News about OAAG, its members and the visual arts community.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
• Ontario Nonprofit Network and Open for Business: The Third Sector’s Opportunity to Master the “Art of the Possible”
Monday, April 2, 2012
• Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts - 2013
• Ontario Museum Association in partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum presents the Accessibility Symposium
Thursday, March 29, 2012
• Canada Council for the Arts speaks on the Federal Budget 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
• Ottawa's Inuit Art Foundation closing its door, CBC News Ottawa
• Independent Inuit art org abruptly shuts down, Nunatsiaq Online
• RiverBrink Art Museum Welcomes David Aurandt As New Director/Curator
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
• Highlighting Heritage Week: iMuseum Symposium Proceedings Now Online
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
• Website Launched for Art Institutions and the Feminist Dialectic / Lancement du site Web pour Les institutions artistiques et la dialectique féministe
Thursday, January 12, 2012
• Toronto budget: Rob Ford allies reject proposed cuts to arts and library- The Toronto Star
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Ontario Nonprofit Network and Open for Business: The Third Sector’s Opportunity to Master the “Art of the Possible”
Background: Open for Business was established by Premier Dalton McGuinty, under the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of doing business in Ontario.
How it Works: The Ministry has invited input from representative industries (such as forestry, construction, etc.) to come forward and give feedback to the provincial government identifying areas of administrative red tape that impede sector efficiency. After submission, the Open for Business Secretariat meets again with each industry to discuss the ways in which the provincial government plans to address identified issues.
For the first time in history, and for a very short window (6 weeks), through the efforts of the Partnership Project, the nonprofit sector has been invited to engage in the Open for Business process to give feedback and direction on administrative issues that affect the nonprofit sector.
ONN’s Role:
ONN is working with the Open for Buisness Secretariat to put forward 5 sector opportunities and priorities. While we are prohibited from making financial and legislative overhauls, we are working to master the “Art of the Possible” to develop concrete outcomes based on sector collaboration, feedback and evidence. ONN is working to maximize our impact and get the sector’s voices heard.
Visit the Ontario Nonprofit Network for more: http://www.theonn.ca/open-for-business-ontario/
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts - 2013
The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts are Canada’s foremost distinctions for excellence in visual and media arts. The deadline for nominations is June 1, 2012.
These awards were created in 1999 through a partnership of the Canada Council for the Arts and the then Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, who committed Government House to hosting the gala ceremony to honour the laureates at Rideau Hall, in perpetuity. The Canada Council funds and administers the awards.
Up to eight awards will be given annually:
• up to six awards of $25,000 each will be available for distinguished artistic achievement in the visual (including architecture and photography) and/or media arts
• one award of $25,000 will be presented as the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts, and
• one award of $25,000 will be given to recognize the outstanding contribution to the visual (including architecture and photography) and media arts or to fine craft of an individual or group in a volunteer or professional capacity, through philanthropy, board governance, community outreach activities, or as a director of an organization, curator, programmer, educator, critic or dealer/distributor
Visit Canada Council for the Arts for more: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggavma/ic127235956842343750.htm
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Ontario Museum Association in partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum presents the Accessibility Symposium
Royal Ontario Museum | April 5, 2012
Coming Soon: Presentation Videos, Slides and Photo Albums
Presented by the Ontario Museum Association (OMA), in partnership with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (ADO - Ministry of Community and Social Services), this symposium, will bring together museum practitioners, students, and organizations that work to improve accessibility in the community to share best practices and innovative programming in museums that meet and exceed the accessibility standards of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
This is your opportunity to learn from your colleagues, network with other organizations, and ask those burning questions about how compliance with the standards of the AODA affect your institution and its audience.
Visit the Ontario Museum Association for more: http://www.museumsontario.com/en/Accessibility_Symposium_2012_97.html
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Canada Council for the Arts speaks on the Federal Budget 2012
"The Canada Council for the Arts is enormously heartened by the positive message sent by the 2012 budget and the support of the government in recognizing the Council's leadership role," said Canada Council Board Chair Joseph L. Rotman. "This vote of confidence in the Council is a clear signal of support for the arts as the creative heart of the nation. This government and the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Hon. James Moore, clearly appreciate the sector's positive contribution to the economy and identity of this country. It makes it all the more important that we continue to demonstrate the highest possible standard in our investment of public funds."
