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A Space

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/151009462
  • Corporate body
  • 1971-

A Space is an artist-run centre located in Toronto.

General Idea (Firm)

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/151156491
  • Corporate body
  • 1967-1994

General Idea was a collective of three artists, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, who were active from 1967 to 1994.

Art Gallery of Ontario

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/151879312
  • Corporate body
  • 1900-

The Gallery was first incorporated in July 1900 as the Art Museum of Toronto. The name was changed to the Art Gallery of Toronto by a statute law amendment act, assented to 24 April 1919. It was thought that the word “Museum” conflicted with the Royal Ontario Museum which was founded in 1912. The current name of the Gallery took effect July 8, 1966 when The Art Gallery of Ontario Act, 1966 received royal assent. The name change was designed to acknowledge the rapidly growing role the Gallery played across the province.

Extension Services

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/151879312
  • Corporate body
  • 1968-1996

Extension Services’ primary responsibility was to coordinate and circulate exhibitions, lectures, and instructional programs throughout Ontario, as a part of the AGO’s mandate to support and advance visual arts across the province.
Extension Services began in 1968, when the Art Institute of Ontario disbanded and its programs were taken over by the Education and Extension Services Branch, with Alan Toff as Extension Services Officer. In 1969, Claire Haggan (later Watson) assumed the role of Extension Officer and later Coordinator of Extension Services. Gene Butt replaced Claire Watson as Coordinator of Extension Services in 1974, with Nancy Hushion taking over the role in 1975.
In 1976, Extension Services became its own division. Nancy Hushion continued as head of Extension Services until 1979 when Penny-Lynn Grossman assumed the role of division head.
In 1981 Extension Services became a department within the Curatorial Branch, with Glenda Milrod now as department head and Marcie Lawrence joining as Program Coordinator.
In 1992/1993, Extension Services became a department in the newly formed Education, Outreach, and Public Programming Division. Glenda Milrod remained as head of the department and Marcie Lawrence continued as Program Coordinator.
Extension Services disbanded in 1995/1996 when the Education, Outreach, and Public Programming Division became part of the Curatorial Division.

National Gallery of Canada

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/152365555
  • Corporate body
  • 1880-

The institution was established in 1880. In 1913, the Government of Canada passed the National Gallery Act, formally outlined the institution's mandate as a national art museum. In 1988, the museum was relocated to its present location. The museum's permanent collection includes over 93,000 works from European, American, and Asian, Canadian, and indigenous Canadian artists. In addition to exhibiting works from its permanent collection, the museum also organizes and hosts a number of travelling exhibitions.

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/153134885
  • Corporate body
  • 1880-

The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is an honourary organization of established professional artists and designers from all regions of Canada. Members practice in more than thirty visual arts disciplines including but not limited to painting, print-making, architecture, sculpture, design, photography, ceramics, film, video, and digital art.

Gallery Moos

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/154715014
  • Corporate body
  • 1959-

Gallery Moos was opened by Walter Moos in May 1959 at the corner of Avenue Road and Davenport Road in Toronto. Early in 1963 it moved to Yorkville Avenue, becoming one of the first arrivals in what was to become a significant gallery district of the city, and subsequently prospered there for some 30 years. In July 1992 the gallery moved to 622 Richmond Street West.

Women's Art Resource Centre

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/158578610
  • Corporate body
  • ca. 1984 - 2015

The Women's Art Resource Centre (WARC) was a nonprofit, artist run organization founded in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario with the goal of addressing the effacement of women from art history.
Dedicated to advancing contemporary Canadian women's art practice and recognition, WARC's activities included establishing gallery spaces and organizing exhibitions, public discussions and educational programming, professional development opportunities, conferences, the publication of Matriart magazine (1990-[1999?]), a survey of gender representation at the National Gallery of Canada (“Who Counts and Who’s Counting”), as well as the development of a Curatorial Research Library documenting women artists. WARC was dissolved in 2015.

Mercer Union (gallery)

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/158998371
  • Corporate body
  • 1979-

Mercer Union was created by former members of A.C.T. in 1979 to operate as an artist-run, non-profit cooperative gallery. Twelve founders contributed financially to the rental of a ground floor space at 29 Mercer Street and planned to mix local, regional, national and international exhibits, collaborating with other artist-run programs. Its mandate was to exhibit new work in the most advanced forms of painting and sculpture that was not receiving exposure in the commercial and public galleries. Performance art, installations and music were incorporated into the programming, which has continued to represent innovative and sometimes controversial material. Twelve board members are elected by dues-paying members and serve on the various committees (programming, curatorial, etc), with the help of a small paid staff. The gallery moved to 333 Adelaide Street West, 5th floor in 1981 and 439 King Street West in 1994. Their present location is 37 Lisgar Street; current information about the gallery can be obtained at www.mercerunion.org.

N.E. Thing Company

  • http://viaf.org/viaf/159244889
  • Corporate body
  • 1967-1978

The N.E. Thing Company was developed by artists Iain and Elaine Baxter in 1967. The company functioned as an “aesthetic umbrella,” allowing the Baxters to work collaboratively and anonymously to produce a wide range of art forms and projects. The N.E. Thing Co. was formally incorporated in 1969, with Iain Baxter as President and Elaine as Vice President; the two later became co-presidents. Elaine Baxter adopted Ingrid as her preferred name in 1971. Among the company’s projects was the Eye Scream Restaurant, in operation
from 1977 to 1978. Following the Baxters’ divorce, the company dissolved in 1978.

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