Professional Arts/Service Organisations
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ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio)
National union of performers working in English-language recorded media.
ACTRA negotiates collective agreements establishing minimum fees, terms and working conditions on behalf of members. In addition to the Independent Production Agreement (IPA), National Commercial Agreement, and UBCP's Master Agreement, ACTRA members are protected by agreements with national and regional radio and TV broadcasters. ACTRA also offers a number of incentive programs for lower-budget Canadian productions.
- Member services
- Many benefits including retirement funds
- Medical and dental insurance
- Their Performers' Rights Society (PRS) collects distribution fees, royalties, residuals and all other forms of compensation for performers
- Typical Membership
Dramatic actors, comedians, dancers, background performers, voice over specialists, singers, puppeteers, stunt performers, and more.
- Phone
1-800-387-3516 or 416-489-1311
- national@actra.ca
- Website
ALAI
ALAI Canada has as its purpose to promote and protect copyright, as well as to study questions regarding the protection and the applicability of these rights.
Due to its close contacts with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), UNESCO and the European Union, ALAI is invited to share its views on projects elaborated by these organisations and among others, on the evolution of the Berne and Rome Conventions. Every second year, ALAI holds a world-wide congress, such as those of Québec in 1989 and Montebello in 1997 organised by ALAI Canada, and in the the interval years, study sessions are held, such as those of Amsterdam and Cambridge.
- Member services
- Holds conferences, seminars and congresses
- Publishes and distributes documents dealing with copyright
- Educational and training sessions on copyright issues
- Typical Membership
ALAI is made up of a multiplicity of personalities interested in copyright from over twenty countries.
- Phone
514-993-1556
- alaican@aei.ca
- Website
ANDPVA (Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts)
Member-driven, not-for-profit arts service organisation for the promotion and development of indigenous artists.
ANDPVA offers community and participatory arts practices that offer an alternative to mainstream institutions and practices from an Indigenous set of value and belief systems. The ANDPVA is based in Toronto, but has a growing national focus and represents over 300 active artists.
- Member services
- Runs a Multi-disciplinary Arts Festival, as well as music festivals and exhibitions (most in Toronto)
- Curatorial training program
- Artistic and cultural workshops
- Typical Membership
Indigenous artists.
- Phone
1-877-972-0871, 416-972-0871
- ahneen@andpva.com
- Website
APASQ (Association des Professionels des Arts de la Scène du Québec)
A francophone-speaking professional association dedicated to supporting creation in the performing arts.
APASQ aims to study, defend and develop the economic, social, moral and professional interests of its members, and to promote and expose scenographic creation from Quebec. I t also wishes to support the integration of all the disciplines of the performing arts, in order to work in continuity with this milieu.
- Member services
- Advice on negotiating contracts and working as a "travailleur autonome" (self-employed)
- Information on funding and statistics on theatre job market
- Retirement fund for members
- Typical Membership
APASQ represents mainly lighting, costume, and sound designers.
- Phone
514-523-4221 or 1-877-523-4221
- info@apasq.org
- Website
ASPR (Association of Professionals in Audio/Association des Professionelles en Audio)
Non-profit organisation created by and for industry professionals in audio.
The Association focuses on regrouping, dialogue and reflection while striving for the improvement of the sound quality offered to the general public, and for the recognition and evolution of all audio professions.
- Member services
- Continuous training (French only)
- Technical help/mutual aid
- Symposiums
- Typical Membership
Sound engineers, mixers, editors, broadcasting technicians, among others.
- Phone
514-878-9875, 514-878-9876
- info@aspraudio.org
- Website
Affaires d'Art
Non-profit, francophone organisation established to help artists develop career management skills.
Aims to inspire entrepreneurial instinct in artists to help them secure financial freedom.
- Member services
- Helps artists establish detailed career plans, marketing plans, portfolios and other promotional items
- Workshops on managing self-employment and other topics
- Typical Membership
Established, emerging, and/or self-taught comedians, actors, musicians, vocalists, circus artists, dancers, visual artists.
- Phone
514-543-7371
- info@affairesdart.org
- Website
Agence TOPO
Artist-run centre dedicated to the production, dissemination and distribution of independent multimedia works. Not member based.
Agence TOPO's focus is primarily on the convergence of visual arts and literature with new media. Founded in 1993, TOPO provides assistance on a proposal basis for the development of projects presented by its members and other representatives of the artistic community. The interest is to mobilize the web as an instrument and a space for the renewal of the narrative genre, and for the presence of artists coming from diverse cultural and artistic practices and backgrounds.
