Arts + culture
From festivals and exhibitions to plays and poetry readings, our arts and culture offerings are fresh, fierce—and often free.
Galleries & museums
SFU Galleries
SFU Galleries stewards the Simon Fraser University Art Collection. Its holdings of more than 5,500 works include significant regional and national art works spanning the last century.
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
The Bill Reid SFU Art Collection is exhibited at the only public gallery in Canada dedicated to contemporary Indigenous Northwest Coast Art.
SFU Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
The Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology collects, researches and exhibits artifacts from around the world with a focus on B.C..
Engagement opportunites
SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs
SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs presents a signature mainstage series, fosters a wide-variety of community and cultural partnerships, and has established a successful developmental residency program.
SFU Pipe Band
Formed in 1966 during the university's inaugural year, the SFU Pipe Band has become a respected institution in the community and has brought honour and recognition to SFU, capturing national and international prizes.
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement is an educational, cultural and community-building resource that engages the public sphere, Indigenous communities and the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.
School for the Contemporary Arts
SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts offers a unique curriculum that integrates studio classes in dance, film, music/sound, theatre performance and production, and visual art with the historical and theoretical study of the arts.
Lunch Poems at SFU
Lunch Poems at SFU is a unique opportunity to celebrate poetry on the third Wednesday of every month, from 12 pm - 1 pm.
The Writer’s Studio Reading Series
SFU's Creative Writing Community hosts monthly readings in Vancouver where local writers share their work with the public.
Radio
CJSF - Student campus radio station
As a campus/community station, CJSF strives to provide points of view rarely expressed in mainstream media. CJSF is on seven days a week between the hours of 8 am - 2 am.