Professional Arts/Service Organisations
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AGAC (Association des galeries d'art contemporain)
Non-profit organisation of contemporary art dealers.
AGAC'S mandate is to introduce contemporary art to a wider audience, to contribute to the promotion of current artistic creation, to stimulate the art market and to defend its members' interests.
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
The Association is a group of contemporary art dealers. To be eligible, galleries must be in business for at least two years during which time at least five solo shows a year were presented. Applicants must be open to the public at least three days a week, and be committed to the sale and promotion of contemporary art. Artists, agents, consultants, and virtual galleries cannot become members of the AGAC.
- Phone
514-798-5010
- info@agac.qc.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
Action Art Actuel
An artist-run centre with the mandate of presenting and promoting contemporary art, located in Montérégie.
Action Art Actuel supports "hybrid practices defined by the artist's chosen media as well as by the questions and reflections they challenge us with. The centre privileges projects dealing with contemporary art issues and artistic practices, linked to their time and society".
- Member services
- Artist-in-residence program
- Workshops
- Off-site events
- Typical Membership
- Phone
450-357-2178
- action@action-art-actuel.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
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
Axe Néo 7 art contemporain
Francophone association uniting the artistic community of Outaouais, for artists engaged in "current practice".
Axe Neo 7 is a place for meetings and experiments centred on the renewal of the visual language. Directed mainly by artists engaged in a current practice, it is devoted to the improvement of the conditions of production and the presentation of new works. Pays rights of exposure as set by RAAV. Member of the Regroupement des centres d'artistes autogérés du Québec.
- Member services
Meetings between artist members.
- Typical Membership
Institutions, students, supporters.
- Phone
819-771-2122
- axeneo7@axeneo7.qc.ca
- 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
CAR/FAC: Canadian Artists Representation/Le front des artistes Canadiens
Federally incorporated, non-profit association and National Art Service Organisation that is the "national voice of Canada's professional visual artists".
CARFAC defends artists' economic and legal rights and educates the public on fair dealing with artists. CARFAC is also the parent organisation of the RAAV, and maintains the CARCC (Canadian Artists' Representation Copyright Collective), which licenses and administers copyright for visual and media artists in Canada (see the website).
- Member services
- Certificate of Canadian Origin, which identifies original works of art of Canadian origin, allowing them to be temporarily exported abroad without GST implications
- Standard licenses for Temporary Exhibition
- Reproduction and digital reproduction
- Free access to CARCC (Canadian Artists' Representation Copyright Collective) services (see the website)
- Schedules of recommended minimum fees to be paid to artists for the use of their copyrights available for download
- Typical Membership
Professional artists, students, museums and art galleries, educational institutions, and supporters.
- Phone
613-233-6161
- carfac@carfac.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
CCCA (Centre for contemporary Canadian Art)
Federally incorporated, not-for-profit charitable arts organisation with the mandate to "showcase Canada's professional artists to an increasingly connected Internet world".
CCCA's current focus is the extensive Canadian Art Database Internet project at www.ccca.ca, consisting of an "ever-growing" image/text database presenting information on Canadian artists and writers, and their work. It also includes an extensive directory of links to other Canadian art websites.
- Member services
Online Canadian Art Database to showcase the careers of Canada's professional artists and art writers to a global audience.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
416-533-4810
- kirby@ccca.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
CSEA (Canadian Society for Education through Art)
National network of art educators.
"The Canadian Society for Education Through Art … is the only Canadian national organisation that brings together art educators, gallery educators and others with similar interests and concerns." Among others, the CSEA "strongly supports art programs that provide opportunities for students to attend exhibitions of art outside of the classroom". Find more information on CSEA's principles at their policy page
- Member services
- Administers several awards for art educators and co-sponsors scholarships to Canadian high school students planning to continue their art education
- Canadian Children's Art Collection available for loan
- Helps members acquire original prints by contemporary Canadian artists
- Typical Membership
Art teachers, schools, libraries.
