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Since its establishment in 1991, the Canadian Art Foundation has grown to deliver numerous educational programs in addition to the publication of Canadian Art magazine. This diversity now makes the Canadian Art Foundation the ultimate portal for the exposure of visual arts in Canada. All our efforts are dedicated to providing a destination for artists and art enthusiasts to connect and be inspired by art, in turn creating greater local, national and global visibility for the extraordinary artistic talent in Canada.
To learn more about a specific Canadian Art Foundation program, please click on the individual program links below.
With 130,000 readers per issue—the largest audience for a visual art magazine in Canada’s history—Canadian Art has secured a place in the historical record for the art, ideas and people that shape our nation’s cultural scene. Meanwhile, canadianart.ca, its evolving website, provides both comprehensive archives of the past and weekly updates on vital current shows.
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Our Gallery Hop events in Toronto and Vancouver offer members of the public easy access to the visual arts through a rich, engaging program of free gallery tours and talks led by art-world experts.
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Reel Artists, the Canadian Art Foundation Film Festival, is a celebration of art-related films presented annually in Toronto and Calgary. The festival shares award-winning—and often rare—documentaries about visual art and artists, creating an accessible point of entry for general audiences to consider key personalities and philosophies behind contemporary art.
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In collaboration with art institutions across Canada, the Canadian Art Foundation International Speakers Series presents leading international art-world figures who explore issues in art through insightful public presentations. Speakers have included such leading lights as John Richardson, Sarah Thornton, James Turrell, Ross King, El Anatsui, Stan Douglas, Hilary Spurling and William Kentridge.
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Through View, the Canadian Art Foundation hosts intimate, select-patron presentations featuring the nation’s top artists and curators. These talks often spotlight Canada’s representatives for an upcoming Venice Biennale. Past presenters include artist Mark Lewis and curator Barbara Fischer of the 2009 Canada Pavilion; artist David Altmejd and curator Louise Déry of the 2007 Canada Pavilion; and artist Rebecca Belmore and curators Scott Watson and Jann L.M. Bailey of the 2005 Canada Pavilion.
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The Canadian Art Foundation invites you to join our exciting Toronto-based patron group for young professionals. The New Contemporaries promotes and creates access to our vibrant visual art community through specially designed programs and events where members meet and mingle with art-world personalities.
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Tours specially organized for Canadian Art Foundation patrons take participants behind the scenes in top studios, collections and galleries worldwide. These lively, stimulating trips have included Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Frieze Art Fair and Gallery Weekend Berlin.
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The Anne Lind International Program provides an opportunity for dialogue among noted international artists, curators and critics and their Canadian counterparts. Participants have included artists Diana Thater, Martin Kersels and Katy Schimert, as well as curators Peter Eleey (PS1), Jessica Morgan (Tate Modern) and Jens Hoffman (CCA Wattis Institute), among other international luminaries.
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Established in 1999, the RBC® Canadian Painting Competition, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation, is a tribute to Canada's artistic talent. With semifinalists selected from regions across the country, the artists' entries represent a significant contribution to Canada's cultural vibrancy. The competition encourages and nurtures creative potential and facilitates the entry of professional artists into the visual arts community.
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The semi-annual Canadian Art School Hop brings 800 high school students per year to Toronto studios and galleries on tours led by local artists. This program gives priority and vital program access to the most needy schools in the Toronto District School Board. The program provides free bus transportation, pays for artists/curators to lead discussions with students, and ensures that each student receives a current issue of Canadian Art and a sketchbook in which to record their artistic ideas.
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The Canadian Art Foundation Writing Prize is an annual juried prize designed to encourage new writers on contemporary art. The winner of this national competition is commissioned to write a feature story for Canadian Art and receives a cash prize, while two runners-up receive recognition in the magazine and a cash award.
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The Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency is a national prize awarded annually to an undergraduate, graduate or other post-secondary student with an interest in developing expertise in the realm of professional art-magazine publishing. The $7,000 prize includes a nine-week summer residency at Canadian Art.
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Talk to take place January 26 at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian premiere of new Marina Abramović documentary to be fêted February 22 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
All our best wishes for the new year to come
Talks by Dan Cameron and Annie Cohen-Solal, free gallery programs among highlights of 2011
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Free exhibition at the Power Plant highlights our nation’s emerging painting stars
Award in Portrait Photography category recognizes Donald Weber's artist project in the Fall 2010 issue
More than 300 GTA teens enjoy free downtown-Toronto gallery talks during this fall’s School Hop
In 2010, at the age of 35, Toronto artist/DJ/promoter/activist Will Munro succumbed to brain cancer. Here, David Balzer reviews the first big survey of Munro’s work, which makes apparent how talented, prolific and perceptive this creator was.
The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent Group of Seven show was one of the UK museum’s biggest hits ever, drawing 41,000 visitors. The attention was deserved, writes Sarah Milroy, as the exhibition offered new insights even to seasoned Canadian-art observers.
The Occupy movement has galvanized the way we think about haves and have-nots. But where do artists fit in? As Joseph R. Wolin observes in this review of David Altmejd’s show at the Brant Foundation, context can be as powerful as content in determining the split.
What happens to identity when our relationship to land and language is disrupted? This is a key question raised in “A Stake in the Ground,” an exhibition of works by 25 First Nations artists, curated by Nadia Myre, that’s currently at Montreal gallery Art Mûr.
Our education and careers site has just posted more stories and tips to help students achieve a great winter term. Highlights include a profile of internationally renowned fashion designer Jeremy Laing, a Q&A on grad schools and more.
