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Étant le principal centre de production en estampe dans les provinces de l'atlantique, Imago se distingue par son interdisciplinarité, son ouverture sur d’autres médiums et sa capacité de sortir de son espace de travail pour rejoindre le public. 

Imago est un centre de production voué au développement et à la diffusion de l’estampe et de l’art imprimé. Le centre offre un lieu de recherche, un atelier fonctionnel et une programmation qui reflète les tendances actuelles en arts visuels. En plus d’offrir un laboratoire de création et d’expérimentation à travers son programme d’artistes en résidence, ses conférences d’artistes, ses ateliers, ses expositions et ses projets de création interdisciplinaires, Imago encourage et appui des artistes de différentes disciplines à explorer les possibilités de l’estampe.

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Being the leading artist-run printshop in the Atlantic provinces, Imago distinguishes itself through its openness to other mediums, its interdisciplinary approach and its capacity to go outside its four walls to meet with the public.

Imago is a production centre devoted to the continued development and dissemination of print. As a laboratory for creation and experimentation, Imago recruits and entices artists from other disciplines to explore the many facets of contemporary printmaking through workshops, conferences, artist residencies and interdisciplinary creation initiatives. The centre offers members, guests, and visiting artists a research facility as well as a functional studio all the while maintaining programming which reflects the ever changing world of contemporary printmaking.

ABOUT AFCOOP

AFCOOP is an accessible member-run centre for the production and presentation of creative films. We offer an e-newsletter, two web sites, socials, screenings, festivals, and volunteer opportunities in a collaborative, learning environment that acts as a resource centre for media artists where people can meet, network, view films, and exchange ideas. AFCOOP also has the most accessible film production equipment and facilities in Nova Scotia, providing our members and the public with access to a wide range of equipment and facilities at reasonable rates, 24-hours a day.

We are a registered charity with a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Our use of peer assessments for grant and program applications strengthens the quality of our decision-making, our engagement in professional arts practitioners, as well as our relevance and responsiveness. Innovation and creative control are the most important considerations when AFCOOP awards financial grants and program entrances.

Our organization’s core activities are film production programs, workshops, and screenings, including the 16mmOne Minute Film Program, the 35 mm FILM 5, the Filmmaker In Residence Program, and the Open Grants Program. These activities serve filmmakers and media artists at all experience levels and all ages, including under-served and Aboriginal artists through various outreach programs. AFCOOP also offers dynamic programs for artists of other disciplines to try filmmaking for the first time, and we provide outreach programs to develop new audiences and new artists. AFCOOP annually presents one of the largest slates of film workshops in Canada, covering a myriad of topics, and our film training programs are some of the most comprehensive in the country. Our screening presentations are diverse, challenging, and engaging.

Artistic development and expression and the pursuit of excellence and innovation is at the heart of AFCOOP. Media artists at all levels of development receive funding, equipment, training and education, and professional presentation opportunities through AFCOOP. Our staff works to create opportunities so that filmmakers can control more of the process of creating and screening artistic and challenging films of exceptional quality.

ABOUT US

The Annapolis Region Community Arts Council (ARCAC) is a registered non-profit, charitable, community organization dedicated to encouraging and promoting the arts. Located in the beautiful Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia; a place that artists seem to be naturally drawn to, ARCAC was founded by a group of artists in 1982. They began meeting in Annapolis Royal to explore ways of sharing their work and ideas with one another and with the community at large. They felt that if art was to survive as living cultural force, artists should take the first step toward demystifying the practice of art.

ARCAC has developed a province-wide and national reputation for being able to generate interesting activities and opportunities within the community. Our membership currently comprises over 200 individuals and families who believe that involvement in the arts makes life both rewarding and fun. We run a year round schedule of workshops, classes, concerts,"coffee house" evenings, readings, slide shows, talks and special events. Through our Scholarship Fund, we assist students of all ages who wish to pursue art-related courses of study.

