Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Explained

The Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG), formerly Ontario Association of Art Galleries / Association Ontarienne des Galeries d’Art (OAAG/AOGA), 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.[1] It is a successor organization to the Southern Ontario Gallery Group founded in 1947, renamed the Art Institute of Ontario in 1952. In December 2020 Ontario Association of Art Galleries / Association Ontarienne des Galeries d’Art (OAAG/AOGA) rebranded to the name Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) which included new brand identity, logo, and website to better serve art organizations in Ontario and Canada.

GOG is an art service organization serving over 270 Public Art Galleries, museums, artist-run-centres, and arts organizations, through advocacy, professional development, and network-building. GOG fosters a sustainable, healthy, diverse public art gallery sector to further the visual arts as a key component of the cultural life of the province.[2]

Zainub Verjee was appointed as the executive director in 2015.[3] [4] [5]

Board of directors

Serving to AGM 2020[6]

Serving to AGM 2021

Serving to AGM 2022

Serving to AGM 2022

Serving to AGM 2023

Ex-Officio

Founding member galleries

There are eleven founding members of the modern organization. The founding members are:

Services

Advocacy

GOG's advocacy initiatives are a pillar of their service to the sector. These services include lobbying, outreach and education, among others.[7] The organization works on behalf of public art galleries, and the cultural sector in Canada as a whole, to increase public awareness of issues affecting the visual arts and culture sectors in Ontario and Canada.[8]

Professional Development

GOG produces professional development opportunities designed to increase the capacity of their members to navigate and advance in the cultural sector, taking the form of workshops, think tanks, symposiums and other initiatives.[9] These professional development opportunities cover a wide range of relevant topics, including emerging technologies, new ways of working, accessibility, strategy, and engagement. The programmes are mainly tailored for emerging to senior-level arts professionals working in Ontario's public art galleries, but are often applicable to arts professionals across the board. GOG's membership program and various initiatives also serve as tools for network building to strengthen the body of public galleries across Ontario.

Awards

The Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Awards program is one of the most comprehensive and established among Ontario's sectoral arts awards programs and was first established in 1978. They are also the only annual juried awards to recognize excellence and significant achievement in programming and partnerships within the Ontario public art gallery sector and, in doing so, advance, empower, and strengthen Canada's visual arts sector.

The Awards recognize new exhibitions, publications, programs and community engagements that have been produced and commissioned by Ontario's public galleries throughout the past year. In 2019 GOG introduced the Changemaker BIPOC Award. This Award celebrates the diverse and innovative arts practices of Black, Indigenous, People of Colour leaders, which are essential to the country's cultural vitality. GOG acknowledges that historic and systemic barriers have affected access to opportunities and resources for BIPOC arts professionals. This has led to marginalization and inequities for artists and arts leaders in presenting and practicing their work within public art galleries in Ontario.There are twelve award categories for artistic merit and excellence:[10]

Membership

Most member galleries participate in a reciprocal admissions program, where membership of one gallery gives admission to the others. The organization provides a liaison between galleries and the Ontario Arts Council.

Members can join as an institution (public art galleries or affiliate organizations), individual (someone who works in an art gallery, or a student) or business (commercial galleries or other for-profit groups).[15]

GOG's membership consists of over 270 art museums, public art galleries, artist-run centres, visual arts organizations, professional colleagues, and friends across Ontario, including:[16]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/about/what-we-are/ "GOG: What We are"
  2. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/about/what-we-do/ "GOG: What We Do"
  3. Web site: Zainub Verjee appointed as the New Executive Director of Ontario Association of Art Galleries. 20 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Zainub Verjee.
  5. Web site: Zainub Verjee.
  6. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/about/who-we-are/ GOG: Who We Are
  7. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/category/advocacy/gog-advocacy/ "Advocacy"
  8. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/about/what-we-do/ "What We DO"
  9. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/category/pastprogrammes/ "Past Programmes"
  10. http://oaag.org/awards/ "Awards: 2019"
  11. News: Jack Olson Gallery to host 'Arranging Nature' . 7 March 2019 . NIU Today . 14 January 2013.
  12. News: Indigenous artists featured at GNO . 7 March 2019 . Sudbury Star . 30 May 2017.
  13. News: Bye, RMG . 7 March 2019 . Oshawa Express . 28 March 2018.
  14. News: Art Gallery of Sudbury chair honoured . 7 March 2019 . Sudbury Star . 2 December 2017.
  15. https://galeries-ontario-galleries.ca/membership/join-us/ "Join Us"
  16. http://www.oaag.org/membership/index.html OAAG Membership
  17. http://www.aeac.ca/media/OAAG.html "Ontario Association of Art Galleries recognizes Art Centre's excellence"
  18. Web site: Art Gallery of Mississauga website . 2011-04-21 . 2011-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110502164117/http://www5.mississauga.ca/agm/agm_root/ . dead .
  19. http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/services/gallery/ Blackwood Gallery website
  20. http://www.kwag.on.ca/section/view/?fnode=40 "July 7, 2006 No Bluff! The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery receives an OAAG Award"
  21. http://www.thelindsaygallery.com Kawartha Art Gallery Website
  22. http://www.brocku.ca/rodmanhall/exhibitions/index.php Rodman Hall Website

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