Fine Arts Grad Show 2026

Jasmine Brien

Jasmine’s artistic practice is now multifaceted. Her work has been showcased in several venues including La Maison de la Culture in Brompton, and one of her pieces was selected to feature on the cover of “Le Bottin des Aînés” with nearly 8,000 copies distributed across the Memphremagog area. An active member of several art groups in the Eastern Townships, Jasmine organizes art events and leads workshops, sharing her passion with the community. Committed to her artistic journey, she looks forward to expanding her practice post-graduation. 

Margaret Royal

Margaret Royal is a Canadian artist currently earning a Fine Arts degree at Bishops University, located in the beautiful Eastern Townships where she has lived most of her life. Having also had the opportunity to travel in Thailand, Egypt, and several Caribbean islands, she reflects these cultural experiences in her work. Surrounded by nature, she enjoys photography and painting, always aiming to capture that special moment when the light is just right. She spends much time in the sculpture studio as well, producing works from reclaimed items, as well as sculpting and molding in clay and plaster. Whatever medium she is using, her intention is always to produce works that will emanate a message of hope and encouragement. 

Elena Pohl

Elena Pohl is a fourth-year Canadian-American student at Bishop’s University, pursuing a Fine Arts Minor alongside her Honors Degree in Sociology. 

 Deeply impacted by her experiences in alternative educational programs before university, she is passionate about interdisciplinary learning through the arts.  

Drawn to representations of human experience, she uses painting, drawing, and collage to explore the dialogue between the personal and the cultural.  

After graduating, she hopes to complete a Master’s degree and continue developing her artistic practice. 

Emilie Grace d’Astous

From Sept-Iles, Québec, Émilie is in her final year of the Bachelor of Education in the Teaching and Learning of Creative Arts (Fine Arts concentration).  

Fond of the arts since childhood, she has great interest in painting and photography. During her time at Bishop’s University, she has been able to broaden her knowledge and learn to use new artistic materials and mediums that she plans to include in her future classroom.  

In the spring of 2024, she was awarded first place in the photography portion of the Townships Young Voices competition, and has maintained a high academic average, which has led to her receiving the Florance May Foreman, Bishop’s University and Richard Tomlison scholarships to aid in pursuing her studies.  

Caroline Chantefort

Caroline Chantefort is a fine arts student living in the Estrie region of Quebec. Her artistic practice grows through a contemplative dialogue with nature, expressed through performative action, sculpture, and abstract painting. Particularly drawn to roots, branches, trees, and flowers, she gives them new life using beeswax and honey, as well as other materials and techniques. 
Currently completing her final year in Fine Arts with honors in Studio Arts and a minor in Psychology, she envisions pursuing graduate studies and offering her skills in the field of art therapy.

Shannon Longchamps

Shannon Longchamps is a third-year fine arts student and will graduate in 2026. She lived her whole life in a small town called La Guadeloupe de Beauce and was known at a young age to work hard for what she wants. In 2020, the coronavirus hit the whole world and that is when her sparks for art began. Because of that, she chose to study in this area at the collegiate level. 

From there, the love of art just kept on growing. After the death of her father, she started to figure out what drives her art. Shannon knows she likes combining her love for art with her love for sports; she also knows that taboo subjects are a good inspiration for her art. Most of all, Longchamps realizes that what she likes most about art is to capture the essence and the soul of the person in front of her, especially with a camera.  

Her arrival at Bishop’s University brought Shannon the opportunity to pursue and push further the theme: sports in arts. After the realization that she mostly shows men taking part in sports, she is now in her “Women Can do it All” era, and more specifically, “Women in Sports” era. This is only the beginning of creating on a subject that she truly and deeply loves. 

Anabelle Brochu

Anabelle Brochu is an emerging artist and potter based in Sherbrooke, currently interested in sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and social art. She is completing a Fine Arts Studio Honours and a Minor in Communications at Bishop’s University and holds a Certificate in Visual Arts from the University of Sherbrooke. 

The Ni Un, Ni Deux artist residency within Tremplin 16-30’s community, in partnership with the Foreman Gallery’s Art Lab, has allowed her a year-long immersion in social art. The end-of-residency exhibition, an event entitled le Festival du Doux, was a collective step towards gentleness in a modern world that can feel hostile. This idea of re-enchanting the everyday life through softness and imagination remains central to Anabelle’s practice. 

Her passion and involvement have led her to be named recipient of the Wanda Rozynska Scholarship in Fine Arts (2023-2024) and the Undergraduate Prize in Fine Arts two years in a row (2024-2025).  

Anabelle’s hope is to continue enriching her practice at the convergence of arts and crafts, to teach her passion at the university or college level and to sprinkle softness wherever she may go. 

Antoine Viau-Petit

Antoine is an emerging artist from Quebec who now lives in Sherbrooke. At 27, he decided to take drawing and photography classes at the University of Sherbrooke, discovering a new interest in the arts. He is now studying at Bishop’s University, specializing in fine arts, where he has developed an artistic practice focused on figurative painting. He mainly captures people and places that appear in his everyday life.