Art
FNMISA builds space for Indigenous students
July 7, 2025Room 1440 of the Student Union Building (SUB) is home to the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Association (FNMISA), a group that provides a space for Indigenous students to lounge, study, and create community. This wasn’t always the case. Before having this space, FNMISA was one of the original rotunda groups alongside Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), CJSF 90.1 FM, the Women’s Centre, Out on Campus, and SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry. For multiple years, alongside the rest of the rotunda groups, FNMISA fought for a space in the SUB and fair treatment by the…
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Brighter Side: Art books
March 13, 2025There’s nothing more endearing than the sketches and notes in an art book. Stuffed with lost designs, art books are where artists behind well-loved video games and animated shows release their inspirations and process. Interwoven with notes from creative directors…
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Finding my way back to art
June 21, 2023Art has always been a huge part of my life, even though I never considered myself an artsy person. I always thought that a “good” artist had to have exceptional drawing or painting skills. This mentality has stuck with me…
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FNMISA hosts first inter-tribal powwow at SFU
June 19, 2023On April 22, SFU’s First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Students Association (FNMISA) hosted their first inter-tribal powwow in SFU Burnaby’s West Gym, which resides on the unceded Traditional Coast Salish Lands of the Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw)…
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Using chemistry to detect counterfeit art
March 9, 2023Byron Gates, a professor at SFU with expertise in surface and materials chemistry, has found new ways to detect art forgery. With help from Nabyl Merbouh, a teaching professor at SFU, they have constructed a project for students to investigate…
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Creative Corner: Acrylic pour reignited my creativity
January 23, 2023At the height of pandemic restrictions in 2020, I had become consumed by loneliness and felt an insatiable thirst for excitement and exploration — all of which seemed, at the time, impossible within the confinements of my four walls. Being…
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The ownership mess of AI-generated art
November 21, 2022Artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly being adapted into our everyday lives. We see it used for relatively simple things, like the Netflix recommendation engine, digital assistants like Siri and Cortana, and image generators. These generators use programming called “deep learning”…
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Arrieta Art Studio opens in New Westminster
September 12, 2022Arrieta Art Studio celebrated the grand opening of their New Westminster brick-and-mortar space on September 3. Located on historic Front Street, home to some of the locals’ favourite coffee shops, the studio welcomes you in with a colourful mural by…
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Quarantine Qapsule showcases powerful pieces created by Asian Canadian artists in the pandemic
May 30, 2022Created in 2020 by Toronto-based actor Nightingale Nguyen, Quarantine Qapsule is a digital art archive that aims to “archive the Asian Canadian experience during the pandemic.” The archive highlights various different works such as visual art, music, film, and more.…
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A look into the practices of visual art students and the upcoming Audain shows
March 6, 2021For visual art students, the year-end art shows at the Audain Gallery are a culmination of their hard work. With the shows for 3rd and 4th year students approaching, The Peak sat down (virtually) with 3rd year student Paige Smith…
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