Art Associations in Ontario

Many Associations are not-for-profit organizations like craft councils representing their membership to a collective of artists who organize events as a non-profit society or guild providing programs and services for young people, artists, and educators. Many help promote the visual arts in Canada.

Ontario Plen Air Society Mississauga

An art society for plein air painters in Ontario

Open Studio Toronto

printmaking studio, print sales, gallery, custom printing

Orillia Arts Council Orillia

Events, members, about us, links

Ottawa Arts Council Ottawa

The Ottawa Arts Council supports artists and arts organizations through leadership, guidance and the provision of opportunities to advance our local creative potential.

Pencil Art Society Ottawa

The Pencil Art Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the recognition of pencil media, specifically graphite pencil and coloured pencil, as fine art.

Peterborough Handmade Peterborough

100% volunteer-run resource for artisans and crafters. PH facilitates a biannual craft show at which nothing is over $30. It also provides online selling and networking opportunities for crafters and artisans.

Portrait Society of Canada Toronto

Public Organization dedicated to furthering the Traditions of Fine Art Portraiture.

Portrait Society of Canada/Societe du Portrait du Canada Toronto

Portrait Society of Canada presents Annual Conferences and Professional Competition in Fine Arts Portraiture.

Quinte Arts Council Belleville

SAVAC [South Asian Visual Arts Collective] Toronto

SAVAC is a Toronto-based, artist-run, nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and presentation of new works in contemporary visual art by artists of South Asian* origin.