Throughout its 55-year history, the Council and its programs continue to evolve, keeping pace with changes in both the practice of art and the demographic realities of the country. Its strong focus on demonstrable results has been repeatedly highlighted, most recently in the Special Examination by the Auditor General of Canada (2008) and Strategic Review (2010) and its most recent strategic plan, Strengthening Connections 2011-16. In 2011 the Council established a process to assess current and future program options against its highest level objective: a vital and diverse arts sector that enriches the lives of Canadians.
"The government's decision to maintain the Council's funding gives us the opportunity to independently take actions that will generate savings that we can reinvest back into the professional arts sector. It will also enable us to ensure our programs continue to be relevant, cost-effective and responsive to the changing needs of the community," said Director and CEO Robert Sirman. "Over the next three years we will implement a number of changes that are already in development, including reducing the cost of our office space, streamlining operational processes and adjusting programs."
In the coming months, the Council will review options that address its traditional commitment to the core of creative arts practice while reflecting areas of increasing priority, including equity, public engagement, and national and international market access.
The Canada Council for the Arts is an arms-length Crown corporation that strengthens Canadian arts practice and connects the public to the arts using a parliamentary appropriation of roughly $5.25 per capita. Through its grants, awards, prizes and payments, the Council supports over 20,000 artists and arts organizations annually. It also houses the Canada Council Art Bank with over 17,000 works of contemporary Canadian art and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. Governed by an 11-person board, the Council reports to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage and is audited annually by the Auditor General of Canada.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Ottawa's Inuit Art Foundation closing its doors, CBC News Ottawa
Artist-run centre that markets Inuit work cannot pay its bills
The Ottawa-based Inuit Art Foundation plans to close its doors at the end of the month, saying it can't bring in enough money to sustain its rising costs.
The charitable foundation formed in 1985 to promote and market Inuit art worldwide is run by a volunteer board of artists.
It is selling off its art and emptying its offices at the end of the month. Inuit paintings and sculptures in the Inuit Art Foundation shop have red slashes across the price tags, and in their office, the walls are being stripped of artwork.
Visit CBC News Ottawa for more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/03/02/ottawa-.html
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Independent Inuit art org abruptly shuts down, Nunatsiaq Online
Staff selling off shop's art stocks
After 25 years of work in support of Inuit art and artists, the Inuit Art Foundation will close its doors March 31 after selling off stock left inside its Inuit Artists’ Shop at Merivale Rd. in Nepean, an Ottawa suburb.
IAF’s long-time executive director Marybelle Mitchell could not be reached for comment about the closing, which will see shop stock sold at discounts of up to 50 per cent.
But media reports have suggested that money problems prompted the decision to close the foundation, whose board of directors which, according to information on the IAF website, includes well-known artists like Mattiusi Iyaituk of Ivujivik and Mathew Nuqingaq of Iqaluit.
Visit Nunatsiaq Online for more: http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674independent_inuit_art_org_abruptly_shuts_down/
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The Weir Foundation is pleased to announce the arrival of David Aurandt, as the new Director/Curator of RiverBrink Art Museum. Mr. Aurandt started his position with the museum on Monday, March 5th.
"We are gratified that a distinguished and respected museum director, curator, and arts educator of Mr. Aurandt's stature has accepted the position of Director/Curator," states Linda Fritz, President of the Board of Directors. "Mr. Aurandt brings with him a wealth of experience, knowledge and professionalism that will enable RiverBrink Art Museum to rise to a new level of excellence."
David Aurandt was born in Connecticut, took permanent residence in Canada in 1965 and became a Canadian citizen in 1971. In addition to full-time study at the New School of Art in Toronto, he has a B.A. from Fairfield University in Connecticut, an M.A. from the University of Toronto, and an M.F.A. from the Milton Avery School of Graduate Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. During the past twenty-five years he has taught literature, writing, art history and studio courses at several Canadian universities, including University of Prince Edward Island, Algoma University College, Lakehead University, Brock University, Trent University, and University of Toronto Scarborough. From the early 1980's he has been involved in curatorial work as well as in arts administration, including as Director of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, consultant for Eastman Kodak at the Creative Imaging Centre in Camden, Maine, Director of Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, and Executive Director of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. He is also an artist whose work has been shown in a number of exhibitions in Canada and the U.S. He is Past President of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries, and a member of the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization.
