The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum fosters inclusive learning and critical inquiry for everyone through innovative visual arts programming at Simon Fraser University.

Our purpose is to encourage open and inclusive learning about our past, current, and future worlds by supporting the work of critically engaged and research-driven visual artists. We organize exhibitions, public commissions, publications, residencies, and a diverse array of public programs, within the context of Simon Fraser University—a public research university known for its radical beginnings and commitment to community engagement and interdisciplinary research.

Our aim is to create a new kind of art museum that lowers barriers to those who have historically felt excluded, embraces intergenerational, decolonial learning, and encourages cross-disciplinary inquiry and meaningful encounters with art.

The Gibson stands on the stolen ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaɬ, and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm Nations. Acknowledging that the activities of the Gibson Art Museum unfold on colonized Indigenous land is a recognition that settler colonialism is an ongoing structure. It is also a commitment to support the capacity of art to unsettle these conditions.