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Canadian Art

Programs

The Canadian Art Foundation is a charitable organization that fosters and supports the visual arts in Canada. The foundation celebrates artists and their creativity with a nationwide educational program of events, lectures, competitions, publications and other initiatives.

To learn more about a Canadian Art Foundation program, please click on the individual program links below.

  • Canadian Art magazine

    Canadian Art magazine

    Canadian Art magazine

    As Canada’s leading visual arts magazine, Canadian Art is a prestigious, award-winning, quarterly magazine showcasing the best of contemporary Canadian and historical art. With dynamic images, layouts and writing we present the vitality and variety of the visual arts in Canada. Superb full-colour reproductions, luscious paper stock and elegant design are hallmarks of the magazine.
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  • First Book of Canadian Art

    A First Book of Canadian Art

    A First Book of Canadian Art

    Written by Canadian Art editor Richard Rhodes, A First of Book of Canadian Art provides a visual tour of our country’s cultural past, present and future. Geared to young readers and families, the book includes full-colour images.
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  • Gallery Hop

    Gallery Hop

    Gallery Hop

    The Canadian Art Gallery Hop celebrates the visual arts and were created as educational vehicles to provide access and information for the art interested public.
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  • Reel Artists Film Festival

    Reel Artists Film Festival

    Reel Artists Film Festival

    The Reel Artists Film Festival demystifies visual art through a showcase of illuminating documentaries on Canadian and international visual artists with many of the filmmakers are present to introduce their films and take part in special post-screening conversations.
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  • International Lecture Series

    Art Talks: Canadian Art International Speaker Series

    Art Talks: Canadian Art International Speaker Series

    In collaboration with art institutions across Canada, the Canadian Art Foundation presents Art Talks: Canadian Art International Speaker Series featuring leading international art world figures who explore issues in art through insightful, often candid, presentations.
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  • Room with a View

    Room with a View

    Room with a View

    The Canadian Art Foundation hosts presentations by leading artists and curators.
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  • New Contemporaries

    Canadian Art New Contemporaries

    Canadian Art New Contemporaries

    The Canadian Art Foundation invites you to join our exciting new 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 you will meet and mingle with art world personalities and fellow members.
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  • International Art Tours

    International Art Tours

    International Art Tours

    Organized as a fundraiser for the Canadian Art Foundation, the International Art Tours travel to selected high profile art events such as the Venice Biennale (Italy), Documenta (Germany) and Art Basel (Switzerland).
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  • Anne Lind International

    Anne Lind International Program

    Anne Lind International Program

    Thanks to the generosity of Jed and Sarah Lind, the Anne Lind International Program provides opportunities for Canadian artists to engage with visiting international artists, curators and critics in a setting of professional exchange and enrichment.
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  • RBC® Painting Competition

    RBC® Canadian Painting Competition

    RBC® Canadian Painting Competition

    The RBC® Canadian Painting Competition, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation, is a tribute to Canada's artistic talent and provides a forum to engage communities across Canada and celebrate the exceptional skill of our up-and-coming visual artists.
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  • Canadian Art Editorial Residency

    Canadian Art Editorial Residency

    Canadian Art Editorial Residency

    The Canadian Art Editorial Residency is a national prize awarded to an art or art history student. The winning student hones his or her writing and editorial skills through mentorship with the editorial staff of Canadian Art magazine during the summer months.
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  • Canadian Art Writing Prize

    Canadian Art Writing Prize

    Canadian Art Writing Prize

    We are thrilled to announce the inaugural Canadian Art Writing Prize, which encourages new writers on contemporary art.
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  • School Hop

    School Hop

    School Hop

    The annual Canadian Art School Hop provides the opportunity for high school students to develop an appreciation and understanding of contemporary art. Through tours lead by a professional artist, students visit commercial galleries and artist-run spaces and meet other professional artists in their studios.
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  • Youth programs

    Youth Arts Bursary Program

    Youth Arts Bursary Program

    The Canadian Art Youth Arts Bursary program supports innovative youth-oriented visual arts education projects. Project grants are awarded to public galleries and artist-run centres in Canada for youth education initiatives that involve youths aged 5-18.
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  • Sol LeWitt: Primary Legacy

    In recent years, both the Dia and MASS MoCA have mounted tribute exhibitions to late American artist Sol LeWitt. This week, Mercer Union wraps up its own notable homage, which recreates a 1981 wall drawing LeWitt did for the then-fledgling space.

  • The Khyber Controversy: Three Years' Grace

    For the past number of years, there's been controversy regarding the future of Halifax’s Khyber Arts Society. Seen by many as a key venue locally and nationally, the Khyber was back in the news this month as a city report recommended a new three-year plan for its space.

  • Todd Tremeer: War Games

    Play and strife come together, DIY style, in Todd Tremeer’s Little Wars (Make Me), an interactive project that debuted this month at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. In it, viewers can collaborate on a wall-sized battle mural and “bring the war home” via paper-cutout soldiers.

  • John Kissick/Gwen MacGregor: Two for the Road

    Summer is often marked by contrasts, a dynamic that the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery seems to pick up on in its current pairing of solo shows: John Kissick’s manic, multifaceted paintings and Gwen MacGregor’s calm, geoscience-toned fieldwork.

  • Heat: Marvelous Meltdowns

    MKG127 acknowledges Toronto’s above-average summer temperatures with “Heat,” an exhibition that ironically offers some cool respite while displaying works that evoke bubbling tar, existential crises and blistering guitar solos.

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