The Ontario Arts Council increases their funding support to the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery.

The Ontario Art Council (OAC) awarded the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery a Public Art Galleries Annual Operating Grant of $63,000 for 2009/10. The OAC provided us with our first operations grant of $30,000 in 2007, and in 2008 their contribution doubled, with support steadily increasing. While the OAC achieved increases in their funding this past year, not every grant recipient received an increase specifically. Their rigorous assessment process is still the barometer for granting amounts.

This increased support reflects a stellar year of accomplishments including winning the Jean Johnson/Melanie Egan Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Ontario Crafts Council, and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries Volunteer of the Year Award. Achieving a Cultural Properties Designation, this past year, means our permanent collection will become a trove of national treasures. It is currently home to an extensive collection of Canadian ceramic, glass, and enamel art, conserving a rich component of our Canadian cultural heritage. We are touring Annie E. Brown: In Memory, an exhibition developed through the Gallery, in Ontario and Quebec, and we are continuing to cultivate meaningful partnerships in our community, our most recent collaboration being with the Perimeter Institute’s Quantum to Cosmos Festival.

The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery is recognized and supported provincially and nationally through such programs as the Public Art Galleries Annual Operating Grant, which maintains our capacity to innovate. Our Gallery provides measurable artistic leadership that augments the entire region’s positive profile internationally, nationally, and provincially. Though the financial support we receive we are better able to cultivate high standards of presentation and engagement contributing to a vibrant educational and cultural quality of life for the entire region. The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery is recognized for its fostering of artistic interaction between artworks, artists, and community. It recognizes the needs and artistic merit of a changing and increasingly diverse arts sector. We are hopeful that the recognition we achieve at the provincial and national level will inspire even more positive support locally. Investing here and now means a positive and healthy community of arts & culture for the future. This is something that benefits everyone.

Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
www.canadianclayandglass.ca
25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo,
ON N2L 2Y5
Tel 519.746.1882 Fax 519.746.6396

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10 – 5/ Sunday 1 – 5/ Thursday 5-8 (free) Closed Mondays