Directory -Canadian Artist-Run Associations

Art Metropole is a not-for-profit organization with a focus on the production, dissemination and contextualization of artist-initiated publication in any media, especially those formats and practices predisposed to sharing and circulation. Art Metropole was founded as an artist-run centre in 1974 …

Founded in 1982, Artcite Inc. is southwestern Ontario’s only incorporated, registered charitable, non-profit artist-run centre, founded, directed and managed by practicing professional artists in various disciplines. Dedicated exclusively to expanding the visibility of contemporary arts within our …

Centre3 for Print and Media Arts is a not-for-profit, charitable artist-run centre that connects, educates and collaborates with people on local, regional, national and international levels. We are a place for artists to create, produce and exhibit artwork; a platform for artists to engage and …

Definitely Superior is northwestern Ontario’s leading-edge art gallery and nationally recognized professional artist-run centre and gallery of contemporary art. Incorporated in 1988, Definitely Superior operates as a distinct alternative to public art galleries, museums and commercial art venues. …

Forest City Gallery (FCG) is an artist-run centre that has been operating in London, Ontario for forty-one years. FCG is a registered charity and is currently London’s only artist-run centre. We are devoted to exhibiting and promoting contemporary fine art, as well as dedicated to paying artists …

Gallery 101 is a non-profit artist-run centre dedicated to the professional presentation, dissemination and promotion of contemporary visual and media arts. In 1979, a small group of energetic Ottawa artists pooled their resources to establish a new non-profit gallery in which they would have …

Hamilton Artists Inc (The Inc.) is committed to the presentation of contemporary art and related cultural practices. The Inc. facilitates a national dialogue surrounding issues in contemporary art through exhibitions, publications, performances, education and outreach projects. The Inc actively …

Le Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle (the Centre) is a contemporary art exhibition space established in Ottawa, which supports and promotes the work of francophone and francophile artists to a wider audience. The programming of the Centre favours digital art in order to establish a dialogue between …

Niagara Artists Centre is a not-for-profit, charitably registered, member-driven collective formed by and dedicated to serving the working artists and community of Niagara. Founded in 1969 as a collective of working artists, NAC is one of the oldest artist-run organizations in Canada and is …

Open Studio is a leading Canadian, non-profit, artist-run printmaking centre dedicated to the production, preservation and promotion of contemporary printmaking. Open Studio provides services for artists and the public, including exhibitions, education, print sales and affordable studio facilities. …

Whippersnapper Gallery is an artist-run centre committed to the cultivation of inclusive spaces for emerging visual and media arts, community arts and experimental forms of exhibition-making. We provide artists and cultural producers with exhibition space and a flexible platform to expand the …

Founded in 1974, White Water Gallery is a not-for-profit artist-run centre committed to supporting artistic practices that prioritize risk and innovation. Understanding the need to advance the public’s threshold for viewing contemporary art, the gallery encourages outreach programming that promotes …