- Member services
- Collective web art projects
- Online archive space for visual art projects and "Showcase" for the dissemination, promotion and distribution of art and essay CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and DVD-VIDEOs
- Access to TOPO's equipment and a place for your projects in the Friendly Archives
- Typical Membership
Artists in literature and visual arts.
- Phone
514-279-8676
- topo@agencetopo.qc.ca
- Website
Antitube
Antitube is a francophone association which presents multidisciplinary works and "activities which integrate both past and future images in motion" to audiences in the Quebec City region.
Antitube favours different images, images from other times and places, images from here and now that are not in the limelight, and images that are original and unexpected.
- Member services
Presenter of independent film and video works in collaboration with the Meduse art centre in Quebec City.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
418-524-2113
- antitube@meduse.org
- Website
Articule
Artist-run centre "dedicated to the presentation of new art practices that are socially and aesthetically engaged".
Articule's artistic direction is founded on the shared belief that the relationship between the creative and the political is not contingent but necessary. Articule's activities reflect the constant transformations of this relationship. They support a range of discursive and alternative activities that test the limits of aesthetic gesture, promote dialogue and build networks with artists' collectives and other organisations.
- Member services
Support comes in various forms including:
- Financial
- Promotional
- Logistical
- Access to the centre's equipment, administrative infrastructure, and venue with membership
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-842-9686
- info@articule.org
- Website
Association des Arts Graphiques du Quebec
Professional association of graphic designers.
"The AAGQ's mission is to promote the province's graphic arts industry and offer its members communication and management services to enhance their efficiency and profitability."
- Member services
- Communication and management services
- Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Professional graphic designers.
- Phone
n/a
- Website
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Arts service organisation representing both the non-profit and for-profit sectors of the industry.
"The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is a membership organisation, dedicated to bringing performing artists and audiences together in every way imaginable. The Association achieves its goal by providing visionary thinking, professional development, resource sharing, and advocacy, in support of its members and all those who create and disseminate the performing arts."
- Member services
- Visa assistance
- Many online resources
- Grants
- Typical Membership
Members hail from 15 countries across the globe and range from large performing arts centres in major urban cities, outdoor festivals and rural community-focused organisations to academic institutions, artists and artist managers. Members bring performances to over 2 million audience-goers each week.
- Phone
888-820-ARTS
- info@artspresenters.org
- Website
Association pour la création et la recherche électroacoustiques du Québec/Elektra
Promotes experimentation in all multimedia arts.
The association is especially interested in innovation in digital technologies.
- Member services
Presents the Elektra Digital Arts Festival.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-524-0208
- info@elektrafestival.ca
- Website
Avatar
Non profit, self-managed centre for audio artists dedicated to the creation, diffusion, and study of audio and electronic art. Member of the Meduse art centre in Quebec City.
Avatar stimulates collaboration between the creators, as between the disciplines, via a local and international network. Member of Quebec City cooperative Meduse.
- Member services
Publishes and promotes creators' work from its label, OHM éditions and distributor VacuOhm.
- Typical Membership
Musicians/sound artists, supporters.
- Phone
418-522-8918
- avatar@meduse.org
- Website
CAC (Canadian Arts Coalition)
CAC has the singular focus to lobby for increased funding through the Canada Council for the Arts in the federal budget.
The Canadian Arts Coalition will implement a lobbying and public affairs plan designed to build support for an infusion of new funding to the Canada Council. This includes: meetings with Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, public servants and key influencers; and communication strategies to build public support. The CAC is the largest consortium of artists and arts organisations ever assembled in Canada.
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Organisations interested in lobbying for increased funding of the arts in Canada.
- Phone
604-681-3535
- info@allianceforarts.com
- Website
CAPIC (Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications)
National, not-for-profit association dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the rights and interests of photographers, illustrators and recently, digital artists, working in the communications industry.
"CAPIC is the acknowledged leader in business practices education for illustrators and photographers in Canada." It has grown to six chapters, spanning the country from Halifax to Vancouver. The "major benefit of CAPIC membership is the ability to meet other professionals in your local area through Chapter events and educational programs".
- Member services
- Copyright protection
- Promotion on the gallery-based national site, searchable by location and specialty
- Insurance program and discounts; more on CAPIC's membership page: http://www.capic.org/about.html?screen=membership">
- Typical Membership
Photographers, illustrators, digital artists. "CAPIC members create the photographs and illustrations which are reproduced in published materials of all types. This includes editorial, advertising, education, books, brochures and periodicals."