ARTsPLACE Artist-run Centre is run by an Exhibitions Committee of the ARCAC Board, comprised 100% of artists, to support and encourage serious artistic endeavours at all levels and of all sorts. Our exhibition schedule has been designed to reflect the role ARCAC plays as intermediary between the contemporary art world out there and the local community. ARTsPLACE is funded in-part by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of Nova Scotia and fundraising endeavours.

Vision Statement  

CFAT is an inclusive artist-run centre that supports artists who use video, audio, and electronic media to express ideas and stories that are under-represented in mainstream culture. CFAT is devoted to the exchange of ideas among diverse artists through experimentation, mentorship, presentation, and research.

Mission Statement

CFAT supports artists working with media technologies by providing subsidized public access to professional equipment, facilities, technical expertise, educational resources, mentorship, and other forms of professional and creative support. Through its organizational structure and its activities, CFAT strives to put marginalized artists into the centre of discourses and practices of media art. CFAT is transparent and accountable in its decisions, governance and finances.

Connexion ARC (Artist-run Centre for Contemporary Art) is a not-for-profit, charitable, artist-run centre that supports and promotes the development and understanding of contemporary art. The centre is a non-commercial art project space, currently operating in a flexible manner without a fixed location, in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

By building strategic partnerships with collaborating businesses, organizations and institutions, and by emphasizing exchange within our expanding community of artists, curators, partners, and international visitors, Connexion ARC is activating new spaces for public engagement with contemporary and experimental visual art practices, from across the country and abroad.

As a member-driven organization, Connexion ARC supports the artistic and professional development of contemporary artists in Fredericton, and in the Atlantic Region, by fostering opportunities for our members to engage in programming, to receive critical feedback, to expand their professional networks, and to build ties within the community.

We are committed to,

Promoting experimental contemporary art practices, with an emphasis on emerging artists and ideas.

Providing a supportive, open, and equitable space for the discussion of contemporary art.

Operating in a generative, responsive, and flexible manner, mirroring the experimental nature of contemporary art

Developing, promoting and disseminating of the contemporary arts profile of New Brunswick and NB-based artists.

We graciously acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of New Brunswick, individual project sponsors, and our active membership.

We graciously acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi’kmaq peoples.

Eastern Edge Gallery is nestled between an empty horizon and a barren landscape looking across the Atlantic ocean towards the rest of the world. As close to international atlantic art communities as we are to national, since 1984 EEG has bridged the Atlantic divide. Our island location is a haven for independent artistic activity; drawing artists who want to be challenged to create in an environment where pragmatic, uncompromising dedication to personal vision is celebrated. Committed to creative research, generation and presentation of contemporary art, we are witnessing what can happen at the intersection of rural and urban practices. As the provinces only artist run gallery we are a hub of community driven creation; the primary location to discover new emerging art; a place for artistic experimental presentation to engaged audiences.

Eyelevel is a not-for-profit charitable artist-run centre dedicated to the presentation, development and promotion of contemporary art. Through a range of programming initiatives such as exhibitions, performances, and special projects, Eyelevel has established itself as a supportive environment that fosters the research and development of innovative artistic practices. We have provided a forum for the discussion and presentation of contemporary visual art in Halifax for more than 40 years.

Eye Level Gallery Society evolved from Inventions Gallery, established in 1972 by a group of women artists. In 1974, Inventions changed its name to Eye Level Gallery Society and opened its membership to include all genders. The centre offered an alternative to the mandates and practices of established art institutions. In addition to its visual arts program, Eyelevel sponsored other cultural activities including music and dance performances and media arts projects. This support led to the development of two other artist-run organizations in Halifax—Live Art Dance and the Centre for Art Tapes. Eyelevel is a member of the Atlantis (the Association of Artist-Run Centres from the Atlantic). Eyelevel recently dedicated its program to projects outside of a formal gallery space. Our office space remains a hub for our membership and the public, providing access to The Eyelevel Bookstore, Project Space, and Artist's Studio.

