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Bourgeon’s mission, through our online publication and community initiatives, is twofold: to increase participation in the arts and to improve access to the arts. Bourgeon is a project of the not-for-profit Day Eight.

Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” Dives Headfirst into Who We Are and Where We Come From by Francesca Theofilou

This article is the winner of the 2022 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. It is, indeed, the...

Persistent Vision: How UMD’s Punk Collections came to be by Molly Szymanski

This article was a finalist in the 2022 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. John Davis rolled over...

A Dream Re-Rendered by Zeniya Cooley

This article was a finalist in the 2022 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. The article was first published in the magazine Salvation South. Click...

AU alum Ismah Khan tackles tough topics in her short film ‘Disturbed’ by Olivia Kozlevcar

This article was a finalist and winner of the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. “Disturbed,” a...

Beyond the Lights sits at the intersection of commentary and theatre by Ajani Jones

This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. It’s five minutes...

Sometimes stupid cool shit is all that matters by Sarah Watson

Content Warning: This article references self-harm and eating disorders.   This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to...

Bridgerton proves that color-conscious casting alone is not good enough by Kulsum Gulamhusein

This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. When I first...

C’mon C’mon is a heart-wrenching portrayal of the fleeting nature of childhood by Thais Carron

This article is a finalist in the 2021 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. By Thais Carrion  Director...

She Kills Monsters by Ceoli Jacoby

This article was a finalist in the 2020 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. In many ways,...

Local Artists Beautify by Hannah Shows

This article was a finalist in the 2020 DC Student Arts Journalism Competition. Click here to learn more about the competition. Two local artists decorated...

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Three Poems from Gillian Thomas

loose harvest In another life, I was edible flowers. I wore a fitted baby tee that said tubular. It came to define me. Fingerling sounds dirty—name of a...

Two Poems by CL Bledsoe

Eulogyafter a song by Tool If I can’t cry for you, how can I cryfor myself? Someday, they’ll find you,lightning burned tongue, wings long pawned,liver...

Two Poems by Jessica Genia Simon

Preserves I have an urge to preservetoday, boil the remaining fruitsto their sticky sugars, remove the pits and seeds, smash fleshadd pectin and lemon juice, pourand...
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