Julia Sharp

Lecturer, Textile and Apparel Studies, Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Queens College

Julia Sharp has taught courses in apparel construction, social responsibility in fashion, visual merchandising, theatre costume design, textiles, and the use of computer programs to create garment patterns and virtual stores. Her designs have been displayed at the Annual Conference of the International Textile and Apparel Association, of which she is a member. In addition to teaching, professor Sharp designs and creates costumes, primarily for Centenary Stage Company, an equity theatre located on the campus of Centenary College. Plays costumed have ranged from historic classics such as She stoops to conquer and School for wives, to mid 20th century comic-dramas such as While the sun shines and Blithe spirit, to the modern surrealism of Below the belt and You may go now; and from the one man show, Beneath the lintel to The Wizard of Oz with a cast of 60 and about 240 costume ensembles. Professor Sharp’s interests include creating felt items from wool fleece and hat making.