- Phone
514-932-3337 or 1-888-252-2742
- membership@capic.org
- Website
CAPPRT (The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal)
Quasi-judicial, independent federal agency which administers the regime of professional relations contained in the Status of the Artist Act.
"The Status of the Artist Act guarantees the right of artists to join associations that can represent their professional interests and the right to bargain collectively with producers for the purpose of reaching agreement on the minimum terms and conditions under which an artist will provide services to those producers. The Act also permits producers to form associations for the purposes of bargaining and entering into scale agreements. By following the procedures specified in the Act, artists' associations may become certified by CAPPRT, granting them the exclusive right to negotiate scale agreements with producers."
- Member services
- Defines the sectors of cultural activity suitable for collective bargaining between artists' associations and producers within CAPPRT's jurisdiction
- Certifies artists' associations to represent self-employed artists working in these sectors
- Deals with complaints of unfair labour practices and other matters brought forward by artists, artists' associations or producers, and prescribes appropriate remedies for contraventions of Part II of the Act
- Typical Membership
Members of the Tribunal are appointed by the Governor in Council in consultation with the Minister of Canadian Heritage. The Tribunal has jurisdiction over self-employed artists, producers in the federal jurisdiction, artists' associations and producers' associations.
- Phone
1-800-263-ARTS
- info@capprt-tcrpap.gc.ca
- Website
CCA (Canadian Conference of the Arts)
Non-partisan, non-profit cultural advocacy organisation.
The CCA provides "a national forum for debate on cultural policy and are the leading national advocate for Canada's artists and cultural institutions and industries."
- Member services
- 50–60 CCA Bulletins annually, containing research updates and more
- Chalmers Conference networking event
- Reduced rates for the National Policy Conference and discounts on CCA publications
- Organisational members receive: free registration for one delegate to the CCA's Chalmers Conference (valued at $150)
- Links to artist members' sites through www.ccarts.ca
- Typical Membership
Artists and cultural workers, arts organisations, labour groups, arts educators, cultural industry organisations and concerned citizens from across Canada.
- Phone
613-238-3561
- info@ccarts.ca
- Website
CCC (Creator's Copyright Coalition)
Alliance of the national associations, unions and collectives representing individual artists working primarily in the English language media in Canada.
"Our concern is to protect artists' rights in negotiations with the large media organisations with whom they sign contracts, as well as rights as artists/creators on the Internet." The CCC collaborates with and supports the work of sister organisation DAMIC (Droit d'auteur/Multimédia/Internet/Copyright) in Québec.
- Member services
- Copyright protection
- Promotion
- Workshops
- Typical Membership
Writers, musicians, songwriters, composers, artists, performers, photographers, directors, screenwriters, translators and journalists concerned about our continued ability to make a living.
- Phone
n/a
- editor@creatorscopyright.ca
- Website
CHRC (Cultural Human Resources Council)
National council whose mandate is to "initiate, coordinate and promote human resources planning, management, development and training in the cultural sector".
The CHRC manages projects addressing cultural human resource issues such as succession, training, compensation, HR management/planning, career planning and competency development.
- Member services
- Youth internships
- Competence compendiums
- Maintains CultureWorks, an online job board for artists and cultural workers
- Opportunities to network with partners in and outside the cultural sector
- Typical Membership
Artists, creators, technical staff, managers and all others engaged professionally in the sector, including the self-employed.
- Phone
1-866-562-1535
- info@culturalhrc.ca
- Website
CIRAAM (Centre International de recherche d'Action Artistique et Multimédia)
An international, francophone multimedia action and research centre focused on the social engagement of the artist.
CIRAAM is mandated to establish a bridge between art and society by helping artists to channel their creative forces toward making art a social catalyst.
- Member services
Artistic productions and collaborations.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
n/a
- contamine@gmail.com
- Website
COCo (Centre for Community Organisations)
Provincial, non-profit organisation that works primarily with English-speaking, bilingual, and ethno-cultural organisations to develop organisational health and promote community sector development.
COCo's mission is to promote social justice, active citizenship, democracy, and socio-economic development by supporting the development of healthy organisations and strong communities.
- Member services
- Advises on evaluation, conflict management, fundraising, board development, strategic planning, and more
- Supports community organisations through training and e-Bulletins
- Resource Centre
- Learning circles
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-849‑5599 or 1-866-552‑2626
- info@coco-net.org
- Website
CQAM (Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques)
Website under construction
Website under construction
- Member services
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-527-5116
- dg@cqam.org
- Website
Canadian Association for Photographic Art
National, non-profit association of photography enthusiasts.