Eyelevel programs primarily in K'jipuktuk (Halifax) a city situated on unceded Mi'kmaq territory. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council, Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, our members, donors, and volunteers.

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En tant qu’organisme francophone en lieu minoritaire, la programmation du centre est, dans la mesure du possible, présenté dans les deux langues officielles de la province du Nouveau-Brunswick: en français d’abord suivi de l’anglais.

La GSN reconnaît que la terre sur laquelle elle est située est le territoire traditionnel non cédé des peuples Wolastoqiyik et des Mi’gmaq.

Établie afin d’appuyer l’exploration de nouvelles formes d’expression et de pratiques, la Galerie Sans Nom (GSN) sert d’instigateur au renouvellement artistique depuis ses premières activités en 1977. Les initiatives de la GSN sont régies par le mandat d’aller à la rencontre de l’art actuel sous toutes ses manifestations, dans une perspective de présentation professionnelle afin d’engager et de mettre à l’épreuve le public, au sein et à l’extérieur de la galerie, avec des artistes locaux, nationaux et internationaux.

La programmation est composée d’expositions, de festivals, de résidences d’artistes, de publications et de conférences. Les activités du centre concernent en particulier les arts visuels, mais s’étendent aussi vers l’interdisciplinarité. Les chevauchements entre disciplines et les rapprochements de recherches de diverses pratiques font également l’objet d’un intérêt particulier.

Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du Conseil des arts du Canada, de la province du Nouveau-Brunswick, de Patrimoine canadien, de la Ville de Moncton, ainsi que de nos membres.

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As a francophone institution in a minority setting, GSN presents its programming in both official languages of the province of New Brunswick: first in French, followed by English.

GSN recognizes that the land on which it is located is unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq peoples.

Established to support the exploration of new forms of expression and practices, Galerie Sans Nom (GSN) has been a driving force behind artistic efforts since its first activities in 1977. GSN’s initiatives are governed by the mandate of facilitating encounters with contemporary art in all of its forms, in a context of professional presentation in order to engage and confront the public, in and beyond the walls of the gallery, with local, national, and international artists.

Our program is composed of exhibitions, festivals, artist residencies, publications and conferences. The activities of the centre involve visual arts, but also extend to new practices and interdisciplinarity. The overlap between disciplines and the research reconciliations of various practices also are of particular interest.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of New Brunswick, Canadian Heritage, the City of Moncton, and of our members.

THE KHYBER:

-an artist-run centre for non-commercial work and the coordination of disparate events
-a not-for-profit charitable organization that pays fees to artists according to CARFAC standards in its Primary Program
-an arts facility developed in 1994 by the No Money Down Cultural Society, a group of artists who negotiated an agreement with the City of Halifax to maintain the city-owned and then unoccupied 3-floor heritage building located at 1588 BARRINGTON
-established in 1995

MISSION
The Khyber’s mission is to foster critical thought, facilitate creative dialogue and support artistic experimentation through the public presentation of contemporary art. The Khyber actively and continuously will hold a pro-survivor framework and an intersectional, anti-oppressive, anti-racist analysis in its programming and operating.

MANDATE
The Khyber’s mandate is to present contemporary visual art, which exists in a wide variety of disciplines. We challenge traditional gallery conventions, encourage public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through responsive and relevant programming. The Khyber works to prioritize, centre and promote the presentation of work by emerging and marginalized local, national and/or international artists. Additionally, we aim to recognize and disrupt systemic forms of oppression, which include but are not limited to: racism, white supremacy, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism/transmisogyny, tokenism, ableism, ageism, sizeism, sexualized and all acts of violence and harassment. This will be implemented through anti-oppressive policy and practices through Khyber programming, operating and in relation to staff, Board members and artists presented. The Khyber provides a physical and flexible space for the support of socially-engaged Primary and Membership programming, as well as cultivating relationships with a variety of arts communities that engage in artistic research, experimentation, production, education and distribution.

