Join Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries for an Online Professional Development Workshop

Breaking Traditions: Rethinking Collections, Exhibitions, and Institutional Models Workshop

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 10 am – 3 pm
Online via Zoom

Registration:
Visit the GOG website to register

With an increase in the number of artists participating in socially engaged, community-based, and digital artistic practices, the traditional collecting model of institutions is consistently being re-evaluated. It is the responsibility of the gallery to be responsive to the continuous changes of the art sector and adapt to artistic trends. This workshop will examine different types of artistic practices and how they can fit within the current traditional institutional collecting model. Institutions will learn how to collaborate and support these types of artists by collecting their work and incorporating them into their programming.

Traditional collecting models of institutions are also deeply rooted in colonial standards and ideologies. Many of the major institutions in Canada contain Indigenous art and cultural objects stolen from Indigenous communities. Institutions must learn how to care for these objects and reconsider their role in managing them. This workshop will address the urgency for institutions to understand their role in properly maintaining Indigenous works in their collections, and will also give participants strategies on how to engage with Indigenous art and artists in thoughtful ways.

Topics will Include:

• Rethinking Institutional Collecting Models
• Beyond the White Wall: Bridging Exhibitions, Programs, and Community
• Engaging and Working with Indigenous Art and Artists
• Roundtable Discussion

Registration Fees:

GOG Members: $175.00
General/Non-Members: $275.00
Artist / Independent Art Worker $55.00
Students (with valid student ID): $45.00
Free for Indigenous artists and independent Indigenous arts workers

Visit the GOG website to register.

For more information contact:

Durga Rajah
Secretariat Assistant
Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries
E: secretariat@galeries-ontario-galleries.ca

Workshop Location:

This workshop will be held online via Zoom.

Acknowledgments

GOG gratefully acknowledges the funding contribution from the Museums Assistance Program at the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries has over a 50-year history as an arts service organization (ASO) and represents over 270 members—public art galleries, museums, artist-run-centres, and arts organizations. GOG is the voice of visual arts, speaking to all levels of government on advocacy issues, policy, and legislation. Additionally, we continually strive to deliver innovative and cutting-edge professional development and network-building opportunities that advance, empower, and strengthen the visual arts sector in Canada.

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Contact Information:
Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries
E: communications@galeries-ontario-galleries.ca
T: (416) 598-0714