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Our seventh installment of our Speculative series is out! In partnership with Akimbo, we asked curators of eight public museums and art galleries to speculate about their future....

Our sixth installment of our Speculation series is out! In partnership with Akimbo, we asked the curators of eight public museums and art galleries to speculate about their future...

Nominations are now open for the 2021 GOG Awards! Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) has proudly celebrated excellence in Ontario’s public art galleries through the annual Awards program, a keystone event in our cultural calendar. For the 44th GOG Awards, we are focused on the excellence, innovation, and...

Art galleries and museums in Ontario have spent almost all of 2021 with their doors closed to the public. During this time, they have worked diligently to develop and detail customized COVID-19 protocols. From our membership survey, over 85% of Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries member art galleries and...

This page contains a listing of employment opportunities of interest to GOG members. The information is updated daily. For more information about posted positions, please contact the host institution. If you would like to submit a posting to Jobline, please email the details of the position to members@oaag.org in...

For this week’s instalment, Emily McKibbon, Associate Director/Senior Curator of the MacLaren Art Centre, provided her answers. Click to read below....

The Ontario government is investing more than $4.9 million through the Community Museum Operating Grant to support community museums across our province. The grant provides operating funding to eligible community museums, which may be used to fund staff salaries and museum maintenance, or for building and preserving collections, exhibitions...

Most arts and culture organizations are holding on for now, but very high stress levels suggest that the impact of the pandemic aren’t just economic, according to the newly released results of the November 2020 National Arts and Culture Impact Survey (NACIS). The survey results painted an overall picture...

The Ontario government is investing $1.25 million through Destination Northern Ontario to provide 300 people with free training to work in Northern Ontario’s tourism industry. The project will benefit people who have lost their jobs because of COVID-19 and benefit businesses and employers by ensuring they have the resources...

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Federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) ministers responsible for culture and heritage held their annual meeting to discuss common priorities for 2021–2022. The meeting was co-hosted by the Honourable Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women for Alberta, and the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian...

Ontario is providing more than $4 million to 54 cultural tourism organizations through the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund to help develop, promote and present high-quality, high-profile events that strengthen the economies of communities across Ontario. Today, Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries announced the recipients from the latest...

Premier Doug Ford joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced the province’s reopening plan today. Premier Ford states, “We are seeing increasingly positive trends and key public health indicators. As a result, we’re now in a position to look...

Read the third  instalment from Speculative Future with Demetra Christakos, Director/Curator of the Art Gallery of Sudbury....

The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) has created a survey that is open to all nonprofits in Ontario (including charities, nonprofit co-operatives and grassroots groups) with a mission to serve a public benefit. They would like to have 10 minutes of your time to provide vital data on the financial,...

Zainub Verjee, Executive Director of Galeries Ontario/Ontario Galleries, will be receiving an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Design from OCAD University on June 11. She is being honoured along with four other exceptional individuals who have made significant contributions to Indigenous and contemporary art in Canada and to...

On May 13, 2021, Lisa MacLeod announced that the Ontario government is providing one‐time payments of $10,000 to $20,000 to support eligible small tourism and travel businesses struggling to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the new $100-million Ontario Tourism and Travel Small Business Support Grant....

With the new, more contagious variants continuing to pose significant risks, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has extended the Stay-at-Home Order (O. Reg. 265/21) until at least June 2, 2021. All public health and workplace safety measures under the provincewide emergency brake...

Read the second installment of our Speculation Series features Mary Reid at Woodstock Art Gallery. The project series is led by Galeries Ontario/ Ontario Galleries in partnership with Akimbo. Click the link below to read....

On May 12th, 2021, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries hosted a workshop on Boards, Acquisitions Committees, and Your Collections. The focus of this workshop was to help build more board literacy and open up the communication pathways between board members and staff. Ultimately giving participants tools, skills, and strategies...

Participate in an important survey! The Department of Canadian Heritage is conducting a survey to create a comprehensive and current portrait of the artistic and creative community in Canada at large. The Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey launched online May 10, 2021, and will be open for...

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has just published its report on the impact of COVID-19 on arts, culture, heritage, media, and sport.  You can find it here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/CHPC/report-4 Key recommendations for arts and culture include the following:   Recommendations 1The Committee recommends that the Department of Canadian Heritage strikea committee to...

This project, led by Galeries Ontario/Ontario Galleries in partnership with Akimbo, asked the curators of eight public museums and art galleries to speculate about their future through an access driven, anti-racist and anti-colonial lens. We proposed three initial questions and gathered the responses in text and video. Click on...

As the pandemic drags on, a cultural policy expert says Canada’s museums are not only struggling financially but are also caught in an identity crisis. Read the full article at Galleries West....

Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit  On April 28, 2021, Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton stated that the province has offered to provide funding to the federal government to double the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit payments. If this is approved this new additional provincial funding workers could now receive...

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Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries is seeking a professional Evaluator for our Data Shy to Data Driven programmed funded by Canada Heritage. This freelance role will take place over an approximately 12-month period. About Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (formerly Ontario Association of Art...

How can Data help you understand and develop strategies centred around your audience? Synapse C presents Data Echo Culture. An international, free, online & bilingual event! April 27, 28 & 29!  Wait no longer and come join the conference by reserving your ticket here http://bit.ly/3rinySf Zainub Verjee, Executive Director...