- Phone
416-415-5000 ext. 3475
- membership@csea-scea.ca
- 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
Engramme
Engramme is a self-run artists' centre which has devoted itself to promoting fine art printmaking for the past 30 years, part of Quebec City's Meduse art centre.
Engramme is particularly present in supporting the evolution of printmaking with its production and diffusion activities, which offer many opportunities to develop new expertise while constantly questioning the medium's traditions. Its programming offers a privileged reflection of the current trends taking place within the diversity of artistic research in printmaking.
- Member services
- Access to Engramme's studios for members (located in Quebec City) with lithography, etching, screen printing, digital imaging and photography equipment
- Documentation centre
- Typical Membership
Professional printmaking artists.
- Phone
418-529-0972
- engramme@meduse.org
- 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
IMAA / AAMI (Independent Media Arts Alliance or Alliance des Arts Médiatiques Indépendants)
National association of producers, distributors and exhibitors of independent film, video, and new media.
"Since 1981, the Alliance works to promote the improvement of means and access for independents at every stage of funding, production, distribution and exhibition, and is comprised of 82 artist-run organisations representing over 12 000 media artists and cultural workers across Canada."
- Member services
- Annual presentation of independent Canadian works
- Advocacy and research
- Constant consultation with ministries and institutions and organisations that share the IMAA's objectives
- Useful links to funding sources and service providers
- Typical Membership
Over 12,000 artists and artist-run organisations.
- Phone
514-522-8240
- info@imaa.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
L'Atelier Circulaire
Atelier Circulaire is a production and exhibition centre for the printed arts, the main purpose of which to encourage the creations and research of its artists' members; francophone with English website coming soon.
L'Atelier specializes in copper plate engraving, relief and lithography. Their workshop is equipped with professional printing services.
- Member services
- Well-equipped printing workshop, also computers, scanners, digital cameras available
- Portfolio help
- Collaborations
- Typical Membership
Print artists.
- Phone
514-272-8874
- atelcirc@colba.net, administration@atelier-circulaire.qc.ca
- 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
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
MASC
A community-focused arts organisation and registered charity created to introduce Canadian children to the arts.
MASC performs for over 145,000 children and youth each year in eastern Ontario, Outaouais and western Quebec: "connecting artists and learning".
- Member services
- Hires artists to give performances and workshops
- Residencies
- Typical Membership
- Phone
613-725-9119
- masc@masconline.ca
- Website
Montreal Animation Collective
Collective dedicated to supporting the "independent production and distribution of short animated films whose form and content does not correspond to commercial studios' financing criteria".
The Collective wishes to promote independent animation by:
- Offering members the technical, financial, and human resources necessary to direct their own films
- Assuring the release date of a film by limiting the production time to one year per film
- Respecting each member's artistic vision
- Member services
- Workshops
- Screenings
- Technical help
- Typical Membership
Animators, media artists
- Phone
n/a
- 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
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
Quebec Craft Council/CMAQ (Conseil des métiers d'art du Québec)
Provincial, francophone government organisation created to protect artisans and craftspersons of all kinds.
Today, CMAQ gathers 800 professional craftsmen: it is the only organisation to gather all the trades of art of Quebec in accordance with a selection established by technical criteria (basic control of the trades) and professional activity. Parent organisation to the Conseil des Arts Textiles du Quebec.
- Member services
- Participates in the Salon des métiers d'art in Montreal, Salon Plein Art in Quebec City, SOFA (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art) trade show in Chicago, and the Artform show in Florida
- Online Marche Bonsecours gallery
- Typical Membership
800 professional artists and artisans working in Quebec.
- Phone
514-861-2787
- reception@metiers-d-art.qc.ca
- Website
RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec)
Francophone association representing visual artists working in Quebec.
RAAV's mandate comes from Act S-32.01 specifying criteria of professional status for artists, regulating their collective representation and making it mandatory for the parties (users and artists) to sign contracts for any form of artwork use.
- Member services
- Standard contracts
- Maintains SODART, a non-profit branch that collectively negotiates copyright issues
- Training
- Legal and financial support
- Members receive an "International Artist" identity card with discounts
- Typical Membership
Visual artists working with all media.
