Sara Wiens is a current graduate student in the Ecological and Sustainable Practices MFA program at Emily Carr University. She holds a BA in Studio Arts and a Bachelor of Art Education both from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Her work is informed by rigorous academic pursuits paired with aesthetic projects focused on equity and accessibility of large ideas and aesthetics for all people. Seeking to understand local ecologies and their connection to wider global ecologies has been a stubborn passion. Sara’s current practice is to witness the traumatic experience of forest fire seasons through site-specific interventions, sensorial presence, contemporary paintings and drawings. The resulting collection of works are a synthesis of research and personal experience of the Tsu̓tswecw Provincial Park as it recovers from wildfire.