CAPA seeks to encourage and promote participation by its members in photographic exhibitions, circuits, competitions and similar endeavours on regional, national and international levels. CAPA was born of the merger between the National Association for Photographic Art (NAPA) and the Colour Photographic Association of Canada (CPAC).
- Member services
- Annual digital contest
- Publishes the Canadian Camera Journal, where members can publish their portfolio
- New members get a roll of RSX 36-exposure slide film, a slide protector sleeve, and 4 issues of the Canadian Camera Magazine
- Typical Membership
Photographers, professional and non-professional, and photography clubs.
- Phone
604-824-9490
- capa@capacanada.ca
- Website
Conseil de la Culture de la Gaspésie
Regional francophone cultural association covering all domains, and also concerned with heritage (patrimoine) issues.
The Council is funded and mandated by the government to promote and defend the interests of the cultural milieu while supporting the development and visibility of Gaspésie artists and the region's cultural products.
- Member services
- Advice on grants, portfolios, and marketing
- Professional development workshops
- Awards, galas recognizing outstanding work
- Directory of Gaspésie area artists
- List of regional art service providers under Ressources Professionelles
- Typical Membership
Individual artists and organisations.
- Phone
1-800-820-0883 ext. 229 / 418-534-4139
- falary@culturegaspesie.org
- Website
Culture Montreal
Independent non-profit organisation for anyone interested in promoting culture in all its forms as an essential element of Montreal's development.
Culture Montreal is the expert-advisor to governments, the City and the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal on issues pertaining to art and performance. It is a place for reflection, dialogue, and action aimed at the cultural community, political and business decision-making entities, and citizens.
- Member services
- Culture research and analysis
- Events, networking, guest speakers
- Discounts through CM's partners
- Participates in Journées de la Culture
- Culture Metropolis, etc.
- Typical Membership
Artists, cultural workers, and citizens.
- Phone
514-845-0303 ext. 24
- info@culturemontreal.ca
- Website
DAM
An open organisation striving for the recognition and inclusion of professional artists from ethno-cultural communities into the Montreal cultural network.
DAM's mandate is to "promote cultural diversity in the arts and culture through recognition and inclusion of all artists and cultural practitioners within professional arts networks, professional cultural organisations and the performance outlets in Montreal" and to "maintain an active and critical watch over policies and procedures that could discriminate against artistic and cultural proceedings".
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Any person who supports the mandate and objectives of D.A.M. may become a member of the organisation.
- Phone
514-280-3580
- guillaume.sirois@cum.qc.ca
- Website
DAMIC (Droit d'auteur/Multimédia/Internet/Copyright) - formerly the Board of artists for the Internet
Organisation begun to help "minimize the number of steps needed to use (multimedia) works in different categories" and to explain unclear licensing issues.
DAMIC was created jointly by six associations representing artists in six categories recognized under the laws on the professional status of artists: dramatic arts (AQAD), audiovisual (SARTEC), the visual arts (RAAV), literature (UNEQ), arts and crafts (CMAQ), and music (SPACQ). DAMIC is still in the preliminary stages: it provides information to users and helps to minimize the number of steps needed to use works in different categories.
- Member services
- Publishes Practical guide on Copyright Clearance for Multimedia Producers
- Continues research for the establishment of a "Single Window for Copyright Clearance in Multimedia Production" and similar issues
- Typical Membership
Not member based.
- Phone
514-596-3705
- info@damic.qc.ca
- Website
Dare Dare: Centre de diffusion d'art multidisciplinaire de Montréal
DARE-DARE is an artist-run centre and presenter of multidisciplinary art projects, and an open space devoted to research, experimentation, risk and critical inquiry. DARE-DARE valorizes emerging practices.
The centre welcomes "innovative, original and critical propositions, which invest the gallery's space, the urban space or any other context. Submit any proposal of exhibition, performance, public intervention, event, etc., may they be specific or of variable duration."
- Member services
- Presents public art projects in the park and in different parts of Montreal
- Artists can submit a special project (projet ponctuel) anytime
- The proposed projects can benefit from the centre's support, including promotion and logistics
- Typical Membership
Artists, supporters.
- Phone
514-878-1088
- daredar@cooptel.qc.ca
- Website
FIA (International Federation of Actors)
International, independent and non-governmental organisation representing performers' associations in all continents.
