Sara-Jeanne Bourget November 2025

Drawing

In November 2025, Artists for Kids is excited to offer an Artist-in-Residence program for secondary students in grade 10, 11, and 12. During two school days, students who are nominated will have the opportunity to work with artist Sara-Jeanne Bourget at the Artists for Kids Studios.

 

ARTIST BIO

Sara-Jeanne Bourget is a visual artist from Quebec, living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She holds a BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University (2015) and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2019). She is currently an assistant professor in Drawing at Emily Carr University.

My drawing and printmaking practice engages with cyclical processes that echo natural rhythms and phenomena. Through this work, I explore how the act of "mining"—traditionally associated with extraction and destruction—can be reimagined as a method of uncovering ideas, relationships, and possibilities. 

Observing how non-human individuals mine their environment offers new perspectives to foster relationships with the world. A fascination with surfaces altered by animal/plant/human/time-based erosion creates space for new forms and future possibilities.  

Materials and methods intrinsic to drawing and printmaking intertwine in my practice, creating hybrid images that blur the boundaries of both disciplines. I often work by "mining" from old or discarded charcoal drawings, using them as the foundation for new matrices. These are built through layering, covering, and excavating marks—actions that mirror natural and emotional cycles. Repeated patterns and forms appear seasonally, evolving through intuitive gestures and sustained repetition. 

Artist's Website (external site)

The Artists-in-Residence Program brings together artists, teachers, and students. From ceramics and painting to collage and photography, this vital program provides full-day, skill specific training that gives young artists the rare opportunity to immerse themselves in critical thinking and art making. Students who are nominated by their school district teachers have the opportunity to step outside the regular classroom stream to work closely with a professional artist at the Artists for Kids studios.