- Phone
514-866-7101
- raav@raav.org
- Website
RAIC (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada)
Voluntary national association of architects, with power to grant professional certification.
"The RAIC seeks to assist Canadian architects beyond our borders and inform them of international developments of importance to their professional lives."
- Member services
- Certificate of Membership in the RAIC entitles members to attach a designation following their name
- Professional Development programs
- RAIC Online Member Directory
- Eligibility for nomination to the College of Fellows
- Eligibility for the RAIC Awards of Excellence
More information at membership benefits page.
- Typical Membership
Professional architects and architecture students.
- Phone
613-241-3600
- info@raic.org
- 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
RCAAQ (Regroupement des centres d'artistes autogérés du Québec)
A contemporary, francophone art network representing self-managed artists in Quebec.
"Instrument of promotion and rallying, the RCAAQ works towards the recognition of the professional status of artists' centers and the improvement of their financing."
- Member services
- Helps with promotion and financing
- Publishes directory of artist-run centres
- Typical Membership
Non-profit, artist-run centres.
- Phone
514-842-3984
- info@rcaaq.org
- 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
SODART (Société de droits d'auteurs en arts visuels)
Collective management group founded by the RAAV, francophone.
SODART aims to ensure the assiduous and uniform payment of royalties by those who make use of art. It enforces standard tariffs applicable each time a work is exposed, reproduced in publications, is shown on television or on the Internet, etc.
- Member services
- Manages all rights, including copyright agreements, for visual artists
- Collective agreements
- Legal consultation
- Typical Membership
Visual artists working with all mediums.
- Phone
514-906-0230
- sodart@sodart.org
- 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
SODRAC (Société des droits de Réproduction des auteurs, compositeurs, et éditeurs du Canada
A collective management society for the reproduction rights of authors, composers, publishers of musical works and visual artists.
It represents the repertoire of more than 5,000 Canadian songwriters and music publishers including the majority of rights holders in Quebec. It also administers within Canada the repertoire of musical works coming from more than 100 countries and territories. SODRAC participates in the CPCC's private copying regime.
- Member services
Manages reproduction rights
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-845-3268
- sodrac@sodrac.ca
- Website
Sculptors Society of Canada
A non-profit organisation dedicated to the education, promotion and exhibition of contemporary Canadian sculpture.
"The mandate of this Society is firmly established by a collective belief in education, partnership, cooperation and support, representing a commitment to educate the public and community at large regarding sculpture, to discover and foster young talent, to raise the profile of Canadian sculpture and to rally and encourage sculptors working at a professional level."
- Member services
- Personal career consultations via email, fax or phone
- Hosts exhibitions, artist talks, and guest lectures in its Toronto gallery
- Professional development workshops
- Typical Membership
Professional sculptors
- Phone
416-214-0389
- gallery@cansculpt.org
- Website
Studio XX
Women's digital resource centre.
Aims to demystify digital technologies, to critically examine their social aspects, to facilitate women's access to technology, and to create and exhibit women's new digital art.
- Member services
- Small workshops in a friendly environment, customized courses
- Technical assistance, access to computer lab
- Residencies, coproductions, collaborations
- Training bursaries
- Free admission to all Femmes Br@nchées evenings and to the Maid in Cyberspace Web Festival (les HTMlles)
- Typical Membership
Female media artists, practicing and aspiring, and supporters.
- Phone
514-845-7934
- Website
Terres en Vue/Landinsights
Society for the diffusion and promotion of native culture and art. Funded by Canadian Heritage.
LANDINSIGHTS is guided by an eleven-member board with members from the Mohawk, Huron-Wendat, Abenaki, Innu and Cree nations. It is the driving force behind the First Peoples' Festival, making Montreal the nerve centre of Indigenous Creativity from the three Americas for ten days in June. LANDINSIGHTS has proven able to create a space for affirmation and recognition, in its organisational structure and its activities.
- Member services
Organises the First People's Festival, awards for best films.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-278-4040
- tev@nativelynx.qc.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
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