The works of Sarah Jim are inspired by the absolute beauty of the lands and waters in which the W̱SÁNEĆ people have stewarded since time immemorial. Sarah is a visual artist from the small village of W̱S͸ḴEM (Tseycum) in W̱SÁNEĆ, along with Mexican, Russian-Jewish, and English ancestry. Although she has received a bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria, most of her work and teachings are self-taught and community based. These works are reflections of land-based relationships, ecosystems, human and non-human kin connections, and the power of restorative practices. Creating artwork has been a valuable way of advocating for Indigenous ways of being and ecosystems, along with being a powerful form of medicine. 

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​Sarah's taking a bit of a hiatus from creating public / commissioned art while she studies at the W̱SÁNEĆ College in the full time Indigenous Language Revitalization Program: W̱¸SENĆOŦENIST