"RiverBrink Art Museum has a truly unique contribution to make to the stories of Canadian art and history," notes Mr. Aurandt. "I am very pleased to now have a part in telling those important stories as we aim to reach a wider audience."
RiverBrink Art Museum is located at 116 Queenston Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake (on the Niagara Parkway halfway between Niagara Falls and "Old Town" Niagara-on-the-Lake). For more information, please contact RiverBrink Art Museum by phone at 905-262-4510 or by email at info@riverbrink.org.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Highlighting Heritage Week: iMuseum Symposium Proceedings Now Online
Toronto, February 21, 2012 –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
Last March, over 100 museum and gallery staff gathered together at Harbourfront Centre to share the latest information on audience research and technology; they heard from special guest speakers, shared opinions, and participated in roundtables where representatives of museum and gallery audiences and the technologies that connect with them.
OMA and OAAG are pleased to present the proceedings of iMuseum online, which will be accessible from both the OMA and OAAG websites. OMA and OAAG are particularly proud to present the roundtable summaries from the symposium in both English and French.
The Proceedings feature presentations, papers, roundtable summaries and handouts about podcasting, videoconferencing, digital storytelling, interactive whiteboards and audience response systems, Virtual Museum of Canada lab projects, cultural mapping with youth, audience participation with Nina Simon, and much more.
Online content contributors include Sarah Beam Borg and Nicole Cahill, Cathy Blackbourn, Pierre Bois, Allan Busch and Paul Kortenaar, Jack Cunningham, Karin Davidson Taylor, Antoinette Duplessis, Barbara Gilbert, Sheila Knox, Steve Mavers, Erin McDonagh, Nina Simon, and Wendy Thomas.
OMA and OAAG gratefully acknowledge the participation of all presenters, participants, and volunteers who made the event a success, as well as the financial support of the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.
For more information, please contact:
Ontario Museum Association www.museumsontario.com
Mary Collier, Professional Development Program Manager
416-348-8672/Toll-free in Ontario 1-866-662-8672
pd@museumsontario.com
OAAG would also like to recognize the contributions of Christine Castle, symposium moderator, editor and contributor, Cathy Blackbourn and Barbara Gilbert, symposium coordinators, and the Ontario Museum Association for taking the lead on the publication of the proceedings (thanks Mary Collier!).
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Website Launched for Art Institutions and the Feminist Dialectic
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.
Presentations by these curators, museum professionals and artists include academic research as well as anecdotal stories.
Video, audio recordings and transcripts are available online.
“In recent years, artworks that arose from the activism and social consciousness of the late 1960s, and works that addressed anti-war, civil rights and feminism have been entering public collections,” says Carla Garnet, the curator who helped organize the presentations. “Consequently, a new discussion of how feminist work performs in the public space becomes timely.”
“The website allows a wider audience to engage in a conversation that may not have been accessible outside of specific forums or classes,” says Demetra Christakos, Executive Director of Ontario Association of Art Galleries.
The website aims to reach arts professionals through the content and continued public discussion on the topic. Each presentation has a comment section.
The 10 women art professionals are:
• Carla Garnet, Curator at the Art Gallery of Peterborough
• Dr. Christine Conley, Professor of art History at the University of Ottawa and independent curator
• Pamela Edmonds, independent visual and media arts curator
• Johanna Householder, performance artist and Professor in Integrated Media at the Ontario College of Art and Design
• Dr. Kristina Huneault, Associate Professor of Art History at Concordia University
• Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario
• Suzy Lake, world renowned Canadian Artist
• Emelie Chhangur, Assistant Director/Curator at the Art Gallery of York University and artist
• Dr. Allyson Mitchell, artist, curator and Assistant Professor at the School of Women’s Studies at York University
• Prof. Carmen Mörsch, Head of the Institute of Art Education at Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Talks by all speakers, except for Mörsch, were originally presented in December 2008 for a symposium that was also named Art Institutions and the Feminist Dialectic. The symposium was a collaboration between the Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) and Carla Garnet, an independent curator at the time, currently Curator at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Mörsch’s talk was presented in February 2010.
Users can download the transcripts in English and French. The video and audio recordings are available in English. Online access to the website content has been licensed from the content providers until 2016.
