CRAFTS & DESIGN

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

• Al and Malka Green Artists' Health Centre (AHC)

  Located at the Toronto Western Hospital, the AHC offers both complementary/alternative and conventional health care to professional creative and performing artists, and to students and staff at post-secondary arts institutions. The mandate includes research, education and outreach to the arts community.

• Artists Legal Advice Service

  ALAS provides free legal advice to Ontario artists working in all disciplines. Artists can schedule an appointment to see a lawyer for one-half hour by calling 416 -367-2527.

• Arts Network for Children and Youth (ANCY)

  ANCY is a national non-profit community arts service organization based in Ontario that connects artists and organizations working with children and youth across Canada. Craft artists interested in teaching children may find this site useful.

• Artscape

  Based in Toronto, Artscape's work extends beyond its buildings with resources, programs and services available citywide, nationally and internationally. In addition to providing non-profit studio space and programming for visual artists, it has a residency program located at Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island

• ArtsSmarts

  This program, funded by the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, pairs artists with teachers to infuse arts across school curricula.

• Associated Designers of Canada (ADC)

  ADC is a not-for-profit arts service organization and professional association dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of set, costume, lighting and sound designers working within the performing arts in Canada.

• Association for Native Development in the Performing & Visual Arts (ANDPVA)

  ANDPVA is the country's leading Aboriginal arts service organization, representing over 300 of the country's active artists through advocacy, special initiatives and resourceful programming.

• Canada Council for the Arts

  Canada Council for the Arts is the national arts funding agency. This site provides information about the council's grants to fine craft artists and curators to support for research, professional development, production, networking and career development activities. The council also administers a number of important awards and prizes.

• Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)

  The Canada Council for the Arts is a non-partisan, non-profit cultural advocacy organization. It provides a national forum for debate on cultural policy and are the leading national advocate for Canada's artists and cultural institutions and industries.

• Canadian Crafts Federation (CCF)

  CCF is the national organization for professional fine craft. The site provides link to provincial craft organizations; single discipline craft organizations and international craft organizations. It also connects to research on craft markets, and export opportunities and programs offered by the federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

• CARFAC

  CARFAC is a non-profit association and a National Art Service Organization, with a mandate to promote the visual arts in Canada, promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and conduct research

• Coalition for Cultural Diversity (CCD)

  The CCD, an organization of Canadian cultural professional associations, has a mandate to assert that cultural diversity is a fundamental human right and that countries and governments be entirely free to adopt the policies necessary to support the diversity of cultural expression and the viability of enterprises that produce and disseminate this expression.

• Council for the Arts in Ottawa

• Cultural Careers Council Ontario (CCCO)

  CCCO addresses human resources and career development needs and issues for Ontario's arts and culture community.

• Fusion - Ontario Clay and Glass Association

  FUSION is a not for profit membership-based organizations dedicated solely to makers and collectors of handmade clay and glass. It offers programs and services for members.

• Guelph Arts Council

• Hamilton Arts Council

• International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD)

  INCD is a world wide network of artists and cultural groups dedicated to countering the adverse effects of globalization on world cultures.

• Kingston Arts Council

• London Arts Council

• Mississauga Arts Council

• Native Women in the Arts (NWIA)

  NWIA aims to expand to cultivate a new generation of artistic talent. NWIA pursues the highest standards of artistic excellence by presenting high quality artists, and by offering exceptional professional development opportunities to emerging artists.

• Ontario Arts Council (OAC)

  OAC is the province's primary funding body for professional arts activity. This site has information about project grants that may be available to individual artists. The OAC also administers a number of important awards and prizes.

• Ontario Crafts Council (OCC)

  OCC is the key organization for craft artists in the province.

• Ontario Handweavers and Spinners (OHS)

  OHS has educational programs, regional seminars, biennial conferences, resource pages and other services for members.

• Quinte Arts Council

• Scarborough Arts Council

• Thunder Bay Regional Arts Centre

• Toronto Arts Council

• Waterloo Regional Arts Council 

• Windsor and Region Arts Council

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