RadStorm is a collectively-run not-for-profit events and art space in K’jipuktuk on unceded Mi’kmaq territory. Offering access to resources, space, and equipment for exploring and creating independent and alternative media, art, music & education.

We use a do-it-together approach to organizing – through respect, collaboration & mutual support. We are dedicated to projects that provide free or affordable (pay-what-you-can) access to independent and alternative media, art, music + education. Membership is open and we encourage anyone to get involved and shape the way RadStorm grows. We come together with common interests to share resources and skills with each other and the broader community. The space is volunteer run and collectively managed using consensus based decision making. Our space is alcohol and drug free, all ages, community funded, queer positive and totally punk. This mandate was born out of a desire for unified accountability of these groups. Our heads, hearts, and hands are working in sync.

St. Michael’s Printshop is an artist-run print studio which provides professional fine art printmaking facilities for established and emerging artists. A lure for printmakers who crave a space in which to create art surrounded by the extraordinary natural landscape of the North Atlantic, the Printshop also attracts visuals artists who wish to explore printmaking as a new medium for the first time through workshops with local and visiting printmakers.
 

Established in 1980, Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre is an artist-run centre and the only media arts centre supporting all forms of media art in Atlantic Canada including audio, film, video, and new media.

Struts & Faucet is dedicated to:

Presenting exceptional contemporary art to the public through exhibitions, artist residencies, screenings, and performances.

Providing public workshops on a wide variety of contemporary art methods and concepts.

Facilitating public artist talks and lectures by artists and arts professionals.

Operating a resource library of contemporary film and video and texts on contemporary art, and;

Promoting the development of media art by providing training, facilities and specialized equipment.

Struts & Faucet is a member of the Association of Artist-Run Centres from the Atlantic, the Atlantic Provinces Art Gallery Association, and the Independent Media Arts Alliance.

About

Third Space is an itinerant artist-run centre for contemporary art in Saint John, committed to representing local, regional and national professional contemporary artists.

Third Space will highlight the work of emerging and established artists who cross disciplines and boundaries in their examinations of contemporary culture. The aim of the Third Space is to facilitate the education, understanding and appreciation of contemporary art at a local, national and international level. It will do this by hosting exhibitions, workshops, residencies, lectures, performances and screenings, as well as by publishing and disseminating materials relevant towards this aim.

Third Space will strive to present a schedule of balanced programming while allowing space for community-based events. Through a rigorous and attentive selection process, its programming will present art-making of an advanced and critical nature.

Main Objectives

To present work that is exploratory, challenging and critical in nature.

To present work that questions and confronts social and political agendas.

To present work that may not be commercially viable.

To provide a standard of excellence.

To encourage exploratory and hybrid curatorial practices.

To develop creative partnerships and collaborations.

To be treated in a fair and professional manner.

To be remunerated based on CAR/FAC payment schedules

To be an open, inviting and inclusive space; everyone is welcome.

To ensure a variety of educational and community-sensitive programming.

Since incorporating in 2010, this town is small inc. (TTIS) has been a leader in Contemporary Art and has helped revitalize the Contemporary Art community in PEI.

this town is small is a leader of contemporary art creation, presentation and events; we advocate on behalf of and create opportunities for contemporary artists on PEI where we promote and develop a public understanding of contemporary art. Our mission is to foster sustainability for contemporary arts practice on PEI, encouraging communication and collaboration among members of the artistic community and with the community at large.

Union House Arts (UHA) is a community artspace in Historic Port Union on the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland. UHA is committed to supporting work being produced by artists and craftspeople in Newfoundland and Labrador and around the world through place-specific dialogues and collaborative programming. Founded in 2016 by a small team of volunteers, UHA officially opened its gallery doors in June 2019. UHA aims to build a thoughtful space for community residents and artists to work and share together; to expand ideas about what art can be, how and where it can be shown, and to create an environment that is accessible to people of all experiences and educations. The space is experimental in nature with a focus on place-based programming, knowledge building, and sharing. Our building is home to an art gallery, community kitchen, workshop space, studios, and artist residency accommodations.