The project is generously supported by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Canada Council for the Arts, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Museums and Technology Fund, Ministry of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Enhancement of Official Languages Assistance for Interpretation and Translation, and Young Canada Works.
http://feministdialectic.ca/en/
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For more information contact:
Veronica Quach
Communications and Events Coordinator
Ontario Association of Art Galleries
communications@oaag.org
416-598-0714
Presentations
Carla Garnet, Introduction to Symposium
Christine Conley, Curatorial Conundrums: Feminism and Practices of Collection and Display
Pamela Edmonds, B(l)ack to the Drawing Board: Re(Envisioning) Art, Identity Politics, and African Canadian Feminisms
Johanna Householder, Five (Failed) Attempts at a Feminist Revolution
Kristina Huneault, Practice and Method in the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
Sophie Hackett and Suzy Lake Rhythms of a True Space: Feminisms, Resistances, Collaborations
Emelie Chhangur, Concrete Curating –no. it is opposition.
Allyson Mitchell, Deep Lez.
Carmen Mörsch, Gallery Education Informed by Queer, Feminist, Post-Colonial Thinking.
Web Portal
• Organized by Hannah Turner for the Ontario Association of Art Galleries
• Demetra Christakos, Executive Director
• Barbara Gilbert, Secretariat Coordinator
• Veronica Quach, Program Assistant
• Web Development: Miles Storey, Rigent Inc. and Simone Abel, Lab403
• Video and Audio Editing: Stephanie Kittell, Veracity films
• Copy Editing: Taryn Sirove
• Transcription: Daniel Cockburn
• Translation: Colette Tougas; Babar Khan
• Video Documentation: Miklos Legrady
Symposium
• Organized by Carla Garnet for the Ontario Association of Art Galleries
• Demetra Christakos, Executive Director
• Barbara Gilbert, Project Coordinator
• Kohila Kurunathan, Administrative Intern
• Miriam Boruchova, Administrative Intern
• Partners: 918 Bathurst Cultural Arts & Education Centre, Li Koo, Project Manager
• Editing and Program Assistance: Katy McDevitt
• Video Documentation: Miklos Legrady
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Lancement du site Web pour Les institutions artistiques et la dialectique féministe
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.
Les présentations par ces conservatrices, professionnelles des musées et artistes incluent de la recherche académique ainsi que des histoires anecdotiques.
Des vidéos, enregistrements audio et transcriptions sont disponibles en ligne.
« Au cours des dernières années, les œuvres d’art qui ont émergé de l’activisme et de la conscience sociale de la fin des années 1960, et des œuvres qui ont porté sur le mouvement contre la guerre, les droits civiques et le féminisme se sont infiltrées dans les collections publiques, dit Carla Garnet, la conservatrice qui a aidé a organiser les présentations. Par conséquent, une nouvelle discussion visant à examiner comment les œuvres féministes prennent leur place dans l’espace public devient pertinente. »
« Le site Web permet à un plus grand public à s’engager dans une conversation qui n’était peut-être pas possible à l’extérieur de forums de discussion ou de classes spécifiques, » dit Demetra Christakos, Directrice générale de l’Association ontarienne des galeries d’art.
Le site Web vise à atteindre les professionnels artistiques à l’aide de son contenu et de ses discussions publiques continues sur le sujet. Chaque présentation comporte une section de commentaires.
Les 10 professionnelles des arts sont :
• Carla Garnet, Conservatrice du Art Gallery of Peterborough
• Dr Christine Conley, Professeure d’histoire de l’art à l’Université d’Ottawa et Conservatrice indépendante
• Pamela Edmonds, Conservatrice indépendante des arts visuels et médiatiques
• Johanna Householder, Artiste de la scène et Professeure de médias intégrés au Ontario College of Art and Design
• Dr Kristina Huneault, Professeure agrégée d’histoire de l’art à l’Université Concordia
• Sophie Hackett, Conservatrice assistante en photographie au Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario
• Suzy Lake, Artiste canadienne de renommée mondiale
• Emelie Chhangur, Directrice assistante / Conservatrice au Art Gallery of York University et Artiste
• Dr Allyson Mitchell, Artiste, Conservatrice et Professeure adjointe à L’école d’études des femmes de l’Université York
• Carmen Mörsch, Chef de l'Institut de l'éducation d'art au Zurich University of the Arts, la Suisse
Des exposés de toutes les présentatrices, sauf Mörsch, étaient originalement présentées en décembre 2008, lors d’un colloque aussi appelé Les institutions artistiques et la dialectique féministe. Le colloque était une collaboration entre l’Association ontarienne des galeries d’art et Carla Garnet, qui était Conservatrice indépendante à l’époque, et qui est maintenant Conservatrice du Art Gallery of Peterborough. L’exposé de Mörsch a été présenté en février 2010.
