First Friday Art Trail — Featuring Sara Wiens
January 2, 2026 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Date: Friday, January 2, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Vernon Public Art Gallery, 3228 31st Ave, Downtown Vernon
Admission: Free | Everyone welcome
As part of Greater Vernon’s First Friday Art Trail, the Vernon Public Art Gallery is pleased to host local artist Sara Wiens for an open studio experience. Visitors are invited to drop in throughout the day to meet Sara, learn about her creative process, and see her artwork in progress.
About the Artist
Growing up in the Coast Salish territory of Musqueam, Squamish, Stó:lō, and Tsleil-Waututh nations implanted the power and beauty of the ocean, mountains, and forest in Sara from a young age. Seeking to understand local ecologies and their connection to wider global ecologies has been a stubborn passion. Her work is informed by rigorous academic pursuits paired with local projects focused on equity and accessibility of large ideas and aesthetics for all people. Sara brings together her years in education, community organizing, and consistent interest in conservation to her art practice to move collectors and participants to contemplation and action to protect the natural world. As a parent to 3 teens and partner to another advocate for youth, she values mentoring the next generation with hope. 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. Currently, she works from her studio situated on the stolen lands of the Secwepemc people of the North Okanagan in Salmon Arm, British Columbia.
Discover more about the First Friday Art Trail and explore participating artists across Greater Vernon — or get involved as a featured artist at VPAG.
