Directory -Canadian Artist-Run Associations

La Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario is an organization that serves Ontario artists working in contemporary and explorative art. In accord with its members’ interests, la GNO facilitates exchanges, supports the development of the visual arts community and stimulates varied forms of expression in …

Galerie SAW Gallery was founded in 1973. Today, with its strong focus on outreach and community development, the centre boasts an annual audience of close to 35,000 people. The centre’s risk-taking exhibition program presents the work of many artists who are not often considered by other Canadian …

Gallery 101 is a non-profit artist-run centre dedicated to the professional presentation, dissemination and promotion of contemporary visual and media arts. In 1979, a small group of energetic Ottawa artists pooled their resources to establish a new non-profit gallery in which they would have …

Gallery 1313 advocates accessibility to contemporary arts and culture for artists, the community and wider audiences throughout Toronto and further afield by providing numerous diverse exhibition and event opportunities, both within its four exhibition spaces and off-site. Gallery 1313 also …

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is a non-profit artist-run centre committed to photography as a multi-faceted and ever-changing art form. Founded in 1979 to establish a supportive environment for the development of photography, Gallery 44’s mandate is to provide a context for …

Gallery TPW is a not-for-profit artist-run centre dedicated to the presentation and critical investigation of contemporary still and time-based images, exploring the exchange between photography, film and video. Through a diverse program of exhibitions, screenings, performance, new critical writing …

Hamilton Artists Inc (The Inc.) is committed to the presentation of contemporary art and related cultural practices. The Inc. facilitates a national dialogue surrounding issues in contemporary art through exhibitions, publications, performances, education and outreach projects. The Inc actively …

imagineNATIVE focuses on new and innovative film, video, radio and new media works. Programming includes annual retrospectives, curated programs and presentations of significant groundbreaking and legacy works. imagineNATIVE plays an important role in the dissemination and export of Indigenous …

Le Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle (the Centre) is a contemporary art exhibition space established in Ottawa, which supports and promotes the work of francophone and francophile artists to a wider audience. The programming of the Centre favours digital art in order to establish a dialogue between …

Incorporated in 2006, Le Laboratoire d’art (Le Labo), a Francophone media arts centre in Toronto, offers creative support to French-speaking artists whose works reach a broad public. Its objectives are to: - Support incubation, innovation, creation and production in the media arts. - Promote …

Mercer Union is an artist-run centre dedicated to the advancement of contemporary art. We provide a forum for the production and exhibition of Canadian and international contemporary art and related cultural practices. Since 1979, Mercer Union has maintained ambitious programming, exhibiting …

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre is a non-profit organization facilitating the presentation, interpretation and production of contemporary visual, time-based and interdisciplinary arts. Modern Fuel aims to meet the professional development needs of emerging and mid-career local, national and …