Sister federation of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM). Does not represent individuals directly. (http://www.fia-actors.com/en/faq.html). "FIA's key function is the representation of its members in the international arena. Most national performers' organisations do not have access to this important sphere of activity and FIA is able to participate on behalf of its members in international forums, which deal with issues affecting the life and status of professional performers." FIA also organises broadcast professionals and helps them react to developments in new media and technologies.
- Member services
- Representation of performers and associations in international forums
- Helps secure national and local funding for live performance
- Maintains the Committee for Artists' Freedom to support performers whose rights and livelihoods are threatened as a result of war, political or religious oppression
- Collective agreeements on the use of recorded performances/intellectual property rights
- Trade union development
- Ensures distribution of essential information on issues such as developments in collective bargaining, new technologies, cultural funding and policy, intellectual property rights, taxation, social security, health and safety
- Typical Membership
Trade unions, guilds and associations of professional performers representing actors, dancers, singers, variety and circus artists and others.
- Phone
44-20-7379-0900
- info@fia-actors.com
- Website
Farine orpheline
Francophone group of pluridisciplinary artists committed to combining practices and resources, with a special interest in transforming industrial and urban areas.
The collective develops every project from beginning to end using a variety of media. With an approach that is both analytical and poetic, Farine Orpheline explores the archaeology of doubt, the history of the banal, the architecture of fragments, and other exact sciences.
- Member services
- Collaborations, shared equipment
- Artist spaces
- Participation in festivals
- Typical Membership
Artists from all fields.
- Phone
514-523-2243
- code306@farineorpheline.qc.ca
- Website
GDC (Graphic Designers Canada)
Canada's national graphic design association.
The GDC maintains a national certified body of graphic designers and promotes high standards of graphic design and ethical business practices. Member of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda), the worldwide non-governmental body representing the graphic design profession.
- Member services
- National certification for professional members, which often allows them to command and justify higher hourly rates and have certain advantages in the marketplace
- Online portfolio
- Professional development seminars
- Copyright help
- Online wage scale
- Templates for contracts, pro bono, and other working agreements
- Free advertising on GDC website
- Competitive group disability/health insurance plans
- Typical Membership
Design professionals, educators, administrators, students, and associates in communications, marketing, media and design-related fields.
- Phone
877-496-4453
- info@gdc.net
- Website
GIV (Groupe Intervention Video)
Artist-run, non-profit, francophone centre that acquires, distributes, exhibits, and produces independent video directed by women.
GIV's mission is to "ensure production access for women who make multimedia art" and to increase their visibility. "Video productions that (GIV) has helped develop and distribute…represent a cross section of contemporary art practices."
- Member services
- Equipment rental and consultation: multimedia work stations, screening room, offline editing rooms, transfers, production equipment
- Collaborates with other organizations to produce documentaries
- Members get 20% off on all rentals of videos by women
- Hosts artists' web pages
- Typical Membership
Women making independent multimedia art.
- Phone
514-271-5506
- giv@videotron.ca
- Website
Groupe Molior
Production and exhibition centre whose mission is to "stimulate research into the media arts, and the creation and exhibition of ground-breaking projects".
Groupe Molior is composed of experts who identify artists who are beginning their careers, and guide their creative projects, from their beginnings through to exhibition.
- Member services
Guidance on artistic projects.
- Typical Membership
Professionals, cultural workers, patrons.
- Phone
514-931-2984
- info@molior.ca
- Website
IPIC (Intellectual Property Institute of Canada)
"Canada's pre-eminent association of professionals who specialize in intellectual property: patents for inventions, trade-marks, copyright, and industrial designs."
"IPIC is the only professional association in Canada to which nearly all patent agents, trade-mark agents and lawyers specializing in intellectual property belong."
- Member services
- Professional IPIC designation
- Professional development seminars and conferences on cutting edge intellectual property
- patent and trade-mark courses and tutorials
- Annual membership directory
- Representation of IP professionals before Government
- "Members only" permitting online view and key word search of IPIC's professional journals, newsletters and intellectual property literature index
- Typical Membership
Patent agents, trade-mark agents and lawyers specializing in intellectual property.
- Phone
613-234-0516
- admin@ipic.ca
- Website
Kino
Francophone cooperative of independent filmmakers and multimedia artists and Montreal branch of the international Kino network.
Kino is a laboratory for experimentation and a launching pad for all those who refuse to engage in "traditional" production.
