SFU School for the Contemporary Arts

1965-1969 In the university's first year of operation (1965), the Faculty of Education was organized into several Centres, including the Communications Centre (renamed the Centre for Communications and the Arts in 1966). The centre provided credited and non-credited courses in communications, media studies, and the fine and performing arts, as well as public programming (of theatre productions, films, art exhibits, and lectures. 1976-1989 In 1976 the Centre was reorganized as the Centre for the Arts, a department within the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its mandate was to develop credit programs in the fine and performing arts, while inheriting its predecessor's public-programming functions, including management of both the university Theatre and Art Gallery. In 1984 the Centre sustained a large funding cut, approximately a third of its budget. Its home faculty, the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, was disbanded in 1985 and the Centre moved to the Faculty of Arts. In 2008, the school moved to the Woodward's Building in the downtown eastside. The school is now part of the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology. In 2023 the university sued Kristen Tanya Schiefke, the administrative manager for the school of contemporary arts from 2012-2023. The university alleged she misappropriated approximately $197,000 in funds over several years through invoicing SFU for work that was never performed and by depositing student locker fees into her personal bank account. The allegations were not proven in court. In 2024 SFU ended the Woodward's Cultural Programs, In September of 2025, SFU opened a 12,000-square-foot arts and cultural facility called the 'Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum' on its Burnaby Mountain campus. The museum works with the School for the Contemporary Arts. == Programs ==

The School for the Contemporary Arts offers the following undergraduate and graduate programs: == Campuses ==

The School for the Contemporary Arts is located within the Vancouver campus of SFU, spread across three separate buildings.{ "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": {"title": "Goldcorp Centre","marker-symbol": "1","marker-color":"#800000"}, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -123.108703, 49.282469 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": {"title": "611 Alexander","marker-symbol": "2","marker-color":"#800000"}, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -123.092274, 49.284828 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": {"title": "Harbour Centre", "marker-symbol": "3","marker-color":"#800000"}, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ -123.111897, 49.284353 ] } } ] } The Goldcorp Centre for the Arts The Goldcorp Centre for the Arts holds the SCA's main classrooms, studios, shops, offices, and venues. It is located in the historic Woodward's Building. The Goldcorp building houses several theatres, arts centres, cinemas, and other arts spaces, including; • The Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre • The Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema • The Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre • The Audain Gallery • Studio T • Studio D • Small Screening Room • Francis and Samuel Belzberg Atrium 611 Alexander 611 Alexander Street holds upper level Undergraduate and MFA Visual Arts studios, as well as instructional space. Harbour Centre The Harbour Centre is the main building for the Vancouver campus of SFU, occasional SCA classes occur here. == See also ==