Julie Cardenas focuses her craft on painting and comic illustration while exploring her own lived experiences of being a first-generation Mexican-Peruvian-American.

Julie graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a BA in English Literature. She received her M.Ed in Art Education from Lesley University and her MFA in Comics from the California College of the Arts. Her exhibition celebrates the natural world, creativity, and childhood.

Artists-in-Residence Program

At Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, we believe that the arts are a place where we are able to discover ourselves, explore the world around us, imagine brilliant futures, and connect with our communities. We believe that the arts are not a luxury, and instead, that art and creative expression are a key part of every child’s development and education. We strive to teach children that the arts and culture are not only something they can interact with, but something they can also help to create.