ARTS & CULTURAL FRATERNITY (ACF)
ABOUT ACF
The SMU Arts & Cultural Fraternity (ACF) is one of the four CCA Constituent Bodies that are a part of SMUSA.
SMU ACF works together with the SMU’s 21 arts and cultural clubs, supporting their artistes in the promotion and pursuit of their artistic endeavours. It also provides platforms and opportunities for clubs to expand their reach to the SMU family and the community at large.
The Fraternity seeks to reinvent one’s journey in SMU, and to help rediscover what it means to be part of the SMU vibrancy as One Fraternity, One Family.
KEY EVENTS
Through games and showcases, SMU ACF’s annual summer camp introduces freshmen to their wide variety of available art forms and cultural groups to get a taste of what ACF’s 21 clubs have to offer.
(continued) At SMU ACF’s signature summer event, freshmen get to experience a whole host of fun and exciting programmes - from dance classes, acapella sessions to photography workshops led by ACF clubs.
(continued) At SMU ACF’s biannual welfare drives, each revolving around a selected theme, members can look forward to a variety of welfare items, from a selection of sweet and savoury goodies and to deals for arts & cultural activities!
Through games and showcases, SMU ACF’s annual summer camp introduces freshmen to their wide variety of available art forms and cultural groups to get a taste of what ACF’s 21 clubs have to offer.
Happening across the year, some of SMU ACF’s most exciting flagship events include its highlight Arts Camp (Freshmen Orientation Camp), and Welfare Drives! Stay tuned to other special events coming your way this year!
ACF ARTS CAMP 2026: ArtisAisle
Arts Camp is ACF's annual orientation camp to introduce incoming freshmen to the wide range of arts and cultural clubs in SMU. Through exciting workshops facilitated by the arts and cultural clubs, freshmen will gain insights into SMU’s vibrant arts and cultural scene.
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At the heart of the city lies ArtisAisle, once a vibrant space where creativity flourished and ideas came to life.
That energy is now gone. In a sudden blackout, Dr. Dull has stripped the world of its imagination, leaving ArtisAisle drained of colour and spirit. What was once alive with expression now stands in lifeless grey.
Its guardians—Ardor, Muse, and Nova—gave chase, but Dr. Dull has disappeared without a trace. In his wake, he has left behind a world that has forgotten how to create, reduced to a quiet, colourless existence.
Unable to restore what was lost alone, the guardians turn to a new generation. The freshmen of SMU ACF are called to step forward and take on the Trials of Expression—spanning Literary Arts, Theatre & Media, Culture, Dance, Music, and Visual Arts.
Through collaboration, resilience, and creativity, they will rediscover what was lost, reignite the spirit of ArtisAisle, and bring colour back to a world in need of inspiration.
Date: 17 - 19 July 2026
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