- Member services
- Holds "Kabarets", where participants are invited to create a work in 48 hours, which is then presented to the public, often as part of film festivals
- Monthly projections
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers and multimedia artists.
- Phone
514-282-2261
- info@kino00.com
- Website
La Centrale
Artist-run centre focused on supporting contemporary art by women, francophone.
The centre supports research, intervention and the creation of multiple dialogues on artistic practice, feminism and interdisciplinarity in order to represent the interests and the dynamism of a community in constant transformation.
- Member services
- Residencies
- Education
- Typical Membership
Artists, patrons, supporters.
- Phone
514-871-0268
- galerie@lacentrale.org
- Website
Les Filles Electriques
Not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to create, distribute and archive interdisciplinary artworks and events in oral, written and electronic literature.
"Our principal goal is to offer a platform for emerging voices. Taking as a starting point the tradition of the “spoken word”, the organisation introduces artists, poets, writers, storytellers and singers who perform on stage their own texts in a context of interdisciplinarity and linguistic plurality."
- Member services
- Sponsors events with artists such as the Festival Voix d'Ameriques Band de poètes, the Chérivolver collective, and the duo Mankind, as well as the Poètes Publics series
- Typical Membership
Artists, poets, writers, storytellers and singers.
- Phone
514-495-1515
- lesfilles@electriques.ca
- Website
Les Films de L'Autre
Francophone collective of Montreal-based filmmakers promoting experimentation in independent film and video.
Unique in that its members are often both the director and producer of their own films, Les Films de l'Autre has produced many successful cinematic productions, both features and short films. Sponsors include SODEC and Telefilm.
- Member services
- Professional development (all workshops given in French), with many upcoming training sessions on financing and accounting for film production
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers
- Phone
514-396-2651
- fda@qc.aira.com
- Website
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
The MAI is a pluridisciplinary presenter of professional contemporary artists, with an intercultural mandate.
An independent, non-profit organisation, the MAI is comprised of a theatre, a gallery space, a café and two rehearsal rooms. "An incubator for the arts favourable to reflection and research, a space for dialogue and interchange between cultures stimulating collaboration between different partners, MAI has the mandate of supporting creation, presentation and outreach of intercultural arts for a diversified audience."
- Member services
- Residencies
- Collaborations
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-982-1812
- info@m-a-i.qc.ca
- Website
Main Film
Independent film collective, supported by CAC, CALQ, and others.
In addition to providing filmmakers with production equipment and post-production facilities, Main Film is dedicated to promoting and disseminating independent films through a variety of activities including training workshops and a Production Support Program.
- Member services
- Production equipment and post-production facilities with free orientation sessions on new equipment
- Production Support Program
- Training workshops
- Insurance Program
- Free screening space to show your films
- Free access to rentals at PRIM, Videographe and Les Films de l'Autre, and other discounts
- Typical Membership
Indie filmmakers and crews.
- Phone
514-845-7442
- info@mainfilm.qc.ca / services@mainfilm.qc.ca
- Website
OBORO
Artist centre that favours the development of art practices locally, nationally and internationally.
OBORO wishes to contribute to a culture of peace. Its specific mandate is to support creation in various cultural practices; to encourage innovation, experimentation, the exchange of ideas and the sharing of knowledge; to set up exhibitions, residencies, publications, conferences, performances, workshops, network projects, as well as research, production and training activities.
- Member services
- "User" members have access to the New Media Lab at a special rate
- Sound Recording and Experimentation Studio
- Residencies
- Production Assistance and Presentation Program
- Typical Membership
Many types of members.
- Phone
514-844-3250
- oboro@oboro.net
- Website
Outiller - la releve artistique Montréalaise (City of Montreal)
A project initiative from the Conseil des Arts de Montreal to "improve the socio-professional integration of young artists in Montreal".
Created to support collaboration and dialogue between emerging artists and those working in culture, education and government.
- Member services
Advocacy for artists in all disciplines.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-280-3580
- Website
http://www.artsmontreal.org/artsmontreal.org_non_ssl/releve.php?lang=en
PRIM (Productions Réalisations de Montréal)
Independent, francophone film collective with on-site editing suites.
Prim's mandate as a self managed centre is to contribute to training opportunities with educational programs, and the production of media work with grant based programs and co-productions. PRIM is, therefore, a centre of human and technical resources, destined for the elaboration and creation of media work, open to the whole artistic and cultural community. PRIM's commitment is to enable the artists to assume professional status and to encourage quality improvement in independent production. It offers access to a complete array of production and post-production equipment, be it for video, audio or information technology, enabling the production of professional standard work; PRIM also offers various training programs and assistance to support the artists in their creative endeavours and productions.
