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The 35th Annual OAAG Awards
The 2012 OAAG Award nominations are now open! The deadline for nominations: Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 5 pm. You can nominate your own activities! The eligible period of activity for this year's nominations: April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012. The 2012 OAAG Awards will be presented Friday, September 21, 2012, at Hart House in Toronto. Please contact Demetra Christakos at (416) 598-0714 if you have any questions. We look forward to your nominations!
Download the 2012 OAAG Awards Nomination Package (PDF).
Photo credit: Roberta Baker, 2011
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OAAG and AGM at the Creativ Festival in Mississauga
Friday, April 27 & Saturday, April 28, 2012
International Centre, Halls 1 & 2, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga, ON
http://www.csnf.com/s12_index.html
Join OAAG and the Art Gallery of Mississauga at the Creativ Festival in Mississauga. The Creativ Festival is an expo that features workshops and booths on sewing, knitting, stitching, quilting, scrap booking, beadwork and more. It attracts 12,000 arts-interested people who make their own crafts at home from the Mississauga, Toronto and surrounding areas over two days. Parking is free.
OAAG is partnering with the Art Gallery of Mississauga on April 27!
http://www.artgalleryofmississauga.com/
Following an open invitation to all OAAG members to help animate the OAAG booth, the Art Gallery of Mississauga will present a free paper folding workshop led by artist Joe Vinski on Friday, April 27. Participants will learn unique ways that paper can be used to convey message and meaning. They will make origami wallets, envelopes and other simple forms.
The artist: Joe Vinski
Joe Vinski is a graduate of the University of Toronto & the Ontario College of Art & Design. As an art instructor, consultant and independent curator he brings experience with professional teaching and art consultant practice. Recent courses, workshops and affiliations include: Art Gallery of Mississauga, City of Mississauga, Living Arts Centre, Cambridge Galleries, Mississauga International Children’s Festival and various outreach programmes in the Peel Region.
Get in touch for free tickets to the Creativ Festival!
We have 25 complimentary tickets that we are giving away to interested members. If you would like a ticket, email Veronica Quach, the Communications and Events Coordinator, at communications@oaag.org.
Or save $1 on online tickets.
Everybody can save $1 on online tickets with OAAG's promo code: 402OA. Feel free to pass this discount code along to interested parties or in email newsletters.
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Special Wholesale Prices for The Group of Seven Project 1920-2005 and Art Gallery Handbook Vol 3.
For orders before March 31, 2012
THE GROUP OF SEVEN PROJECT 1920-2005
SPECIAL wholesale Price $12/book or $400/box of 38 books
Regular Wholesale Price $17.40/book or $600/box of 38 books
More information
ART GALLERY HANDBOOK SERIES: Volume 3
SPECIAL wholesale Price $12/book or $400/box of 39 books
$12 members / $15 general
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NOW AVAILABLE
Website Launched for Art Institutions and the Feminist Dialectic / Lancement du site Web pour Les institutions artistiques et la dialectique féministe
The Ontario Association of Art Galleries is pleased to announce the website launch of Art Institutions and the Feminist Dialectic. FeministDialectic.ca features 10 women arts professionals speaking on the challenges and opportunities presented by the exhibition, acquisition and preservation of feminist art work by Ontario public art galleries and institutions. More Information
 
L’Association ontarienne des galeries d’art a le plaisir d’annoncer le lancement du site Web pour Les institutions artistiques et la dialectique féministe. FeministDialectic.ca met en vedette 10 professionnelles des arts qui discutent des défis et des occasions découlant des expositions, acquisitions, et préservation des œuvres féministes dans les galeries d’art publiques et les institutions de l’Ontario. Plus d'information
Highlighting Heritage Week: iMuseum Symposium Proceedings
The Ontario Museum Association (OMA) and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) symposium proceedings of iMuseum: New Tools for New & Traditional Audiences are now available online at http://www.museumsontario.com/en/handbooks_&_reports_37/0/17.html. More Information
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OAAG Volunteer and Intern Opportunities
We are always looking for volunteers in our office or for various events. Please contact Veronica Quach, the Communications and Events Coordinator, at communications@oaag.org if you are interested.
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OAAG is a registered charitable organization. Established in 1968, OAAG was incorporated in Ontario by letters patent on October 9, 1970. The Charitable Objects from the Letters Patent are:
- To encourage co-operation between member galleries and museums
- To encourage cooperation with the Ontario Arts Council and similar agencies
- To assist in the development of visual art centres in the province of Ontario
- To promote high standards of excellence and uniform methods in the care and presentation of art
- To serve as an advisory body in matters of professional interest in the province of Ontario.
Our Vision
- To be a vital and effective advocate for Ontario's dynamic public art galleries, serving and representing our members across the province as valued and essential centres of art and learning.
Our Mission
- To serve and represent Ontario's public art galleries as valued, essential, cultural and educational resources
- To actively advocate for Ontario's public art galleries
- To promote dialogue and collaboration among OAAG members
- To build and support responsive relationships between Ontario's public art galleries and the public, volunteers, cultural trustees, granting agencies, government and media
- To encourage the highest standards for the care, preservation and presentation of the visual arts within Ontario's public art galleries
- To promote art gallery and cultural work as valuable professions
- To recognize and celebrate excellence in the work of Ontario's public art galleries
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À propos de l’AOGA
L’AOGA est un organisme de bienfaisance enregistré. Établie en 1968, l’AOGA fut constituée en personne morale en Ontario par lettres patentes le 9 octobre 1970. Les objectifs de bienfaisance selon les lettres patentes sont les suivants :
- Favoriser la coopération entre les galeries et musées membres de l’AOGA
- Favoriser la coopération avec le Conseil des arts de l’Ontario et autres organismes semblables
- Contribuer au développement des centres pour arts visuels en Ontario
- Encourager des normes élevées d’excellence et des méthodes standardisées dans le maintien et la présentation de l’art
- Agir en tant qu’organisme consultatif pour des questions d’intérêt professionnel dans la province de l’Ontario
Notre vision
- Être un défenseur vigoureux et compétent des galeries d’art publiques dynamiques de l‘Ontario et les représenter comme des centres essentiels et prisés d’art et d’enseignement à travers la province.
Notre mission
- Servir et représenter les galeries d’art publiques de l‘Ontario comme des ressources culturelles et pédagogiques essentielles et prisées
- Défendre vigoureusement les intérêts des galeries d’art publiques de l‘Ontario
- Encourager le dialogue et la collaboration parmi les membres de l’AOGA
- Établir et soutenir des liens actifs et réciproques entre les galeries d’art publiques de l‘Ontario et le public, les bénévoles, les administrateurs culturels, les organismes subventionnaires, le gouvernement et les médias
- Encourager les normes les plus élevées pour le maintien, la préservation et la présentation des arts visuels auprès des galeries d’art publiques de l‘Ontario
- Faire valoir les professions liées aux galeries d’art et le travail culturel comme des métiers d’une grande valeur
- Reconnaître et récompenser l’excellence dans le travail des galeries d’art publiques de l‘Ontario
OAAG gratefully acknowledges the financial support of its
members, donors, corporate sponsors.
OAAG Awards Gold Sponsors 2011:
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