Les utilisateurs peuvent télécharger les transcriptions en anglais et en français. Les enregistrements audio et vidéo sont disponibles en anglais. L’accès en ligne au contenu du site Web a été autorisé sous licence par les fournisseurs de contenu jusqu’en 2016.
Le projet est généreusement appuyé par l'Association ontarienne des galeries d'art, le Conseil des Arts du Canada, le Conseil des Arts du Canada, le ministère du Tourisme et de la Culture, le Fonds pour les musées et la technologie, le ministère du Patrimoine canadien, le Programme de mise en valeur des langues officielles de l’Appui à l'interprétation et à la traduction, ainsi que Jeunesse Canada au travail.
http://feministdialectic.ca/fr/
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Pour plus d’information, veuillez contacter :
Veronica Quach
Coordonnatrice des communications et des évènements
Association ontarienne des galeries
communications@oaag.org 416-598-0714
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Présentations
Carla Garnet, Introduction
Christine Conley, Curatorial Conundrums: Feminism and Practices of Collection and Display
Pamela Edmonds, B(l)ack to the Drawing Board: Re(Envisioning) Art, Identity Politics, and African Canadian Feminisms
Johanna Householder, Five (Failed) Attempts at a Feminist Revolution
Kristina Huneault, Practice and Method in the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
Sophie Hackett and Suzy Lake Rhythms of a True Space: Feminisms, Resistances, Collaborations
Emelie Chhangur, Concrete Curating –no. it is opposition.
Allyson Mitchell, Deep Lez.
Carmen Mörsch, Gallery Education Informed by Queer, Feminist, Post-Colonial Thinking.
Web
• Organisé par Hannah Turner pour l'Association ontarienne des galeries d'art
• Demetra Christakos, Directrice générale
• Barbara Gilbert, Secrétariat Coordinatrice
• Veronica Quach, Assistante de Programmes
• Réalisation Web : Miles Storey, Rigent Inc. et Simone Abel, Lab403
• Montage vidéo et audio : Stephanie Kittell, Veracity films
• Réviseure de textes : Taryn Sirove
• Transcription : Daniel Cockburn
• Traduction : Colette Tougas; Babar Khan
• Documentation vidéo : Miklos Legrady
Colloque
• Organisé par Carla Garnet pour l'Association ontarienne des galeries d'art
• Demetra Christakos, Directrice générale
• Barbara Gilbert, Coordonatrice des projets
• Kohila Kurunathan, Stagiaire à l'administration
• Miriam Boruchova, Stagiaire à l'administration
• Partenaires : 918 Bathurst Cultural Arts & Education Centre, Li Koo, Gestionnaire des projets
• Adjointe à la rédaction et aux programmes : Katy McDevitt
• Documentation vidéo : Miklos Legrady
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Toronto Budget: Rob Ford allies reject proposed cuts to arts and library
Mayor Rob Ford and his allies voted Thursday to reject or soften several of the most controversial proposed budget cuts.
The changes by Ford’s executive committee do not fully address the criticisms of other councillors, some of whom said council would force further adjustments at its budget meeting next week. They do, however, significantly narrow the gap between the mayor and his opponents.
“We are close,” said Councillor Shelley Carroll, a Ford critic and former budget chief.
The committee voted to:
• Reject a $1.9 million cut to arts grants
• Shrink the demand cut to the library system by $3.1 million
• Spend $928,000 to preserve sidewalk snow-clearing in the suburbs.
It also endorsed previous proposals to avoid cuts to student nutrition programs, two school pools and 12 community centres.
For the entire article, visit The Toronto Star website: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1114640--toronto-budget-slew-of-services-restored-thanks-to-building-boom?bn=1
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