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Sara-Jeanne Bourget

Assistant Professor, Drawing

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Education:

BFA, Studio Arts, Concordia University
MFA, ECU

Bio

Sara-Jeanne Bourget is a visual artist originally from Quebec. Her practice focuses on the relationship between drawing and printmaking and engages with processes and materials in an intertwined manner. In 2020, she co-founded Patio Press, a collaborative printmaking project with ECU faculty Mark Johnsen. She is a co-organizer alongside her colleagues of The Drawing Marathon, an event that centres on drawing as a direct, collaborative and intensive learning experience.

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Research Interests

Sara-Jeanne Bourget’s practice draws inspiration from nature’s cycles and phenomena. In her work, drawing and printmaking materials and methods unite and blur traditional understanding of both disciplines. Observing how non-human individuals mine their environment offers new perspectives to foster relationships with the world. She is interested in how repetition in seasonal shifts can give way to transformation. She often uses recycled charcoal and pastel drawings as a base for her own drawings, building images from excavated layers and marks.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Drawing DRWG 208 26/FA

Description

This studio course provides focused studio time to explore perceptual and conceptual approaches to drawing. Students will explore the use of various drawing materials and tools. Techniques will investigate methods to build hand-eye coordination and ways to use imagery as a base for creative exploration. Experimental and process-related approaches to drawing will be incorporated to expand students' understanding of what a drawing can be. Activities include working from still life, live models, inventive exploration, collaborative exercises, and engaging in historical and contemporary research. Discussions and individual/group critiques develop critical and analytical skills. The curriculum may include a variety of approaches including readings, artist presentations and field trips.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Visual Arts Studio VAST 400 26/FA

Description

This Senior Studio (Open Studio) course provides students with the opportunity to propose and develop a self-directed body of work. Sections are taught by a singular faculty member or offered in a team-taught model with the option of discipline specificity. Whether through assigned projects, artistic production, research, discussions, writing and critique, students are expected to increase their understanding of the content and context of their process and production as well as their knowledge of contemporary art. Students meet regularly for group seminars as well as in one-to-one tutorials with their instructor(s). Critiques and discussions complement studio production where considerable independent time and maturity is expected.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.