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Magical — Eclectic — Radical — Interdisciplinary
The first decade of the arts at SFU

SFU's first decade was magical, eclectic, and radical.  The university was a hotbed of experimental interdisciplinary arts activities that connected SFU to the community at large and provided students from all departments with creative outlets.   

We've put together a book that tells the story of those non-credit years of the Centre for Communication and the Arts from the perspective of students, faculty, staff, artists, alumni, and audience members. This multi-faceted narrative illuminates the legacy of that first decade of the arts, not only at SFU, but also in Vancouver and across Canada based on the subsequent achievements of students and faculty from that era.   

A Magical Time: The Early Days of the Arts at Simon Fraser University is now available! 

For further information about this project, please contact us at retirees@sfu.ca.

Dancers in the SFU gym. Simon Fraser University Archives. Photo Index Database, IMC 75095, (photograph), 1975. Photographer uncredited.
Simon Fraser University Archives. School for the Contemporary Arts fonds, F-109-13-3-0-19, "Event posters, vol. 13, 1965 - 2000" (poster), undated. Artist uncredited.
Iron 12 “Serious Iron.” Image courtesy of Simon Fraser University Library Special Collections and Rare Books. MsC-20 Iron fonds. Issue 12, 1971. Photographer: Ron Verzuh.
The World Soundscape Project group at SFU, 1973. (https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html)
Simon Fraser University Archives. School for the Contemporary Arts fonds, F-109-12-4-0-44. “How Our Love is Like a Dwarf, 1971” (photo), 1971. Photographer uncredited.
Simon Fraser University Archives. School for the Contemporary Arts fonds, F-109-12-6-0-32. "Felter, James Warren: Mazes, 1971" (photo), 1971. Photographer: Tony Westman.