Julie Jack is a local artist, entrepreneur, and professor of art at Tennessee Wesleyan University. She is also the director of the Muriel S. Mayfield Gallery at Tennessee Wesleyan University. She received her BFA from MTSU in Printmaking, and went on to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to receive her MFA in Fine Art. She and Jerry Hagaman own Art + Frame in Downtown Athens and help coordinate local art exhibitions and opportunities.