- Member services
- Bursaries for training, coproductions, and production costs
- Residencies
- Film and sound studios, equipment rental
- Courses in various AVID applications
- Typical Membership
Directors, producers, film artists, etc.
- Phone
514-524-2421
- info@primcentre.org
- Website
Paraloeil
Paraloeil is a non-profit, francophone media arts centre in Bas-Saint-Laurent.
Paraloeil is mandated to diffuse cinematographic and videographic works made mainly in Quebec which fit in one of the following categories: social, political, research, youth, art and experimentation.
- Member services
- Funding
- Equipment rental
- Non-linear digital cutting/editing and video transfer services
- Typical Membership
Film artists, collectives, and production houses.
- Phone
418-725-0211
- info@paraloeil.com
- Website
Perte de Signale
Non-profit distribution centre with the aim of increasing visibility of new media artists nationally and internationally.
PdS's principal activities are the distribution of works from emerging practices and the production of exhibitions of media and new media works.
- Member services
- "Active" members get increased access to buyers, distributors, and exhibitors, also internationally
- Many production opportunities
- Typical Membership
Artists and supporters
- Phone
514-273-4813
- info@perte-de-signal.org
- Website
QCGN (Quebec Community Groups Network)
A non-profit organisation which supports minority English language culture in Quebec.
"QCGN promotes cooperation with provincial, regional and municipal government authorities in order to support and assist the development and enhance the vitality of the English-language minority communities", with arts being among the priority sectors of involvement. Members of QCGN's Community Evaluation Committee meet with representatives from Canada Council and Canadian Heritage-IPOLC to discuss and exchange information on the growing needs of the English-speaking artistic community in Quebec.
- Member services
- Advocacy on legal issues, language issues, political and constitutional affairs
- Publishes Arts Ahead bulletin with practical information to the artistic community
- Provides useful links to information, resources, and federal and provincial government websites pertaining to Anglophone communities in Quebec
- Typical Membership
Anglophone community organisations.
- Phone
418-681-2112
- qcgn@qcgn.ca
- Website
RAIQ (Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec or Quebec Interdisciplinary Arts Network)
The RAIQ aims to bring together artists, arts organisations and companies working in the interdisciplinary arts in Quebec to ensure representation on all levels.
"The RAIQ aims to nurture the development of its members and of different interdisciplinary practices, by initiating activities that promote research and experimentation, such as conferences, studies, training and networking events."
- Member services
- Education
- Promotion
- Typical Membership
Artists, organisations.
- Phone
514-380-3093 (office hours: Monday and Tuesday)
- raiq@studio303.ca
- Website
RFAVQ (Regroupement pour la formation en audiovisuel du Québec)
Association of audiovisual professionals, created by the APFTQ and AQTIS.
RFAVQ's mandate consists mainly in planning and coordinating continuing education designed for people working on independent audiovisual productions in Quebec.
- Member services
- Continuing education at several training centres
- Typical Membership
Audiovisual artists and technicians.
- Phone
514-397-8600
- ldemers@rfavq.qc.ca
- Website
SAT (Société des arts technologiques)
Transdisciplinary centre dedicated to "research, creation, production, presentation, education and conservation in the field of digital culture".
On top of its frequent programming of media artists, DJs, and visual artists, the SAT wishes to make its gallery section a place to showcase research processes and free experimentation, in particular in the fields of interface design, communication design and interactive design.
- Member services
- Space of 36,000 square feet available
- Residencies, collaborations
- Workshops
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-844-2033
- info@sat.qc.ca
- Website
SDGQ (Société des designers graphiques du Québec)
Voice for professional graphic designers in Quebec; mainly francophone.
The SDGQ is a partner of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) and is affiliated with Icograda, the prestigious international organisation gathering national graphic design associations from around the world.
- Member services
- Collective insurance plan (in development)
- Copyright information
- Online member portfolios
- Guide de la pratique professionnelle
- Typical Membership
Professional graphic designers
- Phone
514-842-3960 or 1-866-842-3960
- infodesign@sdgq.ca
- Website
SODEC
SODEC is a francophone Quebec government corporation overseen by the Minister of Culture and Communications. It supports the production and distribution of Quebec culture through cultural industries.
