SFU Galleries
Q&A with Accessibility as Creative Practice intern, Keimi Nakashima Ochoa
March 29, 2023By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer SFU Galleries is hosting a series of workshops for creatives with access needs led by 2023 Accessibility as Creative Practice intern, Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa. The first workshop, which took place on February 25, was for immunocompromised artists. Taking place at Audain Gallery, with masks required and rapid tests requested, two more workshops will be held throughout the spring and summer: one for sensory-sensitive folks, and another for disabled LGBTQIAS2+ people. “Pals and partners” are also invited to participate and all skill levels are welcome. The Peak had the opportunity to interview Nakashima-Ochoa to reflect on the…
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Need to Know, Need to Go – October 19 to 25
October 18, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Simon Fraser Student Societies (SFSS) Events | October 19–23 | Free The SFSS is hosting a string of events this week. They’re starting off with a mental health workshop on Monday — perfectly…
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Need to Know, Need to Go – October 5 to 11
October 5, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor SFU Writer-in-Residence Launch | October 8, 7 to 8 p.m. | Free with registration The SFU English department is hosting a launch and reading for new Writer-in-Residence Juliane Okot Bitek. The event will…
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Cedric Bomford’s Mountain Embassy is a commentary on an embassy’s role as an authority
November 1, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate Tucked away near SFU’s upper bus loop and camouflaged by bushes that span the walkway stands a large, mysterious, box-like structure. From afar, it vaguely resembles another familiar SFU building, the W.A.C. Bennett Library, inheriting…
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Currents celebrates the diversity of art as a medium
September 13, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate A warm welcome joined with a strong sense of community is immediately felt upon entering the Audain Gallery’s latest exhibition, Currents. Showcasing the works of three Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates, this culmination of…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: July 8-12
July 8, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Indian Summer Festival at Woodward’s, July 9 and 10 The Indian Summer Festival, of which SFU is a founding partner, runs annually at the beginning of July and features both local and international South Asian…
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Controversial Charles Comfort mural will no longer be displayed at SFU
June 24, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor In 2004, SFU acquired a 19-metre-long, $600,000 colonial artwork painted by Charles Comfort, receiving it from the Toronto Dominion (TD Canada Trust) bank’s Vancouver headquarters. The painting, called the British Columbia Pageant, immediately sparked protest…
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SFU Galleries’ newest exhibition calls for an active conversation about unspoken Sikh histories
June 10, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate In 1984, the Indian government carried out a military attack to target the Sikh community. Religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers were attacked at Harmandir Sahib, otherwise known as the Golden Temple, in the…
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Catch it before it’s gone: Spaces for Reading at the SFU Gallery has less than a month left
May 26, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Hurrying through the AQ hallways between classes, you may have passed by a room with what seems like a large white block, dotted with books and pillows. The SFU Gallery’s current exhibit, Spaces for Reading,…
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Evan Lee’s “Fugazi” is a Critique on the Diamond Industry and its Fabrication of Value
May 18, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate At first glance, the floor to ceiling images appear to simply be arrays of colour blended within geometric shapes. But an even closer look begs us to see that the photographs are in fact enlarged extreme…
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