlife Pivots During Quarantine
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    Beaver of Fine Arts: Pandemic Personalities: You’re One or the Other
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    Beaver of Fine Arts: A Beaver Who Can Do It All: BFA Does the Dolly Parton Challenge
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    Beaver of Fine Arts: When Harry Met Miranda
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  • January 30, 2020
    Beaver of Fine Arts: Workplace Safety
    by Julie Reneé Benda
  • January 15, 2020
    Beaver of Fine Arts: Tell Me What You Really Think
    by Julie Reneé Benda
  • December 12, 2019
    Beaver of Fine Arts: Cuffing Season
    by Julie Reneé Benda
  • November 13, 2019
    Beaver of Fine Arts: Sink Or Swim
    by Julie Reneé Benda
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