In memory of Julie Hopp

"I keep seeing Julie in my inner vision. I conjure her there because I am not ready to never see her again." -- Valerie Sorrenberg, Maize, Summer 98

In her column in Feminist Bookstore News, Tee Corinne wrote:

We have ... lost a young artist, Julie Hopp of Rainbow's End in Oregon, age 36, to a brain hemorrhage. Hopp's lively designs were published in We'Moon Almanac, on the cover of Lesbian Connection, [and] as self-published postcards. I hope they reach a larger audience in the future.1

This page displays some of those designs; please reach out if you know of any others that could be added.

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Cover of Lesbian Connection

Lesbian Connection cover by Julie Hopp

Cover of Lesbian Connection magazine, Volume 14, Issue 5 (March/April 1992)


"Vines of Strength"

Vines of Strength by Julie Hopp

Credit: Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute. From the exhibition Visible for a Change: Contemporary Lesbian Artists, U.S.A., Harvard University, 1991.2 3  Ink drawing; original size 21 x 27 inches.


"Babylonians"

Babylonians by Julie Hopp

Credit: Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute. From the exhibition Visible for a Change: Contemporary Lesbian Artists, U.S.A., Harvard University, 1991.2 3  Ink drawing; original size 11 x 14 inches.


A wedding gift

wedding gift by Julie Hopp

Courtesy of Steve and Rhonda. Original size 8 x 10 inches.


From We'Moon

illustration from WeMoon 93 by Julie Hopp

We'Moon '93. Her contributor by-line reads: "Julie Hopp (Roseburg, Oregon): is a Jewish dyke living on Lesbian Land in southern Oregon. I work in the woods and illustrate astrological birth charts."4



illustration from WeMoon 94 by Julie Hopp

We'Moon '94. Her contributor by-line reads: "Julie Hopp (Roseburg, Oregon): My home is wimmin's land in Southern Oregon. I love to be in the woods."5


From Creation Story by Hawk Madrone6

Illustration from Creation Story by Julie Hopp Illustration from Creation Story by Julie Hopp

From The Tinker & More

Illustration from The Tinker and More by Julie Hopp Illustration from The Tinker and More by Julie Hopp

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1. Corinne, Tee A. "Art Books." Feminist Bookstore News, vol. 21, no. 2, Summer 1998, p. 39. JSTOR  
2. Visible for a Change: Contemporary Lesbian Artists, U.S.A. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. link  
3. Griffin, Sarah. Sliding into Visibility: The Visible for a Change: Contemporary Lesbian Artists, U.S.A. Project. 2021, Ryerson University, Masters's Thesis. pp. 65-66. doi: 10.32920/23979060 link  
4. Musawa, ed..We'Moon '93: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn: Invoking Spirit. Mother Tongue Ink, 1992, pp. 120, 200. Internet Archive  
5. Musawa, ed..We'Moon '94: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn: Cycles. Mother Tongue Ink, 1993, pp. 16, 197. Internet Archive  
6. Madrone, Hawk. Creation Story. Fly Away Home Organics, 1998.