SODEC's general mandate is to provide public financial assistance for enterprises active in the following fields: book publishing, recording and variety shows, film and television production, and arts & crafts. SODEC offers a wide range of programs for the various cultural industries. Its assistance takes the form of project investments, grants, or repayable subsidies.
- Member services
Financing
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-521-5541
- info@sodec.gouv.qc.ca
- Website
Studio 303
A not-for-profit registered charity, dedicated to the development and innovation in new dance and interdisciplinary practices.
"Studio 303 exists to promote the evolution of live artistic practices. Concentrating on the physical body, Studio 303 is a unique resource centre which offers cutting edge workshops, innovative administrative services and a flexible, intimate studio laboratory where new works may be created and presented. Studio 303's programming aims to stimulate enriching exchanges between a variety of artists, art forms and the public."
- Member services
- Presents works of emerging and established artists
- Master classes and extended workshops
- Technical and administrative internships and mentorship programs
- Annual Emerging Artists' Residency
- Space and equipment rentals
- Typical Membership
Dancers, students, public
- Phone
514-393-3771
- info@studio303.ca
- Website
TUYO-Music on contrived instruments
Tuyo's mission is the promotion of musical creation, research, and experimentation, as well as the production of shows born of a combination of different fields of activity in the performing arts.
Produces original creations, performances, and workshops. "Tuyo has been performing contemporary music for the last 16 years with a comprehensive approach to performance; direction, sets, costumes, lighting."
- Member services
Sound exploration workshops, introducing microtonal music, for children.
- Typical Membership
Creators and composers
- Phone
514-849-7205
- amis@tuyo.ca
- Website
Telefilm
"Telefilm Canada is a federal cultural agency dedicated primarily to the development and promotion of the Canadian film, television, new media and music industries."
Telefilm Canada provides financial and other support to films that "reflect Canadian society, including its linguistic duality and cultural diversity" through the Film Fund, Television Fund, and the New Media fund. It reports to the Department of Canadian Heritage.
- Member services
- Ensures promotion and visibility of Canadian films at festivals and showcases
- Workshops such as "Women In the Director's Chair"
- Many grants
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-283-6363
- info@telefilm.gc.ca
- Website
VOX
Exhibition and research centre for contemporary photography.
"VOX seeks to facilitate and promote exchanges among professional artists, curators and researchers by organising thematic research groups and encounters which link the theory and practice of diverse disciplines, or by participating in the production of new work."
- Member services
- Exhibitions
- Residencies
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-390-0382
- vox@voxphoto.com
- Website
Videographe
Artist run production and distribution centre for mixed media art, mainly francophone, and a partner of PRIM.
Videographe encourages innovative practices in media arts: videos of art, documentary, short films, interactive installations and new media. It supports the emerging artists as much as novice ones. Vidéographe Production facilitates access to video production, research and creation in the media arts by placing quality equipment at the disposal of the artists.
- Member services
- Production Support Program
- Training workshops
- Residencies
- PARC, laboratory for experimentation and creation in new/interactive media
- Bursaries for production, including CORPus, which aids artists wishing to create a DVD compilation of their work
- Equipment rental
- Manages distribution
- Typical Membership
Independent filmmakers
- Phone
514-521-2116
- production@videographe.qc.ca
- Website
YES (Youth Employment Strategy)
Governmental initiative to help young Canadians (aged 15 to 30) obtain career information, develop skills, find good jobs and stay employed.
- Member services
3 main programs:
- Skills Link, which helps young people who face more barriers to employment than others
- Summer Work Experience, which helps secondary and post-secondary students find summer jobs
- Career Focus, which helps post-secondary graduates develop advanced skills and find careers in their fields
- Also offers internships and mentorship programs for artists Youth Employment Strategy
- Typical Membership
15 to 35 year-old unemployed anglophones.
- Phone
1-800-935-5555 / 514-878-9788
- youth@canada.gc.ca
- Website
l'Œil de Poisson
Francophone, artist-run centre housed in the Meduse complex created to support, develop, and promote exploration in the multimedia arts.
L'Oeil de Poisson works for the diffusion as much as the production of current art. The centre privileges research and exploration that encourages the decompartmentalization of the artistic practices and stimulates transfers or meetings between disciplines, hence its interest in multimedia and intermedia arts.
- Member services
- Residencies
- Portfolio and grant writing help
- Access to office supplies
- Typical Membership
Multimedia artists.
- Phone
418-648-2975
- oeildepoisson@meduse.org
- Website