The Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) was established in 1968 to encourage development of public art galleries, art museums, community galleries and related visual arts organizations in Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated in Ontario in 1970, and registered as a charitable organization. The OAAG is a successor organization to the Southern Ontario Gallery Group founded in 1947, renamed the Art Institute of Ontario in 1952. The OAAG runs courses and workshops and provides assistance to art galleries in areas such as conservation and arranging exhibitions.^[1] Most member galleries participate in a reciprocal admissions program, where membership of one gallery gives admission to the others.^[2] The organization provides a liaison between galleries and the Ontario Arts Council.^[3]

Membership

Th OAAG represents almost 120 member galleries,^[4] including:

• Agnes Etherington Art Centre,^[5] Kingston
• Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden
• Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie
• Art Gallery of Bancroft
• Art Gallery of Hamilton
• Art Gallery of Mississauga^[6]
• Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg
• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
• Art Gallery of Peterborough
• Art Gallery of Sudbury / Galerie d'art de Sudbury
• Art Gallery of Windsor
• Art Gallery of York University, Toronto
• Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto
• Blackwood Gallery,^[7] at the University of Toronto Mississauga
• Burlington Art Centre
• Cambridge Galleries
• Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo
• Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
• Design Exchange, Toronto
• Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto Scarborough
• Durham Art Gallery, Durham, West Grey
• Durham West Arts Centre, Ajax
• Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto
• Galerie Glendon Gallery, Glendon College, Toronto
• Gallery 1313, Queen Street West, Toronto
• Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
• Gallery in the Grove, Bright's Grove
• Gallery Lambton^[8], Sarnia
• Gallery Stratford
• Gallery TPW, Toronto
• Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
• Georgina Arts Centre & Gallery, Georgina
• Gibson Gallery, Fort Malden Guild of Arts and Crafts, Amherstburg
• The Gibson Centre,^[9] Alliston
• Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
• Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford
• Grimsby Public Art Gallery
• Haliburton Sculpture Forest, Haliburton
• Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener
• Institute for Contemporary Culture, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
• John B. Aird Gallery, Mowat Block, Toronto
• Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, Toronto
• Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery^[10]
• Koffler Gallery, Toronto
• Latcham Gallery, Stouffville
• Lindsay Gallery
• Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
• Lord Cultural Resources, Toronto
• Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph
• MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
• Market Gallery, Toronto
• McIntosh Gallery at The University of Western Ontario, London
• McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
• McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
• Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto
• Museum London
• Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto
• Niagara Falls Art Gallery
• Nipissing University
• Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe
• O'Born Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
• Oakville Galleries
• Ontario Crafts Council, The Craft Gallery, Toronto
• Orillia Museum of Art & History
• The Ottawa Art Gallery / La Galerie d'art d'Ottawa
• Penetanguishene Centennial Museum & Archives
• Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
• Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto
• Rails End Gallery, Haliburton
• Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario, Toronto
• RiverBrink Art Museum, Queenston
• Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
• The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
• Rodman Hall Art Centre,^[11] Brock University, St. Catharines
• Rotunda Gallery Kitchener City Hall
• Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto
• St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre, St. Thomas
• Station Gallery, Whitby
• Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury
• TD Gallery, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto
• Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
• Thames Art Gallery, Chatham
• Thunder Bay Art Gallery
• Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre, South Porcupine
• Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
• Toronto School of Art, Toronto
• Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto
• University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto
• University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo
• V tape, Toronto
• Varley Art Gallery, Markham
• Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville
• WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay
• Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford
• Woodstock Art Gallery
• Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto
• York Quay Gallery, Toronto

Selected publications

• Krueger, Pamela (1991), Why you need a conservator : limitations of a gallery in coping with collections management, Toronto: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9694987-3-X
• Mibach, Lisa (1991), Conservation cooperatives : existing models, Toronto: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9694987-4-8
• Nasby, Judith (1991), The partnership between curator and conservator : effective collections care, Toronto: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9694987-5-6
• "Seminar and conservation survey" Roche, Roger. 1972
• Wellheiser, Joanne (1991), Preventive conservation : the key to preservation, Toronto: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9694987-6-4
• Cossman, Brenda (1995), Censorship and the arts : law, controversy, debate, facts, Toronto: Ontario Assoc. of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9694987-9-9
• Agnew, Ella (1991), Legaleasy : a step-by-step legal guide to collecting for Canadian art galleries and museums, Toronto: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9694987-1-3
• Zemans, Joyce (2001), Art gallery handbook, Toronto: Ontario Association of Art Galleries, ISBN 0-9681238-1-3
• Calculating the economic impact of cultural organizations, Toronto: OAAG, 1984, ISBN 0-9690187-4-6 {{citation}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

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